[Air-L] Full program, DiGRA Nordic 2012

Mon May 7 18:26:26 PDT 2012

Dear all,

The full program for DiGRA Nordic 2012 is now available online:

http://digra-nordic2012.org/program/

The registration deadline for non-speaker participants has been extended
until 30th of May:

http://digra-nordic2012.org/registration/

Note that some of our hotel discounts have now already expired, so we
recommend you book your accommodation asap:

http://digra-nordic2012.org/venue/

Welcome to Tampere,

  - Frans

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Frans Mäyrä [mailto:frans.mayra at uta.fi]
> Sent: 19. huhtikuuta 2012 10:28
> To: 'Games Research Network'; 'aoir list'; finland at digra.org
> Subject: Call for Participation, DiGRA Nordic 2012
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> DiGRA Nordic 2012 is now open for registrations:
> 
> http://digra-nordic2012.org/registration/
> 
> You can access the draft program (with timetables and keynote titles) from
> here:
> 
> http://digra-nordic2012.org/program/
> 
> The full program will be made available as soon as all speakers and
sessions have
> been confirmed. Note that the deadline for speakers' registrations is
Monday, 23
> April, 2012. The deadline for participants’ registration is Monday, 14
May, 2o12.
> 
> There is information about hotels, travel arrangements and the venue
available at
> the conference website:
> 
> http://digra-nordic2012.org/venue/
> 
> Welcome to Tampere!
> 
>   - Frans
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Frans Mäyrä [mailto:frans.mayra at uta.fi]
> > Sent: 23. tammikuuta 2012 15:33
> > To: 'Games Research Network'; aoir list; finland at digra.org
> > Subject: DiGRA Nordic 2012 Call for Papers (updates)
> >
> > DiGRA Nordic 2012 – “Local and Global: Games in Culture and Society”
> > 6-8 June 2012, Tampere, Finland
> >
> > - Updates! We can now announce all four conference keynote names –
> > note
> also
> > the updates to submission and registration information (below):
> >
> > * Nick Montfort is associate professor of digital media at MIT and
> president of the
> > Electronic Literature Organization. He develops text generators and
> interactive
> > fiction and has participated in dozens of literary and academic
> collaborations.
> > Montfort co-edited The New Media Reader and The Electronic Literature
> > Collection Volume 1 and wrote Twisty Little Passages: An Approach to
> Interactive
> > Fiction, Racing the Beam: The Atari Video Computer System (with Ian
> Bogost),
> > and Riddle & Bind. His next book, 10 PRINT CHR$(205.5+RND(1)); : GOTO
> > 10,
> is
> > a collaboration with nine other authors about a one-line Commodore 64
> BASIC
> > program.
> > * Kristine Jørgensen is associate professor in media studies at the
> University of
> > Bergen. She has published articles on game sound, the user interface
> > in
> games,
> > the player role, games research methods, the Norwegian game industry,
> > and
> game
> > narratives. She is the author of A Comprehensive Study of Sound in
> Computer
> > Games, and is currently writing a book on game user interfaces.
> > * Espen Aarseth is principal researcher at the Center for Computer
> > Games Research, IT University of Copenhagen, and adjunct professor at
> > the
> Department
> > of Media and Communication, University of Oslo. He is also co-founding
> Editor-
> > in-Chief of the journal Game Studies, founder of the Digital Arts and
> Culture
> > conference series, and co-founder of the Philosophy of Computer Games
> > conference series, and author of Cybertext: Perspectives on Ergodic
> Literature
> > (Johns Hopkins UP 1997), a comparative media theory of games and other
> > aesthetic forms.
> > * Minna Ruckenstein is a Senior Researcher at the Finnish National
> Consumer
> > Research Centre in Helsinki and the President of the Finnish
> Anthropological
> > Society. Her ethnographic research has focused on children’s uses of
> virtual pets
> > and virtual worlds. Recent articles contribute to the study of
> > childhood
> from the
> > perspectives of money, value creation and innovation.
> > Published books include co-edited Rahan kulttuuri [The Culture of
> > Money]
> > (2009) and co-written Forget Innovation (2011). In 2011 she received
> > the ITRA/BTHA and Brio prizes.
