[Air-l] Free places at Digiplay Seminar: Manchester, UK

[Jason Rutter]

Due to a few cancellations there are now a number of free places
available at this two day seminar. Full details are available at
www.cric.ac.uk/cric/digi/digisems.htm.

Jase
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DIGIPLAY: EXPLORING THE SOCIAL SCIENCE OF TECHNOLOGIES OF LEISURE CRIC,
University of Manchester 14-15th January 2004

Booking has now opened for the first of the ESRC-funded Digiplay Seminar
Series. The series of six seminars, which will take place at various UK
locations over the next two years, kicks off at CRIC at the Manchester
University on Jan 14th 2004.

The series explores the links between technology and leisure and the
social-science understandings of these. The first of the seminars will
take place over two days and include a postgraduate workshop organised
by Karenza Moore.

Confirmed speakers include:

Trudy Barber, University of Kent at Canterbury
"'Turning On' to Leisure with Pleasure: Exploring unusually innovative
experiences of 'adult digiplay'"

Jo Bryce, University of Central Lancashire
"Violence, videogames and vulnerability: A critical review of the
psychological literature" 

Christine Hine, University of Surrey
"Virtual Methods for Understanding Technologies of Leisure" 

Aphra Kerr, Dublin City University
"From Concept to Market: The Digital Games Business" 

Brian Longhurst, University of Salford
"Consuming the car: anticipation, use and meaning in contemporary youth
culture" 

Lydia Plowman, University of Stirling
"Play, Learning and 'Technotoys'" 

Jason Rutter, University of Manchester
"Games as Consumers as Producers"

Registration at the seminars is free but places are limited. Support
towards expenses may be available to UK registered postgraduate
students. (See booking form for info.) If you are interested in
participating you can request a place via the form at:

www.cric.ac.uk/cric/digi/booking.htm 

More details of this event and the rest of the series are available at
www.cric.ac.uk/cric/digi/digisems.htm

Jase
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Dr Jason Rutter

Mobile Entertainment: User Centred Perspectives
25th-27th March 2004
www.mobile-ent.org

ESRC DigiPlay Seminar series
www.cric.ac.uk/cric/digi/digisems.htm

ESRC Centre for Research on Innovation and Competition (CRIC),
The University of Manchester,
Harold Hankins Building,
Booth Street West, Manchester, M13 9QH. UK
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