Game Studies (formerly Digital Games) Area
PCA/ACA National Conference
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Welcome to the mail list for the
Game Studies Area of the PCA/ACA National Conference. Here you will find instructions for joining
the list and the CFP for the area for the 2009 conference. As the list is just starting up I encourage
you to check back to this page for updates.
The email list is fully
moderated, which means that any post you send to the list will be read by an
area chair before being sent out to the list, both to cut down on spam and to
insure appropriate content. The list is
set to accept small attachments (try to keep them under 2 Megabytes, the
maximum total size for a single email is 5 Megabytes), but I would suggest
embedding any text in your email (such as cross posting another CFP) for better
performance (the system is very slow at handling attachments) and as a hedge
against mail servers with restrictive security policies.
There are three ways to join the
list:
1.
Send an email to the area’s
general account at digitalgames.pcaaca@gmail.com
and ask to be added to the list. We will
manually add you to the list, and send you a confirmation.
2.
Send an email to gamestudies.pca-request@freelists.org
with the word “subscribe” (no quotes) in the subject line. The listserv will respond, and you will need
to follow the instructions in the response email to confirm enrollment.
3.
Go to http://www.freelists.org/list/gamestudies.pca
and enter your email address on the web portal.
If you have any questions,
concerns, or problems please don’t hesitate to send us an email at the above
address, or contact any of us directly using our contact information at the
bottom of the of CFP.
Regards,
Tony Avruch
Call for Papers
Game Studies: 2009 PCA/ACA National Conference.
The Game
Studies area of the Popular Culture Association and the American Culture
Association National Conference (formerly the Digital Games area) invites
proposals for papers and panels on games and game studies for the Popular
Culture Association/American Culture Association National Conference to be held
Wednesday, April 8, through Saturday, April 11, 2009, at the New Orleans
Marriott Hotel, New Orleans, LA.
The
organizers seek proposals covering all aspects of gaming, gaming culture and
game studies. Proposals can address any
game medium (computer, social, console, tabletop, etc) and all theoretical and
methodological approaches are welcome.
Possible
topics include but are not limited to:
-- representation or performance of race, class, gender and
sexuality in games
-- gaming
culture, game specific cultures, and multicultural and cross-cultural issues
-- game development, design, authorship and other industry
issues
-- game advertising, reviews, packaging, promotion, integrated
marketing and other commercial concerns
-- political and legal entailments such as regulation,
censorship, intellectual property
-- ludology, textual criticism, media
ecology, narratology, etc as paradigms for games
studies
-- player generated content in MUDs and MMORPGs, Mods, maps and machinima
-- game genres, platforms, consoles, console wars and
connections to other media
-- serious games for education, business, healthcare,
(military) training, etc
-- space and place in games, play spaces, virtual/physical communities,
mobile gaming and localization
-- digital literacy, discourse practices, social norms and norming, the politics of play
-- public discourse/controversy over violence, militarism, sex,
criminality, racism, etc in games
So that
there will be ample time for discussion, each individual paper presentation
should be designed to last approximately fifteen minutes (there will be four
presentations per session with time for Q&A).
For
individual paper submissions, your 250-word (maximum) abstract must be received
by November 30, 2008. At the top of your proposal, please include
the title of the paper, your name (and the name of any co-presenters),
affiliation, mailing address, and e-mail address. This information will be used
in the program and to mail your conference materials. At the end of your abstract, please include a
list of 3 to 5 keywords.
The Game
Studies area of the Popular Culture Association and the American Culture
Association National Conference also invites complete panel submissions, which
may take the form of debates, dialogs, roundtable discussions, thematic panels,
(or other format,) and be designed to last approximately eighty minutes. For
complete panel submissions, please submit a 250-word panel abstract, as well as
100-word abstracts for each individual presentation. Be sure to include
the proposed title of the panel, the organizer’s name, affiliation, mailing
address, and email, and include this information for all panelists. Panel
submissions must be received by November
30, 2008.
Technology
for use during presentations may be limited. More information about the
conference can be found at http://www.pcaaca.org/
Please also
note that presenters will be required to join either the Popular Culture
Association or the American Culture Association prior to attending the
conference, as well as pay a registration fee for the conference.
Please
email all paper and panel proposals to digitalgames.pcaaca@gmail.com.
Questions
and concerns can be addressed to one of the area chairs listed below.
Katie Whitlock, Theatre
Department, California State University, Chico
Gerald Voorhees, Nido Qubien School of
Communication, High Point University
Joshua Call, Department of
English, University of Nebraska – Lincoln
Tony Avruch, American Culture
Studies Program, Bowling Green State University