[Dutch-chapter] DiGRA/AGS meeting Friday May 15 (12.00-14.00), lunch session!

Sat Apr 18 11:32:21 UTC 2009

Dear Flemish and Dutch game researchers,

In March we took part a tutorial by Joost Broekens and Eva Hudlicka on  
affective computing. Hereby I would like to invite you on behalf of  
AGS and the Dutch DiGRA chapter for our next meeting on Friday May 15  
2009 (12.00-14.00) at the Facultyclub in Utrecht.

We’re excited about our speakers: Maaike Lauwaert (Mondriaan Stichting  
and Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montreal) talks about her  
fresh book publication 'The place of play' (announcement below) and  
Jeroen van Mastrigt (Lector Art & Technology at the Utrecht School of  
the Arts) will discuss 'Practice led R&D in game design'.

Please note that we are having a lunch session (lunch included) as we  
would like to encourage you to go to the symposium and booklaunch of  
"Digital Material: Tracing New Media in Everyday Life and  
Technology" (AUP, red. M. van den Boomen, S. Lammes, A.-S. Lehmann, J.  
Raessens en M.T. Schäfer) which takes place from 14.00 onwards in the  
nearby Studio T (announcement below).

The DiGRA/AGS session will be in English. Please register for this  
AGS/ DiGRA meeting via: http://gate.gameresearch.nl/index.php?pageID=105

Location: (Faculty Club “Helios”, Kanunnikenzaal, adres: Achter de Dom  
7a, Utrecht. http://www.helios.uu.nl/).

Met vriendelijke groeten,

Jeroen Jansz (DiGRA)

Mark Overmars (AGS)

Marinka Copier (DiGRA)

***

The place of play, Maaike Lauwaert. Technology has come to dominate  
the world of toys and gaming. Given the immense popularity of computer  
games, as well as the increasing role played by the digital in  
childhood activities, it’s not surprising that the world of play has  
come to exist at the borders of technological production and  
consumption. The Place of Play takes on  digital toys and computer  
games as a site for strategic research into  the nature,  
characteristics, mechanisms, and problems at hand in our  contemporary  
assessment of what it means to play. I center my discussion on the  
“geography of play,” which comprises different aspects of play itself,  
including the design of a toy, the discourse surrounding it, and the  
ways in which it is actually used by its player.

***

[English version below]

Beste collega's, en (oud) studenten,

Op vrijdag 15 mei vieren wij het tienjarig jubileum van de opleiding  
Nieuwe Media en Digitale Cultuur (NMDC) in StudioT. Op deze dag willen  
we reflecteren op wat we binnen onze opleiding hebben bereikt en hoe  
wij ons tot volwaardige en belangrijke studie hebben ontwikkeld.  In  
de ochtend organiseren we hiertoe een sessie waar een aantal alumni  
spreken over wat zij na hun studie beroepsmatig zijn gaan doen. Daarna  
vindt de feestelijke launch plaats van het boek Digital Material:  
Tracing New Media in Everyday Life and Technology (AUP, red. M. van  
den Boomen, S. Lammes, A.-S. Lehmann, J. Raessens en M.T. Schäfer).  
Dit boek bevat state-of-the-art bijdragen van academici die aan de  
opleiding verbonden zijn of waren. Nadat het eerste exemplaar is  
overhandigd aan Prof. Wiljan van den Akker (decaan  
Geesteswetenschappen) zijn een aantal sprekers uitgenodigd  
(kunstenaars en academici) om het boek te presenteren en op het thema  
van het boek te reflecteren. Twee installaties van media-kunstenaars  
Walter Langelaar en Audrey Samson worden op deze dag tentoongesteld.

Graag zo spoedig mogelijk per e-mail (M.T.Schaefer at uu.nl ) reserveren  
en daarbij aangeven bij welke dagdelen je aanwezig wilt zijn.

