![detail of a prototype board game made of paper, toys and LEGO](https://www.microethology.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/99EF8251-526C-40BE-B6E6-47D5FFB23513_1_105_c.jpeg)
![Finger pointing at a paper dice under construction with words and emblems on its surfaces](https://www.microethology.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/7FC57786-2078-4AA7-AC28-489054F487D1_1_105_c-e1683284538966.jpeg)
![detail of a prototype board game made of paper, toy knights and animals and LEGO](https://www.microethology.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/3EBBD251-139D-4423-8C52-4AC8DD28B510_1_105_c.jpeg)
![A prototype card game on brightly coloured paper. Cards carry the words and symbols 'K-Pop', '?', and drawings of a ballet shoe and a Roman helmet.](https://www.microethology.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/2DC7229C-6F96-4C89-94A0-62251EFA227F_1_105_c-e1683284622234.jpeg)
![detail of a prototype board game made of paper, toy soldiers, a toy wooden house and helicopter. The section is titled 'WWI' in green ink.](https://www.microethology.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/78034968-6159-4769-895B-115600169C72_1_105_c.jpeg)
![A prototype card game on brightly coloured paper. Cards carry the words 'One-Night Stand', 'Jazz', gender symbols and drawings of a corset and a one-legged pair of trousers.](https://www.microethology.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/F1BA2CBC-3A9B-4AD8-8414-2771DD60E16B_1_105_c-e1683284637306.jpeg)
First in person iteration of this workshop for PhD Intensive Week at WSA since the pandemic.
Much of the time, PhD research and writing feels like serious and hard work, and is distinctly unplayful. In this workshop we will harness the energies and forms of play for your project and its development. Through the design of toy- and game-like artefacts and systems we will:
- test playful and creative tactics for generating ideas and exploring conceptual relationships
- effect a critical disruption of the narrative and discursive conventions that underpin academic knowledge generation and presentation
![Finger pointing at a paper dice under construction with words and emblems on its surfaces](https://www.microethology.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/7FC57786-2078-4AA7-AC28-489054F487D1_1_105_c-e1683284538966.jpeg)