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CfP: Pro-Social Play, UK
Pro-Social Play! International conference on Storytelling and Well-being across Media Borders 17-19 October, 2019, University of Kent, U.K. www.prosocial-narrative.org Conference Chairs: Chiao-I Tseng, Dieter Declerq, Nichola Shaunessy Plenary Speakers: Charles Forceville, Media Studies, University of Amsterdam Tobias Greitemeyer, Psychology, University of Innsbruck, Austria Anja Laukötter, Center for the History of Emotion, Max Planck Institute for Human Development,…
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Job: Research Associate / Postdoc for Augmented Reality / Virtual Reality
Currently looking for a new member for research group doing all kinds of mixed / immersive / augmented / virtual reality work in Lucerne, Switzerland. While most people there speak German, this is explicitly not a requirement. They are doing a variety of projects, especially in the realm of games and HCI, so are looking…
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CfP: ECREA Games Section Symposium, Rotterdam
Games, Media and Communication: Quo Vadis? Call for presentations and panel proposals for the ECREA Digital Games Research Section symposium in collaboration with the Gaming Matters Research Cluster of the Erasmus Research Centre for Media, Communication and Culture (ERMeCC) 7-8.11.2019, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands The 2010s is almost over, and game studies is preparing…
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Special issue of GAME on digital entertainment and special needs
A new special issue of GAME has been released with a focus on Digital Entertainment and Special Needs. Edited by Enrico Gandolfi, Kaybeth Calabria, and Richard E. Ferdig, it includes 5 peer-reviewed articles that address different aspects of the relationship between video games and special needs (e.g., spanning universal interfaces, empathy through games, ludic mechanics…
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DiGRA Call for Ombudspersons
The DiGRA Diversity Working Group is looking to find volunteers to help in the following positions: Ombudsperson (2-3 people) Ombudsperson Secretary (2-3 people). We are seeking to appoint a small group of people to share the responsibility of acting as neutral representatives mediating between members of the association and the board to resolve complaints and…
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CfP: DIS’19 workshop: Larping (Live Action Role Playing) as an Embodied Design Research Method
DIS’19 workshop: Larping (Live Action Role Playing) as an Embodied Design Research Method. Embodied design methods are gaining popularity among design researchers. They leverage the physical and situated experience of designers to access and better understand present and future situations, humans, and design opportunities. In this one-day workshop, we will explore, engage with, and discuss…
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CfP: JAMOLOGY 2019
Working Paper seminar for Game Jam Research(ers) Aalto University, Espoo, Finland 11.-12. June 2019 During the past decade game jams have become an important part of game industry ecosystems. As thousands of games are created in a wide variety of jams annually, these game creation events have become increasingly important sites for various game makers.…
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Book: Fun, Taste and Games
John Sharp and David Thomas are happy to announce the publication of: Fun, Taste, & Games: An Aesthetics of the Idle, Unproductive, and Otherwise Playful (https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/fun-taste-games) A new book in MIT Press Play Thinking series. This compact tome proposes a fun-centered aesthetic framework for understanding and appreciating games. This project is the result of a long meditation…
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Job: Visiting Assistant Professor at Northeastern
The Games Group at Northeastern (Boston campus) is doing a search for a yearlong appointment as Visiting Assistant Professor. Although any terminal degree will qualify, this is an ideal position for a recently-minted Ph.D. who wants to get a little teaching under their belt before going into a TT position. The ideal candidate would be…
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CfP: Urban Games in the Smart, Creative & Sustainable City
Dale Leorke (Postdoc at the Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies at Tampere University, Finland) and Marcus Owens (Lecturer at the College of Environmental Design at UC Berkeley) are seeking contributions for a proposed edited book collection on games, play and urban policy. The collection, tentatively titled ‘Urban Games in the Smart, Creative and…
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CfP: Material Manifestations of Dislocation and (Re)connection Workshop at ECSCW 2019
* Material Manifestations of Dislocation and (Re)connection* in conjunction with ECSCW 2019 https://ecscw.eusset.eu/2019/ Sunday, June 9, 2019 Salzburg, Austria Workshop Website: https://hci.sbg.ac.at/sites/material-dislocation/ IMPORTANT DATES Submission of position paper: April 8 Notifications to authors: May 2 Early bird registration: May 13 Workshop at ECSCW: Sunday, June 9 ECSCW main conference: June 10 – 12 SCOPE AND…
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Tampere University Spring Seminar, “Urban Play”
Next month, the Game Research Lab at Tampere University, Finland will hold its annual Spring Seminar event. The Spring Seminar is a venue for academics, researchers and commentators to discuss their game-related work in progress. This year, it will be held on the 15th & 16th April at Vapriikki museum, Tampere. The theme is ‘Urban…
