[game_preservation] CFP: Curatorship and exhibition of gaming history (Next Gen; deadline Aug 1)
Melanie Swalwell
melanie.swalwell at flinders.edu.au
Fri Jul 17 20:50:07 EDT 2009
Christian McCrea, one of the editors of the issue, is on the list :)
Rachel "Sheepy" Donahue wrote:
> I'm somewhat amused that you replied exactly while I was reading the CFP.
>
> If the deadline weren't 8/1, I'd be tempted.
>
> On Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:02:11 -0400, Andrew Armstrong
> <andrew at aarmstrong.org> wrote:
>
>> Neat, so, will someone from this list be contributing then? :)
>>
>> Andrew
>>
>> Devin Monnens wrote:
>>> Forwarded from Beth A Lameman
>>>
>>> I noticed that Eludamos
>>> has a section on "Curatorship and exhibition of gaming history --
>>> problems, opportunities, practices" in its upcoming Special Issue
>>>
>>> aka Beth A. Dillon
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: Beth Aileen Lameman <beth at bethaileen.com
>>> <mailto:beth at bethaileen.com>>
>>> Date: Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 9:44 AM
>>> Subject: CfP: Eludamos Journal Special Issue "Next Gen" (Due Aug 1)
>>> To: Magy Seif El-Nasr <magy at sfu.ca <mailto:magy at sfu.ca>>
>>>
>>>
>>> CfP: Eludamos Journal Special Issue "Next Gen"
>>> Due August 1, 2009
>>>
>>> Call for a special issue of Eludamos, titled: "Next Gen."
>>>
>>> Guest editors are Thomas J. Apperley, Darshana Jayemanne and Christian
>>> McCrea.
>>>
>>> Console gaming has already had more than one 'Next Generation'. PC
>>> gamers feverishly upgrade their rigs with each new state of the art
>>> FPS. Periodisation is often a major preoccupation for critics and
>>> publics interested in other media, but in the case of videogames the
>>> rapid pace of technical development seems to set the agenda of
>>> generational change. Games are caught up, culturally as well as
>>> aesthetically and technically, in their own futurism: each generation
>>> claims to be both anticipation and fulfillment of an imagined horizon
>>> of experience. Simultaneously, older technologies find new uses and
>>> contexts within the very conditions of their supposed obsolescence.
>>> Gaming is constantly speculating on its own future and recalling its
>>> past in order to coordinate a restless present. Just how coherent are
>>> gaming's generations, and is the adoption of such classifications from
>>> the wider culture useful or counter-productive for academic game
>>> studies?
>>>
>>> This special issue of Eludamos invites essays on the topic of
>>> generational change in gaming, from broad overviews of the critical
>>> usefulness of 'official' Next Generations to microhistories of
>>> individual game franchises or lineages, from agenda-setting successes
>>> to failed attempts that were too soon, too late, or just too bad.
>>> Possible avenues of exploration may include:
>>> * The New Games journalism, advertising, hype and style in the gaming
>>> press * Generational change in academia: Do we need a new Game
>>> Studies? * Materiality: Histories of specific devices, console design
>>> and futurism. * Audio and graphical standards and the historical
>>> status of claims to the realistic * Audio and graphical standards and
>>> the historical status of claims to the cinematic * Retrogaming,
>>> popping, speedruns, machinima, bitscene music * Curatorship and
>>> exhibition of gaming history -- problems, opportunities, practices *
>>> Family and gaming: playing across generations * Globalisation and the
>>> uneven distribution of gaming's generations * E-waste and the
>>> unrecognised costs of generational change
>>>
>>> The issue is open to papers that go beyond these suggestions, and the
>>> editors encourage any innovative approach linking the topics of gaming
>>> and generations.
>>>
>>> All articles undergo a double blind peer review process except for
>>> papers submitted to the game review section. We expect all submissions
>>> to be in English and accept full papers only. For further
>>> specificiations about our submission guidelines please consult
>>> http://www.eludamos.org. Submissions for "Next Gen" should go to the
>>> Perspectives section of the site.
>>> Important dates
>>>
>>> 1st of August: submission deadline for the upcoming regular issue of
>>> Eludamos, as well as the special issue "Next Gen". Submissions should
>>> be full papers plus abstracts and bio.
>>>
>>> 25th of Oct. 2009: publication date
>>>
>>> We look forward to reading from you soon! Please address any queries
>>> and questions specifically regarding the Next Gen special issue to
>>> Darshana Jayemanne at escapismvelocity at gmail.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Beth Aileen Lameman | http://www.bethaileen.com
>>> Aboriginal Territories in Cyberspace | http://www.abtec.org
>>> Simon Fraser University - SIAT PhD Student | http://siat.sfu.ca
>>>
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>>> | yahoo: bethaileenlameman | skype: bethaileenlamema
>>>
>>> --
>>> Devin Monnens
>>> www.deserthat.com <http://www.deserthat.com>
>>>
>>> The sleep of Reason produces monsters.
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