Markus Wiemker

Game Design & Game Studies

CfP: Cultural Studies and the Research of (Digital) Games. Hong Kong, June 17-21, 2010. Extended Deadline: January 31th, 2010

CfP: Cultural Studies and the Research of (Digital) Games. Hong Kong, June 17-21, 2010. Extended Deadline: January 31th, 2010

  

Cultural Studies and the Research of (Digital) Games

 

Proposals are invited for PRESENTATIONS at the 8th International Crossroads in Cultural Studies Conference. The next Crossroads conference will be held in Hong Kong, June 17-21, 2010.* http://www.crossroads2010.org

 

Session: Cultural Studies and the Research of (Digital) Games

 

The organizer seeks proposals covering all aspects of gaming, gaming culture and game studies. Proposals can address analog and digital games and all theoretical and methodological approaches are welcome. 

 

Possible topics include, but are not limited to:

          The relationship between Cultural Studies and (analog and digital) games

          Identity construction, representation of race, class, gender and sexuality in games

          Gaming culture, game cultures and game communities

          Ideology in game design or production

          Game advertising and marketing

          Regulation, youth protection, censorship and intellectual property

          Game analysis

          Research methods

          Appropriation processes

          Serious games/persuasive games/games for change

         

 

ALL PROPOSALS ARE WELCOME!

– Please send an abstract of 100 – 150 words or note of interest to Markus Wiemker markus@wiemker.org till January 31th, 2010 –

 

Markus Wiemker

University of Technology

RWTH Aachen, Germany

markus@wiemker.org

www.wiemker.org

 

*Since its inception in 1996 in Tampere, Finland, the Crossroads in Cultural Studies Conference has filled a significant gap in the global academic community. It is now a key international conference in cultural studies where scholars from all five continents get together regularly to exchange research outputs, critical viewpoints and scholarly insights. Organized by the Association for Cultural Studies (ACS), the Crossroads conference is held every other year in different parts of the world: Birmingham in UK, Illinois in USA, Istanbul in Turkey and Kingston in Jamaica.