[DiGRA UK] DiGRA UK: plans for the future

[Paolo Ruffino]

Thank you Alison, Sonia, and also Diane and Siobhan who wrote to me in
private. We also have an offer from London South Bank to host the event in
early June.
Feel free to share ideas on what you would like to see at a UK DiGRA
meeting.
Best,

On 24 October 2016 at 14:01, Fizek, Sonia <s.fizek at abertay.ac.uk> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
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>
> This is a great idea and I am fully on board. I am sure you would not like
> to travel again into the Northern Kingdoms so I guess Leicester would work
> better than Scotland. Paolo, let me know how I can help out. I am happy to
> peer-review, if we go for an event with presentations.
>
>
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> Looking forward to further info.
>
> All the best from Dundee,
>
> Sonia
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>
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> *From:* uk-bounces at digra.org [mailto:uk-bounces at digra.org] *On Behalf Of *Alison
> Harvey
> *Sent:* 24 October 2016 10:05
> *To:* Paolo Ruffino <contact at paoloruffino.com>
> *Cc:* Uk at digra.org
> *Subject:* Re: [DiGRA UK] DiGRA UK: plans for the future
>
>
>
> 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
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>
>
> 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.
>
>
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> 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.
>
>
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> 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,
>
>
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