[DiGRA UK] Support for Scottish Games Network

[Alison Harvey]

Ditto, full steam ahead!
On Sep 2, 2015 12:59 PM, "Paolo Ruffino" <contact at paoloruffino.com> wrote:

> 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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>
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