Het programma van de dag ziet er als volgt uit:

11.00-13.00 uur, Beroepsperspectieven, StudioT (Kromme Nieuwegracht  
20, Utrecht)

10:30 - Inloop en koffie

11:00-13.00- Oud-studenten aan het woord, o.a.:

      - Stan van Engelen, VPRO

      - Keimpe de Heer, De Zwijger/Creative Learning Lab

      - Naomi van Stelten, Ijsfontijn

      - Lotte Vergouwen,  Nederlandse Publieke Omroep (NPO)

14.00-18.00 uur, Booklaunch, StudioT

Moderator: Ann-Sophie Lehmann

14:00-14.30 Officiele opening en overhandiging van het boek aan Wiljan  
van den Akker (decaan Geesteswetenschappen)

14.30-15.15  Presentaties verzorgd door auteurs uit boek

15:15 - 15:30 Pauze

15.30-17.00 Presentaties

      15.30-16.15 Geert Lovink & Florian Cramer

      16.15-17.00 Walter Langenaar & Audrey Samson

17.00 - 18:00 Borrel

********

Dear colleagues and alumni,

You are cordially invited to the celebration of the 10th anniversary  
of the Department of New Media and Digital Culture of Utrecht  
University on Friday the 15th of May in Studio T. On this day we want  
to reflect on what we have achieved in the last ten years and how we  
have developed into a full-fledged and indispensable field of study.  
The day will be kicked off with a series of presentations of former  
student who will tell us about their professional careers after their  
study. In the afternoon our book Digital Material: Tracing New Media  
in Everyday Life and Technology will be launched (AUP, eds. M. van den  
Boomen, S. Lammes, A.-S. Lehmann, J. Raessens and M.T. Schäfer). The  
first copy of the book will be presented to Prof. Wiljan van den Akker  
(Dean of the Faculty of Humanities). Afterwards academics and artist  
will reflect upon the theme of the book. Two installations will be  
featured at Studio T: nOtbOt by Walter Langelaar and threads by Audrey  
Samson.

The talks in the morning will be all held in Dutch. Please reserve  
a.s.a.p by e-mail (M.T.Schaefer at uu.nl), indicating which part of the  
day you would like to attend.

11.00-13.00 hours, Professional perspectives, StudioT (Kromme  
Nieuwegracht 20, Utrecht)

10:30  Coffee

11:00-13.00 Alumni talk about their careers, amongst others:

- Stan van Engelen, VPRO

- Keimpe de Heer, De Zwijger/Creative Learning Lab

- Naomi van Stelten, Ijsfontijn

- Lotte Vergouwen: Nederlandse Publieke Omroep (NPO).

14.00-17.00 hours, Book Launch, StudioT

Moderator: Ann-Sophie Lehmann

14:00-14.30 Official opening and presentation of first copy to Wiljan  
van den Akker (Dean of the Faculty of Humanities)

14.30-15.15  Presentations by some contributors to book

15:15 - 15:30 Break

15.30-17.00 Presentations

      15.30-16.15 Geert Lovink & Florian Cramer

      16.15-17.00 Walter Langenaar & Audrey Samson

17:00 - 18:00 Drinks

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About the Book

Digital Material

Tracing New Media in Everyday Life and Technology

Three decades of societal and cultural alignment of new media yielded  
to a host of innovations, trials, and problems, accompanied by  
versatile popular and academic discourse. New Media Studies  
crystallized internationally into an established academic discipline,  
which begs the question: where do we stand now? Which new issues have  
emerged now that new media are taken for granted, and which riddles  
remain unsolved? Is contemporary digital culture indeed all about  
'you', or do we still not really understand the digital machinery and  
how it constitutes us as 'you'? From desktop metaphors to Web 2.0  
ecosystems, from touch screens to blogging to e-learning, from role- 
playing games to Cybergoth music to wireless dreams, this timely  
volume offers a showcase of the most up-to-date research in the field  
from what may be called a 'digital-materialist' perspective.

http://www.aup.nl/do.php?a=show_visitor_book&isbn=9789089640680

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