Alternate Name
Elizabeth LaPensee
Institution
Michigan State University
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LaPensee, Elizabeth
I-Portal Content
"We All Stand Side by Side": An Interview With Elizabeth LaPensée
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joanna Hearne
Elizabeth LaPensée
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 29, no. 1, Digital Indigenous Studies: Gender, Genre, and New Media, Spring, 2017, pp. 27-37
Description
Interview with the artist who provided the cover art for this special issue on digital Indigenous studies.
Generative Generations: Adapting Culturally Rooted Science Ideas to Video Game Design
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elizabeth LaPensee
Christie Poitra
Angela Kolonich
Estrella Torrez
Journal of Indigenous Research, vol. 1, 2020, pp. 1-15
Description
Examines a pilot project to provide workshop kits designed to encourage Indigenous youth to create video games that reflect their Indigenous knowledge.
Honour Water: Gameplay as a Pathway to Anishinaabeg Water Teachings
Alternate Title
Honor Water: Gameplay as a Pathway to Anishinaabeg Water Teachings
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elizabeth LaPensée
Sharon M. Day
Lyz Jaakola
Decolonization, vol. 7, no. 1, Indigenous Peoples and the Politics of Water, 2018, pp. 115-130
Description
Describes the singing game, Honour Water, the process of its design and creation, the meaning and gifting of the songs used in the game, and how it teaches about water and our relationship to it.
Indigenizing Education with the Game When Rivers Were Trails
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elizabeth LaPensée
Nichlas Emmons
Amerikastudien, vol. 64, no. 1, 2019, pp. 75-93
Description
Discusses the development and testing of game for middle- and high-school youth which was developed as interactive way to engage students in the Lessons of Our Land curriculum. Game involves the journey of an Anishinaabe displaced by the allotment acts as they travel from Minnesota to California and the people they interact with along the way.
Survivance as an Indigenously Determined Game
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elizabeth LaPensée
AlterNative, vol. 10, no. 3, 2014, pp. 263-275
Description
Examines development, design, and playtesting outcomes of game adapted from multimedia health and wellness program project, Discovering Our Story
Transformations and Remembrances in the Digital Game We Sing for Healing
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Elizabeth LaPensée
Transmotion, vol. 3, no. 1, Indigenous Gaming, July 31, 2017, pp. 89-108
Description
Author describes the intent and process of designing We Sing for Healing, a musical choose-your-own adventure text game that mimics traditional storytelling and teaching styles with the way that the circular or looping narrative encourages a player to listen, choose, and revisit as a game-play strategy.