[Commlist] Hybrid conference ALT+F4: Rebooting Community after GamerGate

[Subject line] Hybrid conference ALT+F4: Rebooting Community after 
GamerGate, Sep 26-29

The Lawrence Technological University in Southfield, Michigan, USA, is 
hosting a hybrid conference, ALT+F4: Rebooting Community after 
GamerGate, on September 26-29, 2024.

In August of 2014, the hashtag #Gamergate emerged online, used as a 
weapon deployed against women in the video game industry. Through online 
harassment tactics, including threats of physical violence, GamerGate 
constituted an instance of digital mass mobilization deliberately 
attacking what was perceived to be a turn away from gaming culture’s 
historical association with young male players.

This conference seeks to revisit the social and cultural implications of 
GamerGate on its ten year anniversary. It will extend current 
conversations of game development and game studies beyond the existing 
heteronormative, hegemonic discourses through offering an integrated, 
multiperspectival, digital humanities retrospective focused on the 
social and technological sources and afterlives of GamerGate.

The following keynotes will be live streamed online (free to the 
public), while the rest of the conference will take place at the 
Lawrence Tech campus and need registration.

Dr. Rachel Kowert, Founder of Psychgeist,
  "Loud Misogyny, Silent Support: The Lasting Influence of #GamerGate 
on Gaming Cultures,”
6 pm US Eastern Time, Sep 26

Dr. Kishonna Grey, University of Michigan,
"Alt-Community: Exploring Connection and Connectivity in Digital Gaming 
Spaces,”
4 pm US Eastern Time, Sep 27

A Conversation with Anita Sarkeesian
4 pm US Eastern Time, Sep 28

Please visit the conference website for program and registration: 
https://www.ltu.edu/alt-f4 <https://www.ltu.edu/alt-f4>

Contact: Paul Jaussen, (pjaussen /at/ ltu.edu) <mailto:(pjaussen /at/ ltu.edu)>


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