2021 - Pet Playing for Placemaking

Pet Playing for Placemaking
School of Design, RMIT University

2020 - 2021

In collaboration with Cherished Pets Community Veterinary Care, this project sought to reduce older adult social isolation through a pet-centric and place-based game. The location-based game drew on the power of pets to connect people in the Bellarine region, incorporating physical and digital elements to make pet responsibility a playful, social and community-based activity.

☞ Article (2021): The Art of Tacit Learning in Serious Location-based Games ︎

☞ Presentation (2021): Playful Placemaking with Pets around a Pandemic ︎

☞ Grant (2021): Give Where You Live Foundation

Jacob Sheahan, PhD
Design Research

Jacob Sheahan, PhD
Design Research

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^{I acknowledge the peoples on whose lands I conduct my work, and respectfully acknowledge Ancestors and Elders, past, present and emerging.}

Jacob Sheahan, PhD Design Research

Jacob Sheahan, PhD Design Research

Home Research Publications About

I acknowledge the peoples on whose lands I conduct my work, and respectfully acknowledge Ancestors and Elders, past, present and emerging.

Jacob Sheahan, PhD
Design Research

Jacob Sheahan, PhD
Design Research

^{I acknowledge the peoples on whose lands I conduct my work, and respectfully acknowledge Ancestors and Elders, past, present and emerging.}