Two League events exploring cooperation…
Sunday 27 April — League play — Prisoner’s Dilemma
“Stuffie Dilemma,” a game developed with Bruce Emmett’s high school students at a League workshop in February 2013
Noon to 2pm at Elm Park
Prisoner’s Dilemma is a conundrum used in game theory to consider situations in which individuals might choose not to cooperate, even if it might be in their best interests to do so.
The protoypical situation: two gang members are arrested for a major crime and kept separated from each other. The police explain to each of them that there is not enough evidence to convict them on the main charge without one of them confessing, but they can both be convicted on a lesser charge. If one confesses, he will be set free and the other convicted for the maximum sentence. If both confess, they will both be convicted, but serve fewer years. If neither defects, they both serve less time on the lesser charge.
Many specific strategies and real-life examples of cooperation and betrayal have been identified as types of prisoners’ dilemma. For this League play day we’ll explore some of them.
League events are free of charge and open to all. We gather to play sports and games as a practice of creative problem solving. Each game, its equipment, its playing field, and its strategies evolve through trial and improvisation. Drop in prepared for action.
Tuesday 29 April — PushupKucha
7pm at Elm Park field house, 5837 Larch Street (map)
PushupKucha is a new active salon concept that plays on the short presentation format, augmenting ideas with practice. Not only do PushupKucha presenters convey their ideas in a few short minutes, but they also include physical audience action.
The first edition of PushupKucha will take place in and around the Elm Park field house on Tuesday 29 April at 7pm.
Presenters tackling questions of cooperation and neighbourliness are:
- Matt Hern, author of One Game At A Time: Why Sports Matter
- Adrienne Pierce and Ari Shine, the musician collaborators known as The Royal Oui
- Justin Langlois of Windsor-based Broken City Lab, a collective whose creative practice leans towards civic change
- Members of the Mill Community Project concerned with the presently-buried Inglewood “Mill” skatepark in West Vancouver.
- Nick Boulding, teacher in Take A Hike adventure-based education program for youth at risk.
Audience: Come prepared for action. Attendance will be limited; join the facebook event here.
