The University of Magdeburg, Institute for Educational Science, and the Commission “Media Education” of the “German Association for Educational Science” (Kommission Medienpädagogik der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Erziehungswissenschaft) invite to submit abstracts and papers for the international conference “Computer Games / Players / Game Cultures”. The conference will be held in Magdeburg (Germany) from March 18 to 21, 2009.
Call for Papers - revised (2nd) version
The conference seeks to provide an interdisciplinary forum to present and reflect upon the state which digital game studies has obtained in the past decade as well as discuss perspectives for the future. The focus lies on aesthetic, social, cultural and educational aspects of computer games, including persistent (multiplayer) game worlds like MMOGs and new phenomena like mobile digital gaming (for more details see http://wase.urz.uni-magdeburg.de/bscw/bscw.cgi/d166949/CFP%20English.pdf).
We invite to submit suggestions for papers/talks or posters (with working title, allocation to main topic) via e-mail to Johannes Fromme: jfromme@ovgu.de until December, 7th, 2008.
Submissions may include:
- Abstracts (700-1000 words) or full versions of papers of original, unpublished research or theoretical work (individual or collaborative papers). General surveys of key debates, problems, and empirical findings are especially encouraged.
- Abstracts (500-700 words) for poster presentations (presentations of work in progress in a poster session)
- Abstracts (500-700 words) for presentations of Ph.D. projects in a special forum for doctoral candidates.
All submitted abstracts und papers will be peer reviewed. Accepted papers, posters und Ph.D. projects will be presented during the conference. The full versions of the papers (talks) will be published in a handbook after the conference (presumably by the end of 2009). Authors will have the chance to revise their papers for the publication after the presentation and discussion at the conference.
The full version of the CFP can be downloaded here:
http://wase.urz.uni-magdeburg.de/bscw/bscw.cgi/d166949/CFP%20English.pdf
Best,
Johannes Fromme