SOAS Explains: Minecraft

Is Minecraft a harmless kids’ game - or is it quietly reenacting a colonial fantasy? 👾 Dr Marie Rodet, Reader in the History of Africa at SOAS University of London, explores how the game mirrors a capitalist drive to dominate, extract, and reshape others’ land for profit - revealing how even our virtual worlds reflect the systems we live in.

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