Dr Daisy Abbott
@daisyabbott.bsky.social
Playful & Game-based learning specialist. Interdisciplinary researcher. Serious games for research skills and researcher development. SFHEA, CeLP, PhD.
This video summarises a new understanding of how Scottish people interpret colonial history (specifically in #Glasgow) and what this means for #heritage, culture, #equalities, and #anti-racism policy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2v-q... Download the Policy Briefing: radar.gsa.ac.uk/10825/
Creating Space for Multiple Narratives - Policy Briefing
YouTube video by Daisy Abbott: Game-based Learning Research
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Amazing example of #augmentedreality research from one of my students! Xinyu Jiang's "Echoes of Shanghai" AR poster on Chinese intangible cultural heritage. Simple, no UI barriers, beautifully executed. Lovely showcase of her art&design skills. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvm9... @sit-gsa.bsky.social
Echoes of Shanghai - Augmented Reality poster demo by Xinyu Jiang
YouTube video by Daisy Abbott: Game-based Learning Research
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A gorgeous day to lead a tour of Bellahouston Park this morning. If you missed it, don't worry! You can do the walks in your own time (there are 3 different stories.) “Empire Retold” is an immersive, narrative-led, #AugmentedReality game with evocative audio. play.google.com/store/apps/d...
Amazing progress on the land art project in Bellahouston Park this morning! There's still time for you to join in, Thurs & Fri this week: events.humanitix.com/awakening-se... #Glasgow2026 @glasgow2026.bsky.social @glasgowschoolofart.bsky.social @sit-gsa.bsky.social
These free art activities start today and continue until Friday - great for families as well as adults, sign up at the link below. Part of #Glasgow2026 #CommonwealthGames @glasgow2026.bsky.social @glasgowschoolofart.bsky.social
Dr Daisy Abbott@daisyabbott.bsky.social · 2w agoLand Art: Connect with the land through texture, colour, and form, using your hands while sharing stories and reflections. Suitable for children. Wed-Fri 29-31 July, 10–11am & 2.30-3.30pm Bellahouston Park For this and related events, book here: events.humanitix.com/awakening-se... #Glasgow2026
Singy thing! AWAKENING Australian First Nations and Scottish artists converge for #Glasgow2026 to celebrate Indigenous Languages & cultural connection through art, discussions & music. Musical celebration: Fri 31 July 5-6pm, Bellahouston. FREE. Book here. events.humanitix.com/awakening-se...
AWAKENING - See Spirit - Djunnung Djanga - Faic Anum
A free, family friendly series of workshops including land art, music and conversations with Australian and Scottish artists fostering connection to the Land.
events.humanitix.com
Come see me reflect on my recent research and take in the exhibition while you're at it. Free soup! Platter and Patter Decolonising Narratives of the British Empire Exhibition of 1938 Edward House 199 Sauchiehall Street Glasgow Tues 28 July 12-13.30 Book: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/platter-an...
(Also this other bad boy is on the way soon, too…STAY TUNED!!!!)
Duke University Press@dukepress.bsky.social · 2w agoIn "How Dungeons & Dragons Changed the Way We Play," @aarontram.bsky.social reveals how popular culture influenced the design of the iconic tabletop game and how the game’s legacy, in turn, influences game design today. Read the intro for free: buff.ly/jLA2ctp
The Global Flourishing Study is among the most ambitious empirical investigations of human flourishing ever conducted, "making the scientific case for play as a biological necessity... the mechanism through which human beings... flourish." nifplay.substack.com/p/the-larges... #playfulLearning
The Largest Study of Human Flourishing Ever Conducted Just Put Play at the Top of the Chart
Harvard asked 200,000 people across 22 countries what makes a life go well. The answer, it turns out, looks a lot like recess.
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Awakening - See Spirit - Djunnung Djanga - Faic Anum Joint Exhibition as part of Commonwealth Games Glasgow 2026 Festival Edward House 199 Sauchiehall Street Glasgow G2 3EX 21 July - 10 August 12-4, Tues-Thurs Free See related events in Bellahouston Park: events.humanitix.com/awakening-se...
Platter and Patter: Decolonising Narratives of the British Empire Exhibition of 1938 Join us for a bowl of soup whilst we discuss an aspect of Glasgow’s social history. Tues 28 July, 12-13.30, Free Edward House, 199 Sauchiehall Street, #Glasgow Book: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/platter-an...
Platter and Patter: Decolonising Narratives of the Brit
Every month, we invite community members and a guest to explore an aspect of Sauchiehall Street’s heritage over a warm bowl of soup
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Indigenous perspectives on #climate #action. Expert discussion Thu 30th July 4pm- 5.30 For this and related events, book here: events.humanitix.com/awakening-se... Free event: part of #Glasgow2026 #CommonwealthGames festival Please share! @glasgowschoolofart.bsky.social #climatecrisis
AWAKENING - See Spirit - Djunnung Djanga - Faic Anum
A free, family friendly series of workshops including land art, music and conversations with Australian and Scottish artists fostering connection to the Land.
events.humanitix.com
Interesting... www.neurodivergentworks.com/how-a-new-au... #EDI
How a new audit tool measures neuroinclusion in practice
Dr Shannon Babbie has co-developed the Belonging Quotient to measure what training ignores: the physical environment neurodivergent employees work in every day. He tells Neurodivergent Works more
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The Importance of Language: how indigenous languages and place names contain environmental knowledge that is wiped out by the adoption of English. Expert discussion Wed 29th July 4pm- 5.30 For this and related events, book here: events.humanitix.com/awakening-se... #Glasgow2026 Please share!
