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CfP for Replaying Japan 2018 conference

Replaying Japan 2018: The 6th International Japan Game Studies Conference

“Music, Sound and Play”

The 6th International Conference on Japan Game Studies will be held at The National Videogame Arcade, Nottingham, UK, from August 20-22.

Proposals in Japanese are most welcome! <日本語での発表要旨も受け付けます。>

This conference is organized by The National Videogame Arcade in collaboration with the Institute of East Asian Studies at Leipzig University, the Ritsumeikan Center for Game Studies, the University of Alberta, Leipzig University, Bath Spa University and DiGRA Japan. This conference, the sixth collaboratively organized event, focuses broadly on Japanese game culture, education, and industry. It aims to bring together a wide range of researchers and creators from many different countries to present and exchange their work.

The main theme of the conference this year will be Music, Sound and Play in Japanese Games. We invite researchers and students to submit paper proposals related to this theme. We also invite papers on other topics relating to games, game culture, videogames and education, and the Japanese game industry from the perspectives of humanities, social sciences, business, or education. We encourage poster/demonstration proposals of games or interactive projects related to these themes.

For previous approaches related to these topics, see the 2017 program: http://replaying.jp/2017schedule/

Please send anonymized abstracts of no more than 500 words in English or Japanese to: <replayingjapan@gmail.com> before 8th February 2018.

Figures, tables and references, which do not count towards the 500 words, may be included on a second page. The following information should be in the accompanying email message:

Type of submission (poster/demonstration or paper):
Title of submission:
Name of author(s):
Affiliation(s):
Address(es):
Email address(es):

Notification of acceptance will be sent out by Spring 2018.

While the language of this conference will be English, limited communication assistance will be available for those who cannot present in English.

For more information about Replaying Japan 2018, visit the conference home page (replaying.jp) or write to replayingjapan@gmail.com.

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