Call: DiGRA 2017: The 10th Digital Games Research Association Conference

Call for Participation

DiGRA 2017: The 10th Digital Games Research Association Conference

We are delighted to announce the Call for Participation for DiGRA 2017, to be held July 3-6 2017, at Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Australia.

DiGRA 2017 will bring together a diverse international community of interdisciplinary researchers engaged in cutting edge research in the field of game studies. DiGRA 2017 is supported by Swinburne University of Technology, RMIT, The University of Sydney and The University of Melbourne. The conference welcomes submissions on a wide range of topics associated with studies of games and play, including, but not limited to:

  • Game cultures
  • Games and other cultural forms
  • Communication in game worlds
  • Gender and games
  • Games as representation
  • Minority groups and games
  • Games and childhood
  • The games industry
  • Independent games
  • Games criticism
  • Gaming in non-leisure settings
  • Game studies in other domains
  • Hybrid and non-digital games
  • History of games
  • Game design
  • eSports and spectatorship
  • Platform studies
  • Game production studies

For an expanded CFP see the conference website: www.digra2017.com

IMPORTANT DATES

Full Papers, Abstracts, Panels and Doctoral Consortium:

Submission date: 26 February 2017 (hard deadline)
Acceptance/rejection notification: 25 March 2017
Camera ready: 15 April 2017

Workshops:

Submission date (workshops): 20 January 2017
Acceptance/rejection notification (workshops): 27 January 2017

Conference Dates:

Workshops: July 3, 2017
Conference: July 4-6, 2017

SUBMISSION TYPES

We welcome a range of contributions to DiGRA2017. These include, full papers, extended abstracts, panel and workshop proposals, doctorial consortium participation as well as proposals for events and other activities that fall outside the academic tradition.

Full papers will be peer-reviewed, published on the conference website and in the conference proceedings available on open-access through the DiGRA digital library.

All other submissions will be reviewed by the conference organization committee. These submissions will be published on the conference website, but will not be included in the conference proceedings published through the DiGRA library.

For an expanded CFP see the conference website: www.digra2017.com

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