AWAKENING - See Spirit - Djunnung Djanga - Faic Anum
A free, family friendly series of workshops including land art, music and conversations with Australian and Scottish artists fostering connection to the Land.
events.humanitix.com
Land Art: Connect with the land through texture, colour, and form, using your hands while sharing stories and reflections. Suitable for children. Wed-Fri 29-31 July, 10–11am & 2.30-3.30pm Bellahouston Park For this and related events, book here: events.humanitix.com/awakening-se... #Glasgow2026
AWAKENING - See Spirit - Djunnung Djanga - Faic Anum
A free, family friendly series of workshops including land art, music and conversations with Australian and Scottish artists fostering connection to the Land.
events.humanitix.com
Now may be the best time to say, if you've just got back from watching the Odyssey and you're looking for an RPG for an epic Greek mythology campaign (with added management of your party's polis), look no further than Aegean: www.aegeanrpg.com
Aegean — Mythic Roleplaying in ancient Greece
AEGEAN is a tabletop roleplaying game about a group of mythic heroes building a new, free city on the shores of the Aegean Sea. There are neighbouring cities to trade or war with, monsters to kill, go...
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Educators, parents, and everyone - take note! Making the effort to be inclusive of your minority learners/children/colleagues almost always makes it better for everyone else too.
Hetan Shah@hetanshah.bsky.social · 3w agoLike this from @timharford.ft.com on how inclusive design principles can often help all users, not those just seen as traditionally excluded www.ft.com/content/4d8e...
Serious Play: Adult learning through games. This was a panel I was asked to be in at @yorkfestofideas.bsky.social hosted by the PLaY group at York Uni. Panel starts about 45s into the video. youtu.be/yEYMJxIlc0Y?... #playfulLearning
Serious Play: Adult learning through games
YouTube video by York Ideas
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Look at my new jumper! Pleased with how these turned out. Get yourself one here with all profits going to printing free antifascist & antiracist stickers and zines: radical-glasgow-tours.teemill.com
Who did we think we were? Neil MacGregor returns to Radio 4 with a three-part series, examining how celebrations of British identity and togetherness over the past century or so can help us better understand and define who we are now. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Artworks - Who Did We Think We Were? - 1. National Remembrance and the 1924 Empire Exhibition - BBC Sounds
Neil MacGregor on past expressions of British identity and how they shape our identity now
bbc.co.uk
In this podcast episode, migrants reflect on the recent riots and violence in Belfast, Glasgow and other areas including reports of far-right violence, attacks targeting migrants, and the wider impact on communities across the UK. www.migrantvoice.org/podcast/refl...
Reflections on Anti-Migrant Hate & the impact on Migrant Communities
Reflections on Anti-Migrant Hate & the impact on Migrant Communities
migrantvoice.org
Platter and Patter: Decolonising Narratives of the British Empire Exhibition of 1938 Tuesday 28th Jul 2026 12:00pm Free - ticket required More info and book here: www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/plat... Part of #Glasgow2026 #CommonwealthGames festival www.glasgowlife.org.uk/glasgow-2026...
Platter and Patter: Decolonising Narratives of the British Empire Exhibition of 1938 - Glasgow Life
Platter and Patter is a monthly heritage themed lunch – join us for a bowl of soup whilst we discuss an aspect of Sauchiehall Street and Glasgow’s social history.
glasgowlife.org.uk
Exhibition! "Awakening" invites you to reconnect with land, language, and colonial legacies written into places we think we already know. Edward House, 199 Sauchiehall St, Glasgow 17July–9Aug Tue-Thur 12-5pm Part of #Glasgow2026 #CommonwealthGames. www.elaineclocherty.com/glasgow-2026...
Glasgow 2026 Festival | elaineclocherty.com
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Testing first prototype games with students on the #SeriousGames and Virtual Reality Masters... This one is about how the immune system deploys to reduce inflammation. Nice metaphors and well-matched #game mechanics. #GBL
Playable Heritage: Creating a Collaborative Framework for Collecting Video Game Culture Focussing on the heritage of computer games themselves – may be of interest to the #playfulLearning community. 16th September my.nms.ac.uk/23690/23691 Free but ticketed
National Museums Scotland
Playable Heritage: Creating a Collaborative Framework for Collecting Video Game Culture
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Guided #AugmentedReality walk. Dr Daisy Abbott leads a digital walk in Bellahouston Park, using smartphones to explore multicultural #Glasgow and the 1938 Empire Exhibition #history and legacy. Book: events.humanitix.com/awakening-se... Part of #Glasgow2026 Festival @glasgow2026.bsky.social
AWAKENING - See Spirit - Djunnung Djanga - Faic Anum
A free, family friendly series of workshops including land art, music and conversations with Australian and Scottish artists fostering connection to the Land.
events.humanitix.com
AWAKENING celebration. Australian First Nations Wardandi artists with Glasgow-based artists. This final celebration has music from Tam McGarvey, Mitchella Hutchins, & local musicians. 31st July 5-6 Book: events.humanitix.com/awakening-se... Part of #Glasgow2026 @glasgow2026.bsky.social
AWAKENING - See Spirit - Djunnung Djanga - Faic Anum
A free, family friendly series of workshops including land art, music and conversations with Australian and Scottish artists fostering connection to the Land.
events.humanitix.com
Indigenous perspectives on climate action. Wardandi Elder/artist Nan Viv, custodian/artist Mitchella Hutchins and writer/artist/producer Dr Chris Fremantle discussion panel. 30 July 4pm-5.30 Book: events.humanitix.com/awakening-se... Part of #Glasgow2026 Festival. @glasgow2026.bsky.social
AWAKENING - See Spirit - Djunnung Djanga - Faic Anum
A free, family friendly series of workshops including land art, music and conversations with Australian and Scottish artists fostering connection to the Land.
events.humanitix.com
