Kate Raynes-Goldie is a Canadian-New Zealand designer, writer, speaker, cultural anthropologist and certified

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facilitator known for her work on play and games for human connection, creativity and innovation. She is a regular media commentator, appearing on

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and in the ''

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''. She has a monthly innovation column in the ''

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'', and is a regular contributor to Scitech's science and technology publication, ''Particle''. Raynes-Goldie was the first Director of Interactive Programs at FTI and a past Senior Adjunct Research Fellow at

Curtin University Curtin University (previously Curtin University of Technology and Western Australian Institute of Technology) is an Australian public university, public research university based in Bentley, Western Australia, Bentley, Perth, Western Australia. ...

Early work

Raynes-Goldie is also known for her early work on how people understand, use and connect with each other on social media, in particular her ethnographic research on Facebook and privacy. She co-authored the first scholarly examination of

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on social networks. Her PhD thesis was titled ''Privacy in the Age of Facebook: Discourse, Architecture, Consequences''. The thesis was the 5th most downloaded thesis of all time from the Curtin University library repository as of July 2022. Raynes-Goldie spoke at

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in 2007 on a panel with

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on young people’s use of social media, amidst the then ongoing

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around young people “over sharing” online. Raynes-Goldie received funding from the

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's Digital Media and Learning Initiative, which resulted in her co-authored a chapter that examined young people's use of social media for activism and engagement in ''Civic Life Online'', published by MIT press. She was a contributor to

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and Anthony D. Williams'br>Wikinomics Playbook
in 2008.

Play and games

Her games have been featured at international venues including

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(San Francisco), Come Out and Play (New York), the National Theatre (London), Playpublik (Berlin), Fresh Air (Melbourne) and the

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's Sprockets (Toronto). She gave a talk on play and games as enablers of connection at

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Perth. Raynes-Goldie co-founded Atmosphere Industries, a game design studio and in 2007 co-created ''Ghost Town'', an ARG aimed at exploring Perth. In 2023, Raynes-Goldie was on a panel at the first

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on power of play along with

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, Pasi Sahlberg and

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Education

She has a BA(hons.) in Philosophy and

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from the

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and holds a PhD in

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from

Awards

In 2016, she was awarded the

Australian Computer Society The Australian Computer Society (ACS) is an association for information and communications technology professionals with 40,000+ members Australia-wide. According to its Constitution, its objectives are "to advance professional excellence in ...

's Digital Disruptors Awards' "ICT Professional of the Year", and also won WAITTA Incite's Achiever of the Year. In 2015 and 2016, she was named one of the 75 most influential women in the games industry in Australia and New Zealand by MCV and a finalist for Curtin University's Alumni Professional Achievement Award in Humanities.

References

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