Dr. Johnathan HARRINGTON
助理教授, 英国语言文学系
| Phone number | 3411 5764 |
|---|---|
| Email address | john-h@hkbu.edu.hk |
| ORCID number | -- |
Degree(s):
PhD Creative Media, at City University of Hong Kong
MSc Digital Games, at University of Malta
BA English (Hons), at University of Malta
Research area(s):
board games, including local design, production, and communities; play as design, play as method, virtual cultures and online communities, oulipo.
Teaching area(s):
virtual storytelling, games as texts, game prototyping, game studies, play communities, playful design
Taught previously at:
City University of Hong Kong, University of Malta
Selected output(s):
Harrington, J. and Z. Zhang (2022). “Negotiating Chinese Youth Cyber Nationalism through Play Methods.” British Journal of Chinese Studies 12.
Gualeni, S., Vella, D., and Harrington, J. (2017). “De-Roling from Experiences and Identities in Virtual Worlds.” Journal For Virtual Worlds Research 10(2).
Harrington, J. (2020). Workshops of Our Own: Analysing Constraint Play in Digital Games, City University of Hong Kong.
Harrington, J. (2018). Infra-ordinary Rewritings: Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp as an Introductory Study. DiGRA 2018.
Harrington, J. (2018). On Buddhist Frogs and Flower Arrangements: Out-of-Game’s Spatial Production in Friendship Games. Philosophy of Computer Games 2018.
Current project(s):
Modern Board Games in Hong Kong: an Area Studies Landscape (ongoing)
Harrington, J. (2023) “Memorials, Protests, Ramadan and Fashion, Animal Crossing New Horizons’ Places during Covid-19.” GAME Journal (Under Review)