[game_edu] Think Design Play - Call for Participation

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THINK DESIGN PLAY
5th International Digital Games Research Association (DiGRA) Conference
14-17 September 2011

Hosted by the Utrecht School of the Arts in the Netherlands
www.gamesconference.org

Call for participation
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After Leveling Up in the Netherlands (2003), Changing Views in Canada  
(2005), Situated Play in Japan (2007) and Breaking New Ground in  
England (2009) the 5th DiGRA Conference returns to Utrecht for Think  
Design Play

The goal of the DiGRA conference is to advance the study of games and  
playfulness. DiGRA 2011 seeks to connect game research to the creative  
industries and society by fostering the development of an integrated  
practice of game research, design, engineering, entrepreneurship and  
play. The conference is designed as a physical and online playground  
for meaningful dialogue between all players in the field of games.  
Whilst the conference will include the presentation of (peer-reviewed)  
papers and practice, invited talks and workshops, we are also very  
interested in supporting alternative forms and processes through which  
to participate and stimulate debate and discussion.

Topics
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The focus of the 2011 DiGRA conference is on integrated practices of  
game research, the creative industries and society (think: game  
design, engineering, entrepreneurship and play). We invite  
contributions on all topics and perspectives.

Submission and deadlines
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Submissions are subject to peer review. Submissions should be in ACM  
SIG format and PDF (http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates 
). Full papers will be published in conference proceedings, special  
issue journals as well as at the Digital Library of Digital Game  
Research Association on the DiGRA website (http://www.digra.org/dl).

Papers (individual or multi-author): submit an abstract of 600-800  
words.

Full papers (optional): manuscripts of up to 7.000 words will be  
accepted for review. These will be reviewed and judged separately from  
abstract submissions. You do not need to submit an abstract in order  
to submit a full paper.

Alternative forms: we are also very interested in supporting  
alternative forms and processes through which to participate and  
stimulate debate and discussion, think:  posters, panels, roundtables  
and workshops but feel free to move beyond!

- Abstract papers and alternative forms submission: 21 February 2010
- Notification of acceptance:  12 April 2010
- Full paper submission: 18 April 2010
- Full paper notification of acceptance: 17 June 2010
- Camera ready version: 8 August 2010

The 5th DiGRA conference is hosted by the Utrecht School of the Arts
The Utrecht region is the prime location in the Netherlands for  
activities related to game design and technology. The Utrecht School  
of the Arts is one of the largest art and culture-oriented institutes  
in Europe. The institute links design education and research to the  
creative industries and society. The DiGRA conference is hosted by the  
Faculty of Art, Media & Technology where creative design & research  
are practised in the combined fields of games, media and music, for  
entertainment as well as meaningful application. Together with Utrecht  
University, the Utrecht School of the Arts founded the Dutch Game  
Garden, an incubator for new game companies. and participates in the  
extensive GATE game research program.


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