[Commlist] CFP: “The Post-Gamer Turn” Edited Collection

*Call for Papers: “/The Post-Gamer Turn/” Edited Collection*

*Full CFP:*https://postgamerturn.wordpress.com 
<https://postgamerturn.wordpress.com/>

*Book Editors*

  * Mahli-Ann Butt [University of Sydney]
  * Amanda Cote [University of Oregon]
  * Emil Hammar [University of Tampere & University of Tromsø]
  * Cody Mejeur [University at Buffalo]

*Contact email:*(postgamerturn /at/ gmail.com) <mailto:(postgamerturn /at/ gmail.com)>

*Project Synopsis*

This edited collection engages with the shifting understanding of 
“Gamers”/gamers/players in game culture, the games industry, and game 
studies – which Butt refers to as “the post-Gamer turn” (2022, p. 51) – 
to address the ongoing issues inherent in the use of a limited identity 
category. The post-Gamer turn does not signal the end of the “Gamer” 
identity but denotes a way of recognizing its promises as a sustained 
fantasy with real power and implications for who plays games and how. 
Engaging with the limits of the “Gamer” identity and questioning the 
boundaries of representation in games does not settle, solve, or 
supersede the concept of a “Gamer,” but instead reveals evolving 
relations between players and the games they play. Doing this work now 
is not only important as a matter of theoretical rigor, but also as a 
means for making game studies a more inclusive and vibrant scholarly 
community. Recognizing diverse perspectives on games, 
“Gamers”/gamers/players, and game studies is of urgent practical and 
political necessity. It has been nearly a decade since the events of 
Gamergate, where the tensions between “Gamers” and players were 
violently, publicly highlighted, and this edited collection asks what 
has changed in games and game studies with regard to conceptualizing 
players/gamers/”Gamers,” as well as where further change is needed.

*We invite submissions on a range of topics including but not limited to: *

  * Ongoing challenges or changes in the “Gamer”/gamer/player relationship
  * Tensions between gaming counterpublics and hegemonic industry publics
  * Legacies and futures of the “Gamer” identity
  * Rethinking who or what counts in game definitions
  * The commodified “Gamer” identity at work in the industry
  * Alternative production strategies and approaches
  * Player community formation, regulation, contestation and
    sub/cultural capital
  * Entanglements of “player” and “non-player” practices
  * Intersectional identities, processes of identification, and embodied
    precarity
  * In-game representation, reception, and affect in gameplay
  * Social media and memes about “Gamers”
  * Challenging game studies’ disciplinary formation and field imaginary
  * Alternative/experimental approaches to researching, teaching, and
    playing games
  * Non-canonical research texts, e.g. paratexts, analogue, hybrid,
    mobile, casual games
  * Convergence media, technology, and cultures in the past and/or
    futures of play
  * The “becoming-environmental” threat of online harassment as related
    to games
  * Segments of “Gamers” with the global rise of fascism and reactionary
    elements
  * Difficulties of diversity work in game studies/industry related to
    “Gamer” identities
  * Transgressive play and non-hardcore/non-AAA gaming as resistance
  * The future of the Gamer in a world of climate change and societal
    crisis
We list these potential topics as a way to inspire and welcome all 
submissions that highlight the longstanding contributions from feminist 
game studies and/or any work that challenges the dominant canonization 
of game studies as a discipline. We intend to publish the collection in 
English with an academic press, but wish to explicitly encourage 
submissions from culturally and linguistically diverse authors who may 
be non-academics, students, early career researchers, or established 
academics in any field.

*Workshop*

As part of the edited collection’s development, accepted contributors 
will be invited to present their chapters at a hybrid workshop hosted by 
the University of Sydney Games and Play Lab. This collaborative workshop 
will allow authors to share in-progress drafts and receive feedback from 
other contributors.

*Tentative Timeline*

  * 31 Nov, 2022: Abstracts Due (500-800 words)
  * Feb 2023: Abstract Acceptances
  * April/May 2023: Contributor Workshop
  * Aug 2023: Full Chapters Due (6000-7000 words)
  * Oct 2023: Reviewer Feedback Returned
  * Dec 2023: Revised Manuscript Due
  * Feb 2024: Final Edits Due
  * Aug 2024: Publication


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