The StrataPlay Methodology: A Lorekeeper’s Game Design in Postqualitative Inquiry: 2 (Ludic Scholarship) - Softcover

Zhu, Mila

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3034354835 ISBN 13: 9783034354837

Publisher: Peter Lang, 2025

Synopsis

This book presents StrataPlay, an innovative post-qualitative methodology that blends academic inquiry with playful, narrative-driven gameplay. Grounded in posthumanism, post-qualitative research, and psychoanalytic theories, the book guides readers through a series of game-like challenges designed to explore fluid, fragmented identities, the intersections of power and autonomy, and the absurdities of modern academia. Each chapter invites readers to step into immersive worlds where they confront complex philosophical questions through narrative and metaphor. By offering an interactive approach to knowledge creation, this book pushes boundaries and encourages a dynamic and ever-evolving relationship between theory, identity, and storytelling.

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About the Author

Mila Zhu, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction and Coordinator of the EDUC Program at Southeastern Oklahoma State University. Her work centers on Ludic Scholarship, integrating game-based learning, play, and narrative into educational inquiry. As the series editor of Ludic Scholarship: Games, Learning, and Innovative Pedagogy, she advances interdisciplinary approaches that merge gamifi cation, ludology, and pedagogy to reimagine how knowledge is created, performed, and experienced.

Edition details

• Publisher: Peter Lang
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3034354835
• ISBN 13: 9783034354837
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144