Buckminster Fuller’s World Game and Its Legacy

Timothy Stott

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Routledge
02 July 2021

The Arts: General & Reference; History of Art & Design Styles; Game theory; Global warming; Games development & programming

Series: Routledge Focus on Art History and Visual Studies

This book studies R. Buckminster Fuller’s World Game and similar world games, past and present.

Proposed by Fuller in 1964 and first played in colleges and universities across North America at a time of growing ecological crisis, the World Game attempted to turn data analysis, systems modelling, scenario building, computer technology, and information design to more egalitarian ends to meet human needs. It challenged players to redistribute finite planetary resources more equitably, to ‘make the world work’. Criticised and lauded in equal measure, the World Game has evolved through several formats and continues today in correspondence with debates on planetary stewardship, gamification, data management, and the democratic deficit. This book looks again at how the World Game has been played, focusing on its architecture, design, and gameplay. With hindsight, the World Game might appear naïve, utopian, or technocratic, but we share its problems, if not necessarily its solutions.

Such a study will be of interest to scholars working in art history, design history, game studies, media studies, architecture, and the environmental humanities.

By: Timothy Stott
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9780367483906
ISBN 10: 0367483904
Series: Routledge Focus on Art History and Visual Studies
Pages: 124
Publication Date: 02 July 2021
Audience: College/higher education , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Timothy Stott is Associate Professor in Modern and Contemporary Art History, Department of History of Art and Architecture at Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin.

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Buckminster Fuller’s World Game and Its Legacy

Timothy Stott

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