Dr. Adam Procter

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Adam Procter gestures with both hands discussing an idea during a round table session at GDC 2023, in his right hand he holds an Apple Pencil, in his left hand a uni-ball eye fine writing pen.

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Dr. Adam Procter is a Principal Teaching Fellow of Games and Interaction Design at Winchester School of Art (WSA), University of Southampton. . He leads the BA (Hons) Games Design & Art programme within the Department of Art and Media Technology.

The BA (Hons) Games Design & Art is a research-led practice based programme. Adam has designed and is responsible for the programme structure, ethos, recruitment and attainment of all students. He teaches across a wide range of games subject areas in all years but his focus is teaching final year students and the development of their final projects which can be viewed here http://winchester.games. Adam keenly teaches how academic theory informs practice.

"Most learning is not the result of instruction. It is rather the result of unhampered participation in a meaningful setting."
— Ivan Illich

Adam’s research and practice focus on the creation and application of playful technology and games to stimulate thought, debate, and encourage thinking through making within Communities of Practice. Adam develops playful digital tools designed to enhance critical practice and teamwork. These tools augment in-person, studio-based activities such as critiques, discussion groups, and ideation sessions, aiming to increase participation and engagement. In his game-specific practice, Adam creates small satirical ecogames that comment on the climate crisis and public infrastructure failings. Recently, he has been designing games specifically for the Playdate, utilising its unique crank interface. Read more of what Adam gets up to at discursive.

Adam has a PhD in Webscience, a BA in Animation and a MA in Art, Design and Internet Technologies. For his Final Project he claim's to have invented an online social network about the same time as Facebook was being created, however his never took off.

Adam previously managed the large Technical Services team at WSA, which comprises all the hard working technical staff equipped to ensure the practice of making Art & Design is cutting edge at WSA. For a number of Years he was also school wide BA Degree Show Co-ordinator and for an very brief period bestowed the role of School Safety Officer!

For the record Adam has a wife, 3 kids, 1 dog, 3 cat's and is a super fan and owner of the football club AFC Wimbledon .

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