Location: China
Call for Papers Date: 2015-04-30 (in 19 days)
Date Submitted: 2015-04-07
Announcement ID: 221762
The 2nd annual Chinese DiGRA conference, to be held at Tsinghua University (Beijing, China), will continue to
develop the Chinese games research community by providing a platform for interdisciplinary discussion about the
past, present, and future of digital games. This conference will also lay a new foundation for dialogue
between the academia and the industries.
The conference will take place over two days. Keynote speakers will include internationally recognized
videogame scholars, insiders to the Chinese gaming industry and designers for games that have
significantly influenced gaming communities in China and Chinese Speaking Area.
Chinese DiGRA is a community of games researchers from university and industry settings who work
in a Chinese context or who have an interest in Chinese games and gaming, broadly defined. In order
to build a platform for communication on videogames and to foster videogame researches in China
and Chinese Speaking Area, Chinese DiGRA, supported by Popsoft, is organizing a conference on
“Digital Games in China and Chinese Speaking Area: Past Present and Future”.
We invite papers that address the history, current state, and potential futures of Chinese games and
gaming, the Chinese game industries, gaming communities, and game research in China and Chinese
Speaking Area.
Paper proposals on (but not limited to) the following topics are welcomed:
1) Digital Games: Past
Building History of Games:
- ·History of videogames and their industries in China and Chinese Speaking Area
- ·Historical significance of games that have influenced/shaped the Chinese games communities,
including Chinese games like The Legend of Chinese Paladin (? ????), The Sword Story (?? ?) and games from abroad including Final Fantasy, Baldur’s Gate and the like - ·Reflective personal and communal history of the games communities
- ·Reflective works or synopsis on videogame related researches in China and Chinese Speaking Area
- ·Comparative works are highly welcomed
Representation of History in Games:
- How videogames as a form of media reflect, construct, and reconstruct history
- The development of historical research on games
- The possibilities for historical narratives on games, whether expressed in scholarly
writing, exhibitions, journalism, public projects, or historical games
2) Digital Games: Present
Research Questions, Theories, and Approaches in Videogame
- ·Disciplinary/theoretical approach of videogame researches (media studies, history, psychology, education, and so forth)
- ·Ongoing research works in the Chinese context
- ·The current state of the Chinese game industries
Shaping History through Games:
- ·How can videogames influence/shape society, majorly in a positive way
- ·Gamification, serious games, and educational games
3) Digital Games: Future
History in the Making
- ·Future influences of the policies and practices of the videogame industry in China and Chinese Speaking Area
- ·Future trends in the Chinese game industries
- ·The future of game research in the Chinese-speaking world
Proposal for Individual Papers
Please submit an abstract of no more than 300 words and a cover sheet that includes
the following information: a brief biographical note, your institutional affiliation (where
relevant), and your contact details (including your email address).
All submitted proposals should be in English. Presentations are welcomed in both
English and Chinese. Depending on the number of papers that will be presented in
Chinese, simultaneous interpretation services may be provided for non-Chinese
speaking audience.
Proposal for Panel Discussions
We also welcome proposals for sessions including 3-4 panelists. We anticipate sessions of no more
than 90 minutes that provide reasonable time for interaction with the audience (e.g., 60 minutes of presentation and 30 minutes of Q&A).
Important dates
Closing date for proposals: 30 April 2015
Acceptance of Notice by: 18 May 201
All proposals should be sent to Ms Felania Liu (liumf14@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn).
All presenters and panelists will receive a registration fee waiver, as well as
reimbursement for their accommodation. All works accepted will be considered
for subsequent publishing possibilities.
Felania Liu
History Department
Tsinghua University
Phone:17888825841
Email: liumf14@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn
Visit the website at http://www.chinesedigra.org/conferences/upcoming-conferences/