From neveah at gmail.com Fri Feb 22 13:09:42 2019 From: neveah at gmail.com (Esther MacCallum-Stewart) Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2019 13:09:42 +0000 Subject: [DiGRA UK] DiGRA UK 2019 - Call for papers Message-ID: Call for Papers DiGRA UK 2019 The third annual conference of British DiGRA. 6 -7 June 2018 Staffordshire University, Stoke on Trent The Diverging Game Mix. We welcome submissions that move beyond digital gaming, for example submissions relating to boardgames, LARP, pervasive games or other forms of analog gaming. As with last year, we actively encourage early scholars and PhD candidates, and wish to programme our conference to provide a welcoming environment for newer voices as well as those more established. Once again, our theme playfully engages with that of DiGRA 2019, aiming to present a counter perspective to the work being discussed there. We may even get some sets of giant Ludo in! Submissions should consider, but not be restricted to, the following topics in this light: - Revisiting Games as Inter/Multidisciplinary subject - Gaming as Media - Representation in Games - Licensed and Franchised Games - Playfulness and the Medium of Games - Design as practice - Pedagogy and gaming - Game design/development/theory - Casual Games - Changes in gaming culture - Spectatorship and play - Esports theory - Underrepresented Games and Audiences - Close readings and ?well played? games. We welcome the following submission types: Full papers, of 5000 - 7000 words, to be presented as papers in a panel session. A template for full papers is available here: https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/digra-template-2018/fdtmqscfgzpc (with thanks to Mirjam Palosaari Eladhari, Adam Summerville and Mark Nelson for this resource) Abstracts of 500 words, to be presented in a series of quickfire round table sessions. Please follow the relevant areas of the template, including Abstract, Keywords and References. Workshops to last approx half a day - to be submitted as precis of approx 500 - 1000 words underlining core objectives and aims. Discussion panels - to be submitted as precis of approx 500 - 1000 words underlining core objectives and aims. Paper Paramedic and Mentorship. Following on from the very successful sessions last year, we will be offering a paper paramedic session to contributors whose work we believe is not quite ready for submission. We encourage everyone to submit work, irrespective of academic level. *We are looking for reviewers! Contact us before we contact you! ;)* Please submit work to BritishDigra at gmail.com by 22nd April 2019. Papers and abstracts should be anonymised, but please make sure you identify yourself in the e-mail so that we can respond when the paper has been reviewed. Notification of acceptance of papers 10th May 2019 Selected proceedings may be published in a special edition of ToDiGRA, in second quarter 2020. We have decided to charge a small attendance fee of ?30 and ?15 for students to cover costs. Volunteers may attend for free. Any surplus funding will be carried over to future BDiGRA events. An Eventbrite with booking details will be forthcoming. All attendees are expected to abide by the BDiGRA Inclusivity Policy: http://bdigra.org.uk/inclusivity-policy Ying-Ying Law Esther MacCallum-Stewart Alan O?Dea Nia Wearn ReplyForward -- Esther MacCallum-Stewart Associate Professor in Games Studies, Staffordshire University. Division Head of Facilitation, Dublin 2019, An Irish Worldcon. Bid Chair, A UK Worldcon in 2024. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.digra.org/pipermail/uk/attachments/20190222/5b786fbf/attachment-0001.html From d.carr at ucl.ac.uk Fri Feb 22 13:55:17 2019 From: d.carr at ucl.ac.uk (Carr, Diane) Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2019 13:55:17 +0000 Subject: [DiGRA UK] Invite seminar London March In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Invitation Troubling Legacies / Fractured Futures March 14th 2019 12:30 ? 