Call for Papers GAME – Games as Art, Media, Entertainment The Italian Journal of Game Studies Special Issue: “Interactive Digital Narratives: Counter-Hegemonic Narratives and Expression of Identity” https://www.gamejournal.it/n-112023-idn/ Edited by Ilaria Mariani, Mariana Ciancia, Judith Ackermann Submission deadline: July 29, 2022 The discourse on IDNs is today growingly prominent in scholarly debates (Koenitz, 2018; Koenitz et al., 2015), fed by an unceasing technological evolution that opens vaste possibilities and potentialities with relevant implications in terms of expression – both from the perspective of authors and players. The eleventh issue of G|A|M|E digs into interactive storytelling and interactive digital narratives (IDNs)…

Call for Papers Workshop on “New Trends in Sports and HCI” At MobileHCI 2022 October 1, 2022, AoE Online Workshop: https://mobilehci22-hci-and-sports.dfki.de/ Mobile HCI 2022: https://mobilehci.acm.org/2022/ Submission deadline: June 1, 2022, AoE The field of HCI for sports is evolving under the push of new technological developments and worldwide natural events, such as the Covid-19 pandemic and climate change. Recent technological advancements have widened the possibilities of HCI in the sports domain by paving the way to augmented humans, inbodied interactions, esports, new forms of sociality thanks to virtual reality and the metaverse, and new ways for engaging the audience thanks…

Call for Participation Human Factors and VR Training with Professor Bob Stone An event by Immerse Australia Friday, May 6, 2022 Livestream available via link below at 5.30pm AEST, 3.30pm AWST [8:30am in London] If you’re based in Brisbane there will also be an in-person meetup and networking event to watch the livestream: Brisbane Meetup: 5.00pm to 7.00pm AEST Google Calendar / ICS [Source: https://immerseaustralia.org/events/human-factors-bob-stone ] Link for Livestream via Teams: https://bit.ly/immerse-bobstone Venue for Brisbane Meetup: Compono Pty Ltd, Level 3, 32 Duncan St, Fortitude Valley, QLD Cost: Free The study of Human factors is concerned with understanding human capabilities, and then…

Call for Papers International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling December 4-7, 2022 Santa Cruz, California, USA [and online; see first paragraph below and last paragraph before KEY DATES] https://icids2022.ardin.online/ Submission deadline: July 15, 2022 ICIDS is the premier conference for researchers and practitioners concerned with studying digital interactive forms of narrative from a variety of perspectives, including theoretical, technological, and applied design lenses. The annual conference is an interdisciplinary gathering that combines technology-focused approaches with humanities-inspired theoretical inquiry, empirical research and artistic expression. ICIDS 2022 is the 15th edition of the conference and will be presented as a fully hybrid…

CALL FOR SPECIAL ISSUE PROPOSALS Intellect journals https://www.intellectbooks.com/asset/1547/call-fo-special-issue-2022.pdf Deadline: July 1, 2022 Intellect is seeking new special issue proposals to place within a number of our journal titles. We are particularly interested in receiving proposals for special issues on the following topics: Contemporary cinematic theory and practice Sound studies Theatre studies Dance studies Visual culture (particularly in relation to politics and public communication) Design research Art and technology Creative technologies Augmented reality If you would like to propose a special issue, please complete a Guest Editor form, which is available to download from our Publish with Us page: https://www.intellectbooks.com/why-publish-with-us Please…

Call for Papers CEEGS 2022: Ludic Realities Central and Eastern European Game Studies conference (CEEGS) October 13-15, 2022 Tallinn University, Estonia [see NOTE below] https://web.htk.tlu.ee/ceegs2022/ Submission deadlines: Abstracts: June 10, 2022 Workshop proposals: June 20, 2022 After two consecutive postponements in 2020 and 2021, the Central and Eastern European Game Studies conference (CEEGS) is back this year and will take place in Tallinn, Estonia. The binary opposition between games and reality, between the playful and the serious, is a concept present in many cultures and deeply ingrained in the Western popular imaginary. And yet, the assumption that games are “not…