Updated closing date: 27th April, 2017. 11:59pm UTC+
Personnel: Marcus Carter, Robbie Fordyce, Martin Gibbs, & Emma Witkowski
Full details: http://digra2017.com/
The convenors of this half-day workshop seek expressions of interest for participation from individuals interested in examining the various regional contexts for eSports practices around the world. Spectatorship and play differ from location to location, with different regions providing unique arrangements of culture, infrastructure, and support for players and watchers alike. Accordingly, this workshop brings together researchers to discuss the national specificities of eSports, especially with regards to barriers for participation for interested spectators and amateur players.
The convenors, Marcus Carter (The University of Sydney), Robbie Fordyce (The University of Melbourne), Martin Gibbs (The University of Melbourne) and Emma Witkowski (RMIT University), hope to coordinate up to 20 participants into the formation of an ongoing discussion of the regional aspects of eSports, with an eye to future collaboration in an edited collection.
The emphasis of the workshop will be on discussion, and we invite those interested in presenting material to include an abstract with their submission to the workshop. The convenors will select 6-8 abstracts for presentation during the 4-hour workshop.
Those interested in attending, please arrange a ticket through our Eventbrite page:
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/
For those interested in presenting, please submit a short 200-word abstract in Word or PDF to robert.fordyce@unimelb.edu.
