[Commlist] CfP: LSA Symposium 2019 - Ludomusicology Society of Australia

The Ludomusicology Society of Australia would like to announce its 
upcoming second annual conference:

LSA Symposium 2019

"Transportation"

Tues 1 - Wed 2 October 2019

Sydney Conservatorium of Music, The University of Sydney

Getting from point A to point B is one of the fundamental human 
activities, and the quest to do so has been rendered in myriad works of 
art through history. Video games have arguably incorporated themes of 
vehicular transportation since the iconic game Spacewar! in 1962, and 
the proliferation of driving, flying and freight management mechanisms 
in video games today shows no sign of abatement. However, themes of 
transportation are applicable to more than just the piloting of planes, 
trains, or automobiles; the virtual, political, environmental, and 
metaphysical aspects of transportation can be seen close to the core of 
many discourses, narratives, and debates in today's world.

The LSA invites paper proposals that address any of the possible 
meanings of the word "transportation" in relation to video game music, 
including (but not limited to):

                - Vehicular transport, e.g. planes, trains, and/or 
automobiles

                - Migration, colonialism, and/or displacement of people 
groups

                - Metaphorical and/or emotional action that might be 
said to "move" us

                - Mechanisms of metaphysical transformation, e.g. 
entering the afterlife

                - Moving through or between gameworlds and storyworlds

                - Intersections of gameworlds and real-world transportation

We welcome interdisciplinary approaches from scholars in any field, as 
long as the primary subject of the proposal is video game music. Subject 
to available time within the symposium programme, we also welcome 
proposals on any other research topic related to video game music, and 
proposals from undergraduate students for full-length or half-length papers.

Full-length presentations will be of twenty minutes duration, followed 
by ten minutes for questions and discussion. Proposals of 250 words 
should include the paper title and a provisional bibliography. In the 
submission e-mail, please include your name, institutional affiliation 
(if applicable), contact information, and proposed paper title. No 
identifying information of the author is to be included in the proposal 
document.

Proposals are to be submitted to (info /at/ ludomusicologysociety.com.au) by 
Friday 2 August 2019, in either PDF or Microsoft Word format. 
Notifications of successful submissions will be sent by Friday 30 August 
2019.

For all enquiries, please email (info /at/ ludomusicologysociety.com.au)

Symposium committee: Iain Hart, Barnabas Smith

Further information and registration details will be made available 
progressively on the symposium website: 
www.ludomusicologysociety.com.au/symposium2019

#lsasymposium2019

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