[DiGRA UK] DiGRA UK: plans for the future

[Alison Harvey]

Hi Paolo,

This is a great idea- thanks for kicking this off! An event prior to DIGRA
in Australia would be great, and I think a workshop-style event allowing
for feedback and discussion would be ideal. I know Leicester is not the
most attractive city in the UK, but we hosted a large media and
communication conference last year so there's a lot of good support here
for a conference-type event. However, if there was an institution willing
to host with more games folks and thus capacity for a committee of
organizers, that might be the best option.

Thanks again for starting the conversation, and all the best,

Alison

On Sat, Oct 22, 2016 at 12:07 PM, Paolo Ruffino <contact at paoloruffino.com>
wrote:

> Dear all,
> Esther and I have been chatting for a while about re-starting the meetings
> of the DiGRA UK chapter. This is something I have also briefly discussed
> with some of you at the latest DiGRA-FDG conference in Dundee.
>
> The plan, as we imagined it so far, would be to have a 1-2 days event in
> spring or early summer 2017, before the international DiGRA conference in
> Australia. We need a venue, and this is the first obstacle.
>
> We also need to decide about the format. I have got the impression,
> speaking with some of you, that we want to achieve at least two things with
> this event. First of all, we want to preserve its informality and use it as
> an occasion for networking and to get to know each other, which is really
> important if we want to involve postgraduate students and, more generally,
> scholars who might be doing game research in isolation within their
> departments and who are unlikely to reach the international DiGRA
> conference.
>
> Second, we also need to justify this event as a research leave. Thus, we
> need to have paper presentations and/or workshop sections, and
> presentations should receive meaningful feedback from the other
> participants.
>
> The organisation depends, I think, on how much enthusiasm and support we
> gather. We could advertise the event, once we know location and date, and
> ask for paper and workshop proposals. These submissions could be
> peer-reviewed, and we'll need volunteers for that. We should probably then
> see how many submissions we have, and we should be flexible if we need to
> have more than one parallel session. I am not happy with having too many
> presentations at the same time, this does not need to be another big DiGRA,
> but your comments are welcome on this.
>
> For the networking aspect, we could offer everyone a chance to introduce
> themselves with a 1 minute-1 slide session, which could work if we are less
> than 20-25. Otherwise, we'll have to think about something else (the
> solution might also just be having longer coffee breaks!).
>
> If we are still interested and passionate about this, let's keep the ball
> rolling and let's get things started! I have found previous regional
> meetings to be very useful, and I would be sorry not to have more in the
> near future!
>
> Please feel free to post your comments, ideas, suggestions, and let us
> know if you believe your institution could host the meeting. Thanks!
>
> Best,
>
> --
> Dr. Paolo Ruffino
> http://paoloruffino.com
>
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-- 
Alison Harvey, PhD
Lecturer in Media and Communication
School of Media, Communication and Sociology
University of Leicester
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