PUBLICATIONS & PUBLIC MEDIA
Academic Publications about The LiTT Lab
Cortez, A., Lizárraga, J.R., & Rivero, E. (2024). AlgoRitmo literacies in gaming: Leveraging ChicanX praxis to reimagine AI systems. Reading Research Quarterly. [PDF]
Cortez, A., & Lizárraga, J. R., & Castro, A. (2023). Interrogating the notion of giving voice: Designing for polyphony across game-based learning ecologies. Mind, Culture, and Activity. [PDF]
Cortez, A., & Lizárraga, J. R. (2023). Speculative pedagogies in video gameplay: Designing for new social futures in collaborative worldmaking. In A. Garcia & N. Mirra (Eds.), Speculative pedagogies: Designing equitable educational futures (pp. 51-66). New York, NY: Teachers College Press. [PDF]
Cortez, A., McKoy, A., & Lizárraga, J. R. (2022). The future of young Blacktivism: Aesthetics and practices of speculative activism in video game play. The Journal of Futures Studies, 26(3), 53-70. [PDF]
Cortez, A., McKoy, A., & Lizárraga, J. R. (accepted). The playful aesthetics and practices of speculative Black activism. In T. M. Russworm & S. Murray (Eds.), Antiracist futures: Race, play, and the speculative imagination. Durham, NC: Duke University Press. [PDF]
Cortez, A., & Lizárraga, J. R., & Castro, A. (2023). Interrogating the notion of giving voice: Designing for polyphony across game-based learning ecologies. Mind, Culture, and Activity. [PDF]
Cortez, A., & Lizárraga, J. R. (2023). Speculative pedagogies in video gameplay: Designing for new social futures in collaborative worldmaking. In A. Garcia & N. Mirra (Eds.), Speculative pedagogies: Designing equitable educational futures (pp. 51-66). New York, NY: Teachers College Press. [PDF]
Cortez, A., McKoy, A., & Lizárraga, J. R. (2022). The future of young Blacktivism: Aesthetics and practices of speculative activism in video game play. The Journal of Futures Studies, 26(3), 53-70. [PDF]
Cortez, A., McKoy, A., & Lizárraga, J. R. (accepted). The playful aesthetics and practices of speculative Black activism. In T. M. Russworm & S. Murray (Eds.), Antiracist futures: Race, play, and the speculative imagination. Durham, NC: Duke University Press. [PDF]
Public Talks
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Video games as portals into young people’s socio-political imagination
Arturo Cortez, PhD Invited talk at the Creativity and Imagination Coffee Hour September 25, 2023 |
Hacking new social futures: Intergenerational world-making in video gaming ecologies
Arturo Cortez, PhD, Eddie Rivero, PhD, Alexis Hunter, Ashieda McKoy, Godwin Amouzou, Jade Cortez-Vargas, Humberto Echevarria Rios, Isabella Herrera, Scott Perkins, & Mariel Reyes-Galvez Invited talk at the University-Community Links Annual Conference: Co-constructing Sustainable Futures April 29, 2023 |
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“Cracks in the code”: Transformative learning in video gaming communities Arturo Cortez, PhD
Invited talk at the University of California, Irvine HX Dialogue March 23, 2023 |
“Cracks in the code”: Transformative learning in video gaming communities
Arturo Cortez, PhD Invited talk at the CU Boulder Institute of Cognitive Science Colloquium March 17, 2023 |
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Modding new social realities in our virtual and everyday worlds
The Learning to Transform (LiTT) Video Gaming Lab Invited talks at the CU Boulder School of Education, EdTalks November 30, 2022 |
Speculative activism in video game play: Co-designing imaginaries with educators and young people
Arturo Cortez, PhD Invited talk at the Rutgers Graduate School of Education Learning Science Colloquium October 13, 2021 |
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Mobilizing for justice: The redux. In Conversation with Alexander Asmolov
Arturo Cortez, PhD Invited talk for Transnational Dialogue on Cultural Praxis October 11, 2021 |
Mobilizing for justice: Centering young people’s ingenuity in everyday digital practice
Arturo Cortez, PhD (Talk begins at 35:45) Invited talk at The First International Symposium on Cultural-Historical Psychology. Novosibirsk, Russia November 18, 2020 Talk in Russian |
Media Mentions
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Limiting kids video game time
Denver7 Afternoon News Arturo Cortez (Interviewed) |
Video gaming: Who should set limits for kids?
Denver7 Morning News Arturo Cortez (Interviewed) |