Cosmo M. Esposito

Cosmo M. Esposito is an independent researcher, game designer, and transfeminist activist specializing in transformative play and critical game studies. They are completing a Master’s in Cultural Anthropology at Uppsala University, where their thesis explores queer resistance through affect-oriented, embodied ethnography in collaboration with Protego, an LGBTQIA+ anti-discrimination centre in Palermo. Their work bridges anthropology, decolonial theory, and immersive storytelling, focusing on how games can both reproduce and resist structures of power. With a background in live-action role-playing (larp) design, Cosmo creates and studies participatory spaces that centre care, embodiment, and political agency. Their current research investigates how gaming platforms economically support far-right radicalization through algorithmic infrastructures and platform capitalism.