[DiGRA UK] MultiPlay Conference

[Steph Farnsworth (Student)]

Call For Papers.

The inaugural conference for the new academic network MultiPlay is taking place on Wednesday 19th January 2022. The theme of the conference is 'identity'. We are accepting abstracts for papers. The deadline for abstracts closes on October 1st.

Abstracts should be no more than 300 words. Accompanying biographies stating your research areas of interest should be included.

The conference will be an online event, and paper presentations should last no more than twenty minutes, with a ten-minute Q&A session afterwards.

Some suggestions for topics include:

  *   How games may help inform a person’s queer identity, or otherwise allow exploration of queerness
  *   How customisation options support/oppose representation
  *   Games as political protest
  *   Environments as a form of identity-building
  *   Where and when people choose to play games – and how it reflects their identity
  *   Games and consoles as spaces for disabled people
  *   The reinforcement of/ or resistance to colonialism in video games
  *   Has anything changed since Gamergate?
  *   Effective tactics that challenge bigotry/marginalisation in the gamer community
  *   The future of representation in video games
  *   Whether gaming brands exploit consumer attachment and how
  *   Twitch, misogyny and parasocial relationships

More details on the conference can be found here<https://multiplaynetwork.org/events/>.

If you have any further questions then please email networkmultiplay at gmail.com.

Please email all abstracts to networkmultiplay at gmail.com with the subject line 'January Conference 2022'.

Stephanie Farnsworth (she/her),
Researching Mutant Theory<https://mutanttheory.com/>
Twitter<https://twitter.com/StoriesSteph>
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