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Monthly Archives: December 2018
DiGRA Australia 2019 Conference Program
University of Sydney, Sydney
Day One Program – February 12th, Social Sciences Building LT200
| 9:00 |
New to DiGRA Breakfast If you’re new to DiGRA, we invite you to meet the DIGRAA Board and organising committee for coffee at the Courtyard Cafe, near the venue. |
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| 10:00 |
Playing with choices and moral dilemmas: Analyzing the challenges of the gamer mindset Keynote by Professor Mia Consalvo Canada Research Chair In Game Studies & Design Keynote Supported by the Sydney Social Sciences and Humanities Advanced Research Centre |
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| 11:15 |
Short Break |
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| 11:30 | Cameron Edmond | Let’s play OuLiPo: machine writing practice as play |
| 11:45 | David Cumming, Martin Gibbs and Wally Smith | Between places: spectatorship at an Australian esports bar |
| 12:00 | Ben Egliston | The data assemblage of play: Analytics, surveillance, memory |
| 12:15 | Rowan Tulloch and Craig Johnson | The Player as Data: The Hidden Algorithms of Dystopia |
| 12:30 |
Lunch One Hour |
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| 13:30 | Dan Padua | The normalisation of ‘video gaming parents’ in the era of eSports |
| 13:45 | Christopher Moore, Richard Hall and Angus Baillie | Cardboard Asia: representation, cultural literacy and infrastructure in the analogue game industry |
| 14:00 | Melissa J. Rogerson, Martin Gibbs and Wally Smith | Understanding the travel motivations of game hobbyists |
| 14:15 | Gawain Lucian Lax and Madeleine Mackenzie | Against All Odds: Desire and Monetisation in Japanese Mobile Games |
| 14:30 |
Afternoon Tea |
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| 15:00 | Lucy Sparrow | The moral (im)permissibility of groping in virtual reality games |
| 15:15 | John Pike | ‘Something that is ours’: VR and the values of gaming’s field |
| 15:30 | April Tyack | Splendid Isolation: Optimistic Relations Towards Virtual Experience |
| 15:45 | Kate Clark | Affective subject formation in video games |
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| 16:30 | Kyle Moore | What’s Next for Location-based Gaming? |
| 16:45 | Luke van Ryn | Order Up: Decoding food through cooking games |
| 17:00 | Mahli-Ann Butt | ‘Fuck Game Studies’ |
| 18:30 |
Social Event Join us at the Nags Head on St John’s Road for Dinner and Drinks BYO Boardgames! |
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Day Two Program – February 13th, Social Sciences Building LT200
Acknowledgements
DiGRAA 2019 is made possible thanks to the generous support provided by the School of Literature, Arts and Media and the Social Sciences and Humanities Advanced Research Centre at The University of Sydney
Frequently Asked Questions and Other Information
Lunch at the conference will be provided. Coffee and biscuits will be provided for the coffee/tea breaks.
Registration is required, please register here via Eventbrite.