4 pm UCL, 22 Gordon St building, London RSVP to Diane Carr (d.carr at ucl.ac.uk) Free to attend /limited places. ?Troubling Legacies/Fractured Futures? is a seminar/workshop about non-normate bodies in games, histories and institutions. The normate is: ?the constructed identity of those who, by way of the bodily configurations and cultural capital they assume, can step into a position of authority and wield the power it grants them? (R Garland Thomson, Extraordinary Bodies, 1997, Columbia UP p 8). Programme How to Get Stuffed Diane Carr How to get vaporised Esther Fox Special Guest! Subhadra Das ? Curator of the Galton Collection at UCL Design workshop Led by: Bruno de Paula and Paulo Ruffino Supported by the AHRC via the D4D project. For more information go to - https://playhouse.wordpress.com/2019/01/31/troubled-legacies-fractured-futures/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.digra.org/pipermail/uk/attachments/20190222/1090f6f1/attachment.html From neveah at gmail.com Mon Feb 25 11:12:50 2019 From: neveah at gmail.com (Esther MacCallum-Stewart) Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2019 11:12:50 +0000 Subject: [DiGRA UK] Elections at DiGRA UK 2019 Message-ID: Hello all, We'd like to get some thoughts on whether or not to hold an election at DiGRA UK 2019 for the UK board. 'Big' DiGRA re-elects every two years, where everyone on the board must reapply for their positions. Whilst people can be re-elected, a board member is not allowed to stand for the same position three times (with the exception of the Treasurer, as they often hold the bank account details). so - the Chair can only stand for 4 years, for example. It's been suggested that, because DiGRA UK is smaller, and has less people to draw from, that we instead hold elections every 4 years, avoiding the 2 year election. There are some pros and cons of this: - less people to draw from - the board may not be able to change so quickly because of this (may not be practical) - board members in position for a longer period, thus able to be more effective - may disenfranchise younger scholars from applying - longer period on board may lead to inertia / stagnation Staffordshire University (the current 2019 hosts), are happy to hold an election, which would also be noted online as a survey monkey. Last time we asked members (defined as those engaged with the UK community or who have attended a UK DiGRA event) to place one vote - either in person or electronically. Results would be announced at the board meeting during the event. If this were to happen, all board members would be up for re-election this event (DiGRA UK 2019) and would be required to resubmit their applications for the board - should they wish to do so. Please send your thoughts to us about this, so that we can make an equiable decision. Esther MacCallum-Stewart, Chair. - -- Esther MacCallum-Stewart Associate Professor in Games Studies, Staffordshire University. Division Head of Facilitation, Dublin 2019, An Irish Worldcon. Bid Chair, A UK Worldcon in 2024. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.digra.org/pipermail/uk/attachments/20190225/59b42912/attachment.html From contact at paoloruffino.com Tue Feb 19 10:12:06 2019 From: contact at paoloruffino.com (Paolo Ruffino) Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2019 10:12:06 -0000 Subject: [DiGRA UK] Fukushima Game Jam - University of Lincoln Games Research Network Message-ID: We invite students, artists, designers, *stalkers *to a 48-hour game making challenge. On the 11th March 2011 a tsunami caused a nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant in Japan. In 2015, a group of artists installed artworks in the exclusion zone as part of the exhibition *Don't Follow the Wind*. New York-based artists Eva and Franco Mattes took a series of photos from the radioactive area. Photos have been turned into a texture pack to be used in video games and 3D environments. On 8th March 2019, the textures will be used as part of a game jam at University of Lincoln, UK. Start: 8th March at 6pm End: 10th March 6pm Room: INB1102 No game design or programming skills required! A short video introducing the concept: https://vimeo.com/184416054 A longer documentary on VICE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWN7d4pBqTs Frieze article on Don't Follow the Wind: https://frieze.com/article/dont-follow-wind Link to Lincoln Games Research Network: http://games.dev.lincoln.ac.uk/2019/02/19/fukushima-game-jam-8-10-march-2019/ Info and registration: pruffino at lincoln.ac.uk Best, -- Dr. Paolo Ruffino http://paoloruffino.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.digra.org/pipermail/uk/attachments/20190219/05d3309c/attachment-0001.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: FUKUSHIMA GAME JAM.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 623606 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://mail.digra.org/pipermail/uk/attachments/20190219/05d3309c/attachment-0001.pdf