Kate Raynes-Goldie
Kate Raynes-Goldie | |
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Born | Toronto, Canada |
Nationality | Canadian & New Zealand |
Dr. Kate Raynes-Goldie is a Western Australian-based interactive producer, AR/MR game designer and technology researcher who is currently the first Director of Interactive Programs at FTI.[1] In 2016, she was awarded the Australian Computer Society's Digital Disruptors ICT Professional of the Year.[2] In 2015 and 2016, she was named one of the 75 most influential women in the games industry in Australia and New Zealand by MCV [3] and a finalist for Curtin University's Alumni Achievement Award for her work supporting the Western Australian games industry.[4] Kate co-founded Atmosphere Industries, an award winning game design studio.[5] She co-authored the first scholarly examination of friending on social networks and co-created Perth's first ARG, Ghost Town in 2007 with David Fono.[6]
She gave a talk on physical-world based gaming at TEDxPerth.[7] She has a BA (hons) in Philosophy and Semiotics from the University of Toronto and holds a PhD in internet studies from Curtin University, her thesis was titled 'Privacy in the Age of Facebook'.[8] The thesis was the 6th most downloaded thesis of all time, from the Curtin University library repository as of May 2014. Raynes-Goldie is an Adjunct Research Fellow at Curtin. Her innovative games have been featured at a range of international venues including Indiecade (San Francisco), Come Out and Play (New York), the National Theatre (London), Playpublik (Berlin), Fresh Air (Melbourne) and the TIFF Sprockets (Toronto).[9]
Raynes-Goldie received funding from the MacArthur Foundation's Digital Media and Learning Initiative,[10] which resulted in her co-authored chapter in Civic Life Online, published by MIT press.[11]
She lives in Fremantle, WA.
References
- ↑ "Film institute to support gamers".
- ↑ http://www.afr.com/news/special-reports/gaming-to-promote-diversity-in-industry-20161211-gt8o5g
- ↑ Van Daal, Joel (6 May 2015). "Women In Games: Dr. Kate Raynes-Goldie". MCV Pacific. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- ↑ "Outstanding Curtin alumni celebrated at awards night". Curtin University. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
- ↑ Bigge, Ryan (11 Jul 2010). "Welcome to gentrification, the game". The Toronto Star. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
- ↑ "Gamers hunt for support" (PDF).
- ↑ "What games can be: Kate Raynes-Goldie at TEDxPerth".
- ↑ Robertson, Katie (20 Apr 2013). "Perth academic Kate Raynes-Goldie says Facebook aims to end privacy". PerthNow. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
- ↑ Van Daal, Joel (6 May 2015). "Women In Games: Dr. Kate Raynes-Goldie". MCV Pacific. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- ↑ https://depts.washington.edu/ccce/civiceducation/mdlp.html
- ↑ https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/civic-life-online