> > * Also: the updated conference submission template is based on the
> > DiGRA
> > 2011 format – you can download the paper template from here:
> > http://digra-nordic2012.org/submission/
> > * Registration information is available from here:
> > http://digra-nordic2012.org/registration/
> >
> > - Overview: The study of games, players and related phenomena has
> > expanded strongly both in its academic as well as in geographical
> > range during the
> last
> > decade. The DiGRA Nordic 2012 conference aims bring together Nordic
> > and
> non-
> > Nordic games researchers to discuss the cultural and social context of
> games and
> > play from multiple perspectives, including reflections of local and
> > global
> in game
> > cultures. Year 2012 is the tenth anniversary of the Tampere Computer
> > Games
> and
> > Digital Cultures (CGDC 2002) conference, providing also an opportunity
> > to
> reflect
> > on the last decade of developments in Nordic game studies, as well as
> > its
> wider
> > international scope. The conference will be open to themes related to
> non-digital,
> > as well as digital games and their different forms of play.
> >
> > - Review process: the conference accepts full paper submissions, which
> will be
> > handled in anonymous peer review. There are Theme Chairs who oversee
> > the reviews in specific paper categories. There will be online
> > publication of
> accepted
> > papers in the DiGRA Digital Library.
> >
> > - Venue: The conference will take place in Tampere, Finland, and will
> > be
> jointly
> > hosted by Universities of Tampere, Jyväskylä and Turku. The modern
> facilities of
> > the new Technopolis building and the University of Tampere campus
> > provide
> the
> > venue for plenary keynote sessions and paper sessions in parallel rooms.
> There
> > will be also social and other program available during the event.
> >
> > - Suggested themes and Theme Chairs: the conference has dedicated
> > Theme Chairs who head the selection submissions as the meta-reviewers
> > for the
> key
> > themes in the conference:
> >
> > * local/global in game cultures (Chair: Thorsten Quandt)
> > * historical perspectives into digital gaming (Chair: Melanie
> > Swalwell)
> > * social player studies (Chair: Torill Mortensen)
> > * games industry (Chair: Mirva Peltoniemi)
> > * design of games (Chair: Annika Waern)
> > * gamification and gameful design (Chair: Sebastian Deterling)
> > * gambling vs. gaming studies (Chair: Pauliina Raento) – see also the
> special
> > workshop program
> > (http://digra-nordic2012.org/seminars-and-workshops/)
> > * games as art (Chair: Simon Niedenthal)
> > * critical approaches to game studies (Chair: Jonas Linderoth)
> > * games as media and communication (Chair: Marko Siitonen)
> > * other (the conference submissions are not limited to the above
> > themes)
> >
> > - Organisers: The conference will be hosted jointly by the Finnish
> > DiGRA
> chapter,
> > coordinated by Dr Olli Sotamaa and the Creation of Game Cultures
> > research project, coordinated by professor Frans Mäyrä. Assisted by
> > the review
> board and
> > local organising team, the main organisers are:
> >
> > * Review Chair: professor Raine Koskimaa
> > * Program Chair: professor Jaakko Suominen
> > * Local Chair: professor Frans Mäyrä
> >
> > - Dates:
> >
> > * deadline for full papers, panels and alternative forms: 13 February
> > 2012
> > * authors are informed of review: 2 April 2012
> > * final paper submission deadline: 7 May 2012
> > * conference dates: 6-8 June 2012
> >
> > - Contact details: You can find more, up-to-date information in
> http://digra-
> > nordic2012.org. The email contact address for the organising team is:
> > digranordic2012 [at] gmail.com. For more information about other
> > Nordic
> DiGRA
> > activities, go to: http://www.nordic-digra.org/
> >
> > Welcome to Tampere!
> >
> >   - Frans
> >
> > --
> >    Frans Mäyrä, Professor, Digital Culture & Game Studies
> >    ** Information Studies and Interactive Media INFIM/TRIM
> >    ** School of Information Sciences SIS **
> >    ** 33014 University of Tampere, Finland **
> >    frans.mayra at uta.fi / fransmayra at gmail.com / frans at unet.fi
> >    ** gms 050 3367650 / fax  03 3551 7503 www.uta.fi/sis/
> >    www.fransmayra.fi www.unet.fi www.uta.fi/~frans.mayra
> >
> 
> 