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View fullsize We are excited to announce that the report from our outreach project, Larpocracy in Brazil, has just been released. This report details the activities of Work Package 4 within the Larpocracy project, which focuses on the DRIFT artist residency and
View fullsize Sarah Lynne Bowman (Uppsala University) represented Larpocracy at the 2nd Unconference on Games with History and Heritage at the University of Gdańsk. As part of the 2026 theme, “Uses and Abuses of History in Games”, she facilitated a wo
View fullsize We are excited to share news of the new online festival ILF - International Larp Festival taking place next month. @chaosleaguelarp have been hard working to create this exciting space for connection, improvised stories and larp. Find out more in
View fullsize My Po!nt Festival is a space to be yourself, to test new forms, and to co-create things that truly matter. We want you to come play with us. My Po!nt is for everyone: queer individuals, allies, artists, players, and dreamers alike - for anyone who
View fullsize Larpocracy investigates several interrelated research questions, including: • How can LARP function as a tool for democratic education and civic training? • What kinds of political skills emerge through role-play and collective storytellin
View fullsize By placing participants inside imagined political worlds, larps create a degree of distance from everyday identities and positions. A key outcome of Larpocracy is the development of practical tools for using live-action role-play in democratic and c
View fullsize Participants in Live-action role-play can: • experiment with political roles and responsibilities • encounter disagreement without real-world consequences • reflect on power, representation, and collective choice Larpocracy examines
View fullsize As we enter 2026, we take a moment to reflect on our recent activities in Brazil. During the DRIFT residency, led by ZU-UK, more than 14 artistic works were developed in collaboration with artists and makers from Belém do Pará. In para
View fullsize It has been just over a month since members of the Larpocracy team conducted their first official public online run of the larp The Assembly. This follows a successful run of The Assembly at Stockholm Scenario Festival in November. Based on theori
View fullsize We are reflecting on last year’s ENLIGHT Teaching & Learning Conference in Uppsala, Sweden, where Larpocracy team members Sarah Lynne Bowman and Weronika Szatkowska ran two workshops.

The conference was highly appropriate for our project: