# @soasuni on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DQ7FXnsDC1h
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/36781276-soasuni-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/6e3a2d0dde.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-11-11T16:39:22.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** SOAS University of London (@soasuni) — https://gondola.cc/soasuni

## Caption

👾 Is Minecraft just a game - or is it quietly reenacting a colonial fantasy?

Dr Marie Rodet, Reader in the History of Africa at SOAS, explores how the game encourages players to dominate, extract resource for profit and build their own worlds from others’ lands. What do the worlds we build for fun say about the one we live in? 
 
What do you think?

#SOASExplains #Minecraft #University #Gaming

## Stats

- **Views:** 4,589
- **Likes:** 942
- **Shares:** 0
- **Comments:** 39

## Tags

university, gaming, minecraft, soasexplains

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