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IDA TOFT IS A GRADUATE STUDENT IN THE INTERDISCIPLINARY PHD PROGRAM (INDI) AT CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY. AS A MEMBER OF TAG (THE TECHNOCULTURE, ART, AND GAMES RESEARCH CENTRE) THEY EXPLORE POLITICS OF GAME TECHNOLOGIES AND GAME MAKING HOBBY COMMUNITIES FROM AN INTERSECTIONAL FEMINIST MAKER PERSPECTIVE. THE BODY, ITS SENSES AND CULTURAL MATERIAL CONTEXT OF GAMES TAKE A CENTRAL PLACE IN IDA’S PRACTICAL AND THEORETICAL WORK.

IDA’S CRAFT SKILLS INCLUDES SIMPLE ELECTRONIC TRICKS, CHEAP HACKS, ALL KINDS OF FABRICULTURES (KNITTING, WEAVING, SEWING, FILTING, CROCHETING, SOFT CIRCUITRY), JEWELRY MAKING, LEATHER WORK, PAP-MACHE, ORIGAMI, VOICE TRAINING (/USAGE), ETC. BUT MOSTLY THEY LIKE TO JUST JACK THINGS TOGETHER USING WHATEVER SKILLS SEEM SUITABLE. IDA WOULD LIKE TO HELP IF YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT ALTERNATIVE INTERFACES, WEARABLES, PLAYFUL CONSTRUCTIONS, ESCAPE ROOMS, ETC.