Institutions and tropical forests - free educational videogame

[Paul Steinberg]

Dear GEPers,

If your students are looking for something a little deeper than the Brazilian President's theory that Leonardo DiCaprio is destroying the Amazon... I am pleased to announce that the Law of the Jungle videogame is again available for use in your courses, after a one-year hiatus due to some technical problems.

The game features a variety of social science concepts, from common property regimes to multilevel governance, communications theory (Everett Rogers' work on homophily), power dynamics in rural settings, social capital, and policy strategy.  

It takes about an hour to play and can be launched for free at the "Play the Game" link on rulechangers.org.  As I noted in an earlier post, the site also features a short animated film about institutions, a teaching guide, and other resources.

Law of the Jungle was created over a two-year period by computer science and art students under my direction at the Claremont Colleges.  

I hope you find it to be of value in your teaching.

With best wishes,

Paul Steinberg

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Paul F. Steinberg

Chair, Department of Humanities, Social Sciences, and the Arts

Malcolm Lewis Chair in Sustainability and Society

Professor of Political Science and Environmental Policy

Harvey Mudd College

http://www.hmc.edu/steinberg