Hacknight #221

How interactive storytelling can boost civic engagement

with Jordan Sparks

Recording

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Join us to learn about his new political parody game, PeoPoli, a non-partisan interactive storytelling game. The game teaches Canadian politics by engaging the player in a fictional election cycle to see how politics affects them on a social level. http://grindspark.com/

Speakers

Jordan Sparks

Jordan Sparks is a Black-Canadian Multimedia Artist, Designer, and Educator born and based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada that uses art and digital experiences to explore how media can entertain and inspire social change and make the world a better place. Jordan is President of Shining Spark Entertainment Ltd. and a known Educator that has taught over 10,000 people around the world.

Topic:

Can a game help Canadians be more politically engaged? Jordan Sparks thinks so!

Join us to learn about his new political parody game, PeoPoli, a non-partisan interactive storytelling game. The game teaches Canadian politics by engaging the player in a fictional election cycle to see how politics affects them on a social level.

http://grindspark.com/

Come help us chip away at civic problems by combining technology with the power of our community. We’ve got everything you need for a perfect Tuesday night: a presentation to learn from, some projects to work on, and 🍕pizza to snack on! 💧Help us be more sustainable by bringing a reusable water bottle.

Jordan Sparks is a Toronto-based multimedia artist, designer, and educator. His artistic practice explores how art and media can both entertain the public and inspire social change.

@SuperSparkplugs

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Our weekly civic tech hacknights bring together designers, coders, urban planners, government staff, mappers, policy-makers, students, communications strategists, and all other Torontonians who share an interest in making Toronto more responsive, prosperous, sustainable and equitable, through design, tech, and data. (Coders are welcome, but you don’t have to be a coder to contribute!) Come and be part of it!

6:30-7: Welcome and intros 7-7:30: Presentation and Q&A/discussion 7:30-9: Breakout groups (go make something!)

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Hope to see you Tuesday!