Towards a Decolonial Framework for IDN

Abstract

This paper discusses the application of decolonial thinking to Interactive Digital Narrative (IDN) with the goal of creating a decolonial framework. We provide motivation for this endeavor, and report on a workshop we conducted called Time for Repositioning, aiming to start a decolonizing process in the EU COST Action INDCOR (Interactive Narrative Design for Complexity Representations). Then, we analyze several exemplar IDN works which embody decolonial thinking. Finally, we offer some concrete steps for scholars to decolonialize their work which also provide the foundation of our ongoing work towards a more developed decolonial framework.