About Me
I am cultural anthropologist who studies labour, value, and futures through the lens of the video game ecosystem, with a focus on Kenya and the wider African context.
I began my career as a graphic designer and during my MA, encountered playable media as a research and storytelling tool—an experience that fundamentally shaped my academic path and led me to study games and gaming and social, political, and cultural systems. My work on contemporary digital cultures draws on media studies, science and technology studies, decolonial social theory, ethics of emerging technologies, and ‘worldmaking’ in the global South.
I am an ethnographer and anthropologist working at the intersection of gaming, digital culture, and labour.
Alongside my academic research, I am working with experimental playable media as part of my digital humanities practice, exploring games as a way to think through material culture, memory and everyday knowledge systems.
I have also undertaken invited cultural consultation with industry partners including The Sims (Electronic Arts) with the goals of representation and player inclusion.
I also write on doing anthropological fieldwork and academic life.
My research has been supported by the Erasmus Mundus Scholarship Program of the European Commission, The James B. Duke Fellowship, the University Scholars Program Fellowship, the ACLS/Mellon Dissertation Innovation Fellowship, and the National Science Foundation.