[game_edu] DiGRA 2014 - Deadline Extended

[Jose P. Zagal]

(Please distribute widely!)

In an attempt to accommodate requests by DiGRA members, we are extending 
the Call for Participation. We will be accepting papers, abstracts, 
panels, and additional submissions, see below, until February 24th.

DiGRA 2014 is being hosted by the University of Utah's EAE program and 
will be held in the Wasatch Mountains at Snowbird Ski & Summer Resort 
from August 3rd-6th. The location is scenic, secluded, economical, and 
within easy access of Salt Lake City's International Airport. We believe 
it offers a unique setting in which to explore games, and the blanks in 
games research.

To such end the theme of DiGRA 2014 is a phrasal template: <Verb that 
ends in 'ing'> the <noun> of Game <plural noun>

For DiGRA's 2014 Conference we playfully emphasize work that explores 
non-traditional questions, peers between the cracks of areas that are 
starting to become well-worn, and revisits old themes from new 
perspectives. In other words, what has been overlooked or otherwise not 
given the care and respect it deserves? A Mad Lib is a word game in 
which one player asks another for nouns, verbs, and other parts of 
speech with little or no context. They then proceed to fill in the 
blanks of a phrasal template to often humorous and sometimes profound 
results. As game scholars we have worked hard to figure out what were 
the most important blanks. However, at this, the seventh DiGRA 
conference, we invite you to point out the blanks that have yet to be 
filled. Your answers to our Mad Lib theme could highlight the profound, 
sublime, or humorous. We encourage you to trying working the theme into 
the title of your work.

Conference Website:  http://digra2014.eae.utah.edu/

TRACKS
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DiGRA aims at being a venue for game research from all research 
disciplines. In line with this, it accepts and encourages submissions on 
a wide range of subjects including but not limited to:

.    Game design: design techniques, practices, methods, post mortems, etc.
.    Game criticism and analysis: close readings, ontologies and 
frameworks, historical studies, philosophical explorations, and other 
humanities-informed approaches
.    Play studies: studies of play, observations and interviews of 
players, and research based on other methods from the social sciences
.    Game technology and production: case studies of experimental game 
technologies, evaluations of existing systems, and studies of game 
production processes
.    Applications and uses of games: inquires in serious, documentary 
games, games for health, gamification, games education, teaching and 
learning.

Due to the interdisciplinary nature of the DiGRA conference, authors and 
reviewers alike will be required to describe their research background 
and field of study. The intention for this is to help reviewers be 
conscious of when they are reviewing work outside their own field as 
well as making clear the proportions of contributing fields.

For more information, visit the conference website: 
http://digra2014.eae.utah.edu/

Formats
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Submit a paper or an abstract?

DiGRA 2014 supports two different categories for submitting research; 
full papers (no more than 16 pages) and abstracts (up to 1000 words 
including references). The structure reflects the cross-disciplinary 
nature and different conference traditions of the conference attendants. 
A full paper submission is recommended for completed research work, in 
particular empirical or technical work. The abstract format is suitable 
for discussion topics and ideas. Both papers and abstracts are subject 
to a double-blind review process, and get equal time for presentation 
and discussion during the conference.

Accepted full-length submissions will be uploaded into the DiGRA digital 
library after the conference. Both papers and abstracts will be 
available from the conference web site, and authors of abstracts may 
submit a full-length text. Do however note that abstracts, and 
full-length texts written post conference will not be uploaded to the 
DiGRA digital library. Finally, both selected articles and full-length 
texts may be invited for re-publication in the DiGRA journal ToDiGRA.

SUBMISSION DEADLINES
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Submissions site: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=digra2014

Full papers:
.    No more than 16 pages
.    Will be published on the conference website
.    Will be published in the DiGRA digital library
.    Submission template: here
.    Submission deadline: February 24, 2014
.    Notifications of decisions: March 21, 2014
.    Rebuttal deadline: April 1, 2014
.    Notifications of final decisions: April 15, 2014
.    Revised submission deadline: May 15, 2014 (camera ready)

Abstracts:
.    No more than 1000 words, including references
.    Will be published on the conference website
.    Will not be published in the DiGRA digital library
.    Submission deadline: February 24, 2014
.    Notifications of decision: March 21, 2014
.    Full text submission deadline: May 15, 2014

Panels:
.    Proposal: no more than 1000 words, including references
.    Will not be published in the DiGRA digital library
.    Submission deadline: January 31, 2014
.    Notifications of decision: March 21, 2014
.    Full text submission deadline: May 15, 2014

Workshops:
.    Proposal: no more than 1000 words, including references
.    Indicate full or half day (Workshops will take place August 3, 2014)
.    Contact details of organizing committee
.    Will not be published in the DiGRA digital library
.    Submission deadline: February 24, 2014
.    Notifications of decision: March 21, 2014
.    Full text submission deadline: May 15, 2014

Conference event submissions, filling in the blanks of DiGRA 2014:

DiGRA 2014 understands that no call can accommodate all types of 
research. We believe that there is excellent research and scholarship 
happening in the spaces between the formats we traditionally offer. We 
are happy to consider submissions not listed above, for example 
tutorials, performances, or an experimental session. Many participants 
in the past have asked, "why don't they do a blank" at DiGRA. This is an 
invitation to fill in the blank.

A conference event proposal can be at most 1000 words long and should 
provide justification for the event, describe the required time and 
resources, and provide names and backgrounds of the organisers.

.    Submission deadline: February 24, 2014
.    Notifications of decision: March 1, 2014

Submissions to conference events
For conference events that issue their own calls, deadlines should 
conform to this schedule.
.    Events Submission deadline: April 15, 2014
.    Events Notification date: May 15, 2014


Program Chairs
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.    Staffan Björk, University of Gothenburg, Sweden (staffan.bjork at gu.se)
.    Annika Waern, University of Uppsala, Sweden (annika.waern at im.uu.se)

Conference Chairs
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.    Roger Altizer, University of Utah, USA (roger.altizer at utah.edu)
.    Jose Zagal, University of Utah, USA (jose.zagal at utah.edu)

Program Committee
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TBA


Venue
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Snowbird, Utah -- http://www.snowbirdmeetings.com/
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