Enclosures at Play: Surveillance in the Code and Culture of Videogames
Cybulski, A,D. (2014). "Enclosures at Play: Surveillance in the Code and Culture of Videogames." Surveillance & Society. 12(3).
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Education
- B.A. in English & History, Wilfrid Laurier University, 2007
- M.A. in History, Wilfrid Laurier University, 2012
- M.I. in Information Studies, University of Toronto, 2014
- Specialization in Identity, Privacy and Security (at IPSI)
- Thesis: Playing Spy Games - a Surveillant Platform Study of Microsoft’s Xbox 360
- Advisor: Dr. Leslie Regan Shade
- Ph.D in Information Studies, University of Toronto, 2020 (expected)
- Thesis: Sim-Cyberpunk - Serious Play, Hackers and Capture the Flag Competitions
- Advisor: Dr. Sara Grimes
Papers
Talks
Copypunk: Blizzard’s War on Hackers
Conference proceedings talk at Game Studies Association (CGSA) Annual Conference, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB
Bitsport: The bodies of women in Esports and online game streaming
Talk at 2015 Intersectional Approaches to Surveillance Workshop, Queen's University, Kingston, ON
Underware: Game DRM and the Governance of Online Games
Talk at Canadian Game Studies Association (CGSA) Annual Conference, Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario
Teaching
Work Experience
- 2018: Information Technology Operations Consultant
- Great North Data
- Duties included: IT Risk Management, Enterprise Architecture, IT Implementation, Information Security Awareness, IT Security
- Supervisor: James Goodwin, CEO
- 2017: Enterprise Risk Architect
- Toronto Hydro
- Duties included: IT Risk Management, Gap Analysis (NIST 800-53 & C2M2)
- Supervisor: Martin Loeffler, Director of Information Security & Enterprise Architecture
- 2016: Information Security Awareness Officer / Risk Architect
- University of Toronto - Office of Information Security & Enterprise Architecture / Project Management Office
- Duties included: Information Security Awareness Program Development, Phishing Assessment, Client Consultaitons
- Supervisor: Rajiv Kaushik, PMO Lead
- 2015: Researcher - Television Series
- Viceland’s Cyberwar
- Duties included: Series development, Background research, Production, Technologist
- Supervisor: Redacted, Executive Producer
Research Experience
- 2015: Research Assisstant
- Playing at Making
- Duties included: Data Collection, Policy Analysis, Research Presentation, Event Planning
- Supervisor: Professor Sara Grimes, Primary Investigator
- 2014: Research Assistant
- IXMaps / Data Privacy Transparency of Canadian ISPs
- Duties included: Data Collection, Policy Analysis
- Supervisor: Professor Andrew Clement & Jonathan Obar
- Research findings: Keeping Internet Users in the Know, or in the Dark
- 2013: Research Assisstant
- “Who is Watching You? And Why?”
- Duties included: Data Collection, Policy Analysis, Research Presentation, Event Planning
- Supervisor: Professor Joseph Ferenbok / Dr. Brenda McPhail, Primary Investigators
- Research funded by: the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
- Project description hosted by the OPC
Honors and awards
- 2013: Privacy by Design Ambassador
- Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Ontario
Skills
- Enteprise Architecture
- Risk Analysis
- Gap Analaysis & Compliance
- IT Operations
- Information Security Awareness
- Threat Analysis
- Phishing Assessment
- Client-service
- Policy Analysis & Design
- Privacy Impact Assessments
- Privacy by Design (PbD)
Service and leadership
Social Media & Live Steam Manager, Pathways to Privacy 2014, hosted by the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, University of Toronto, March 2014
Colloquium Researcher, “Surveillance and the Participatory Condition,” McGill Participatory Media Colloquium, McGill University, Montreal Quebec, November 2013
Faculty of History at Wilfrid Laurier Post-graduate Representative to the History Department in Committee, Wilfrid Laurier University, Sep 2011 – Apr 2012
Post-graduate Representative from the History Department to the Faculty of Arts, Wilfrid Laurier University, Sep 2011 – Apr 2012