Cops & Rubbers: A game promoting advocacy and empathy in support of public health and human rights of sex workers

Lien Tran

Cops & Rubbers: A game promoting advocacy and empathy in support of public health and human rights of sex workers

School of Communication

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Abstract

Cops and Rubbers simulates the systemic consequences the police practice of using condoms as evidence of prostitution has on sex-workers' lives internationally. By embodying a marginalized sex worker met with unconscionable adversity, players experience the emotional struggle this population endures because of a policy that violates their health and human rights. This serious game serves as a captivating alternative advocacy tool and interactive demonstration of these policing practices that elicits heartfelt reactions and independent conclusions about the policy from average constituents to essential policymakers.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	DiGRA 2013 - Proceedings of the 2013 DiGRA International Conference: DeFragging Game Studies
Publisher	Digital Games Research Association (DiGRA)
State	Published - 2013
Event	6th Bi-Annual Conference of the Digital Games Research Association, DiGRA 2013 - Atlanta, United States Duration: Aug 26 2013 → Aug 29 2013

Other

Other	6th Bi-Annual Conference of the Digital Games Research Association, DiGRA 2013
Country	United States
City	Atlanta
Period	8/26/13 → 8/29/13

Keywords

Advocacy games
Humanitarian games
Public health
Serious games
Social justice

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Human-Computer Interaction
Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
Software

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Tran, L 2013, Cops & Rubbers: A game promoting advocacy and empathy in support of public health and human rights of sex workers. in DiGRA 2013 - Proceedings of the 2013 DiGRA International Conference: DeFragging Game Studies. Digital Games Research Association (DiGRA), 6th Bi-Annual Conference of the Digital Games Research Association, DiGRA 2013, Atlanta, United States, 8/26/13.

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