[DiGRA UK] FW: regional digra chapters

[Esther MacCallum-Stewart]

Looks like a great idea. Happy to contribute. I'd also like to suggest
Diane Carr's recent paper on disability be put forwards as one of the
indicative pieces.

E

On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 12:22 PM, Ashley Brown <Ashley.Brown at brunel.ac.uk>
wrote:

>  Hello all,
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> Paul Martin sent me this email earlier today and I got his permission to
> share it with you all. Was wondering what we all thought of it? I know in
> the past Hannah Wirman tried to organise similar events at DiGRA
> conferences- we had one last year but more informal.
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> Personally, I think it is a fantastic idea. I can envision quick ‘State of
> the Union’ type addresses with each chapter doing a 5 minute run down of
> current chapter activity. I also think this might be something to take to
> the board (which I will do now) to see if we can make it a regular thing.
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> Please feel free to share thoughts,
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> Ashley ML Brown
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> Lecturer in Games Design
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> www.AMLBrown.com
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> Brunel University London
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> College of Business, Arts and Social Sciences
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> 119 Gaskell Building, Brunel University London, Uxbridge, UB8 3PH, United
> Kingdom
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> *From:* Paul Martin [mailto:Paul.Martin at nottingham.edu.cn]
> *Sent:* 12 February 2015 00:54
> *To:* Ashley Brown
> *Subject:* regional digra chapters
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> Hello Ashley,
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> Hope you’re well and all is as it should be in Uxbridge. I'm writing to
> you in relation to UK DiGRA. As you know, I’m involved in Chinese DiGRA and
> we’re thinking of ways for regional chapters (and their research) to
> increase visibility at events such as the main DiGRA conference. We were
> kicking around the idea of having a regular event at DiGRA where
> representatives of the respective chapters highlighted a number of pieces
> of research from their region. Is this something you think would benefit UK
> games research and can you think of anyone involved in UK DiGRA who would
> be interested in it? At the moment this is just an initial idea—I’m making
> contact with other DiGRA chapters to see who else would be interested.
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> Best, Paul
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> Assistant Professor in Digital Media and Communications
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> School of International Communications
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> University of Nottingham Ningbo China
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Dr Esther MacCallum-Stewart

Research Fellow (Digital Cultures Research Centre, UWE)
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