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CfP: The Interactive Pasts conference (8-10 Oct, Hilversum, the Netherlands)
TIPC is a creative space for surprising meetings between people and ideas, centered around video games and the past. We welcome researchers, game developers, scholars, students, gamers, artists and everyone who is curious to learn more about archaeology, history, video games and the interactive past! What can games teach us about the past? In what…
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CFP for DiGRA Italia 2018: Women, LGBTQI & Allies: videogiochi e identità di genere // video games and gender identities
We are proud to announce the CFP for DiGRA Italia 2018: Women, LGBTQI & Allies: videogiochi e identità di genere // video games and gender identities. The conference will be held in Palermo (Sicily), Cantieri Culturali della Zisa, 1 June 2018. In the following the Italian CFP, followed by the English version. ——————————————————————…
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Announcement: DiGRA Nordic 2018
Nordic DiGRA 2018 Call for Papers “Subversion, Transgression, and Controversy in Play” University of Bergen, Norway, Nov 28-30, 2018 https://digranordic2018.w.uib.no Video games have a reputation of being rebellious, often being the target of controversies and criticism for their inclusion of excessive and speculative content, as well as for the opportunities for players to engage in…
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CfP: British DiGRA 2018 (14th – 15th June 2018), Staffordshire University, Stoke on Trent
Call for Papers (published 19/2/2018) British DiGRA 2018 The second annual conference of British DiGRA. 14th – 15th June 2018 Staffordshire University, Stoke on Trent The Medium is the Game Since 2003 and the first DiGRA convention in 2003, we have seen a huge change in the ways that Games Studies understands itself and has…
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CfP: Gaming and the Arts of Storytelling Symposium and Special Issue
Gaming and the Arts of Storytelling Symposium and Special Issue CFP Symposium (Abertay University – 9th May 2018). Keynote: Professor Espen Aarseth, Centre for Computer Games Research, IT University of Copenhagen. Symposium deadline (500 word abstract): 5th March 2018. Special Issue deadline (5000-8000 word article): 31st May 2018.
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CfP: ‘Landscapes of Digital Games’, RGS-IBG Annual Conference, Royal Geographical Society, Cardiff
RGS-IBG Annual Conference, Royal Geographical Society, Cardiff Tuesday 28 August – Friday 31 August 2018, Cardiff University Call for papers (Deadline 4th February 2018) Landscapes of Digital Games Digital games in their various forms (video, computer, mobile, and, recently, virtual reality and ‘extended’ or ‘augmented’ reality), are increasingly understood in geographical terms. Whether…
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DiGRA 2018 Deadline Extension to Feb 9, 2018.
Please note that the deadline for extended abstracts, full papers and panels submission for Digra 2018 has been extended to February 9. As usual, all info at digra2018.com.
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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…
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Techniques of the Player – the observing body and organs of the senses
Techniques of the Player – the observing body and organs of the senses 11 December 2017 – Swinburne University of Technology Room AS404 (Applied Science building). In Techniques of the Observer: On Vision and Modernity in the Nineteenth Century, Jonathan Crary traces a shift in the concept of ‘the observer’ from a stable point in…
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DiGRA 2018 – The Game is the Message – CFP
The Game is the Message http://digra2018.com July 25-28, 2018 Campus Luigi Einaudi, Università di Torino, Turin, Italy Lungo Dora Siena, 100 A, 10153 Turin, Italy Conference chairs: Riccardo Fassone and Matteo Bittanti Games have long since moved out of the toy drawer, but our understanding of them can still benefit from seeing them in a wider context of…
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Call for Papers – DiGRA Italia: Made in Italy – Roma, 15 December 2017
We are happy to announce DiGRA Italia‘s next conference! The main theme for this event is Made in Italy: we are going to investigate the production, consumption, history and criticism of video games in/about/around Italy. We are interested in contributions on: – History and frontiers of video game development within the country – Reception studies and subculture…
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Conference CFP – 2018 SWPACA (Game Studies, Culture, Play, and Practice Area)
Call for Papers: Game Studies, Culture, Play, and Practice Area 39th Annual Southwest Popular / American Culture Association (SWPACA) Conference February 7-10, 2018 Hyatt Regency Hotel & Conference Center Albuquerque, New Mexico http://www.southwestpca.org Proposal submission deadline: October 22, 2017
