Samara Hayley Steele

Artist | Cooperator | Academic | Researcher | Activist

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Coops & Commons

Types: Community Organizing

In their work as a cooperator, Steele has organized and co-managed various cooperative housing projects, worker co-ops, and commons since 2011.

Gamemaking in Education (GME)

Types: Educational Research

Gamemaking in Education (GME), is an approach to game-based learning that focuses on student gamemaking rather than gameplay. Steele led two research teams in developing and implementing experimental GME curriculum at UC Davis from 2019-2020.

Destination Wedding 2070

Types: Interactive Narrative Media

A dark comedy about wedding planning in the year 2070 that draws upon real C-MIP climate data.

The Slingshot Collective

Types: Mediamaking from the Utopian Margins

The Slingshot Collective has been making media in the utopian margins since 1988, with Steele joining the collective in 2011.

Realitycraft

Types: Interactive Narrative Media

An exploration of how ideas are congealed into objects in the co-creation of social realities.

The Food Sovereignty Movement

Types: Community Organizing

What if food was grown locally and sustainably and treated as a commons? What if we ended unsustainable farming practices that hurt marine life and contribute to climate change?

Thermophiles in Love

Types: Interactive Narrative Media

A transmedia piece centering a 5-gender dating game that incorporates biological data about microorganisms in a playful critique of gender bio-essentialism.

Academics

Types: Scholarly Work

Steele has presented their scholarship critically exploring gender, race, political economy, games, code, and data at numerous academic gatherings and events, while offering academic service and serving as a public scholar.

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