[DiGRA UK] Support for Scottish Games Network

[Paolo Ruffino]

Yes, absolutely
Thumbs up!



On 2 September 2015 at 10:05, Esther MacCallum-Stewart <neveah at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> Some of you might remember the Game Think event in Scotland last year that
> we had a presence at? A group of us are trying to expand this into a larger
> Network, rather like the Creative Territories series of events that
> UWE/Bath/Brighton ran last year. As part of the group, Brian McDonald,
> William Huber, Matt Barr and myself were wondering if this was something
> that DiGRA UK would want to lend support to. Although we are all involved in
> DiGRA UK, it seemed pre-emptive to simply give the go ahead on this!
>
> The request for a letter of support is below.
>
> Could I have a show of hands that this is okay for us to lend our name to
> it? The Network will be a really useful way to expand connections in the
> Scottish Games Industry, and very much what our original remit was about.
>
> Esther, Brian, Matt and William.
>
> Dear members of DiGRA UK,
>
>
> I am writing to you today to seek your support for a bid for the Royal
> Society of Edinburgh grant funding. This grant will fund the formation of a
> research network which aims to bring together academics from Scottish
> universities engaged in the study of video games. The initial makeup of the
> network will include academics from the following institutions: Glasgow
> School of Art, the University of Glasgow, Abertay University, the Digital
> Cultures Research Centre at the University of the West of England and
> Glasgow Caledonian University. It is our intention that the network will
> expand to include colleagues from other institutions in Scotland and beyond.
>
>
> We will also bring together practitioners, industry partners and the wider
> public to participate in events which will seek to disseminate knowledge and
> practice of the Scottish video games sector. These collaborations will not
> only highlight the good work that is already carried out, but will be used
> to inform future policy-making.
>
>
> The formation of this network is timely as two of the largest Game Studies
> research events - the Digital Games Research Association (DiGRA) and
> Foundations of Digital Games (FDG) conferences - are co-locating for the
> first time, and will be coming to Dundee in 2016. In addition, the European
> Conference on Games Based Learning (ECGBL) - one of the largest
> international conferences on Games-Based Learning - will be coming to
> Paisley in 2016. The presence of three of the largest international
> conferences on video games research in Scotland provides an unique
> opportunity to highlight the excellent research into, and development of,
> video games in this country.
>
>
> We would be delighted to have DiGRA UK involved, and would be grateful if
> you could provide a very brief letter of support, as this will enable us to
> demonstrate support for such a network.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Esther MacCallum-Stewart, Matt Barr, Brian McDonald, William Huber
>
> --
>
>
> Dr Esther MacCallum-Stewart
>
> Research Fellow (Digital Cultures Research Centre, UWE).
> Secretary, Dublin 2019 Worldcon Bid.
>
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