Prototyping with participatory design of a digital game on gender equality
Abstract
Gender inequality between men and women is a relevant problem in the gaming area. The United Nations (UN) highlights, in its fifth objective of sustainable development, the need to address gender equality. Women are still a minority in the technology area and related university courses. This study presents a participatory approach to developing a prototype game about gender equality. The participation of girls from public schools made it possible for the girls to have closer contact with concepts related to the areas of computing. Therefore, we expect that more participatory applications with girls will lead to greater engagement of women in technology courses.
Keywords:
Gender Equality, Participatory Design, Digital Game
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Molinari, V. L. and Pinheiro, P. (2016). Insideout: o roteiro de um jogo sobre feminismo. InIntercom — Sociedade Brasileira de Estudos Interdisciplinares da Comunicação XXIII Prêmio Expocom 2016 – Exposição da Pesquisa Experimental em Comunicação.
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Szykman, A. G., Brandão, A. L., and Gois, J. P. (2018). Development of a gesture-based game applying participatory design to reflect values of manual wheelchair users. International Journal of Computer Games Technology.
Zhao, E. Y. and Yang, L. (2021). Women hold up half the sky? informal institutions, entrepreneurial decisions, and gender gap in venture performance. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 45(6):1431–1462.
Published
2022-10-24
How to Cite
COSTANZI, Natália Regina; KOGA, Angélica; BRANDÃO, André.
Prototyping with participatory design of a digital game on gender equality. In: CULTURE TRACK – FULL PAPERS - BRAZILIAN SYMPOSIUM ON COMPUTER GAMES AND DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT (SBGAMES), 21. , 2022, Natal/RN.
Anais [...].
Porto Alegre: Sociedade Brasileira de Computação,
2022
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p. 388-397.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/sbgames_estendido.2022.225507.
