[Commlist] Call For Papers: Games Matters

We are pleased to announce that on December 12, in Bari, at the Officina 
degli Esordi, a key event will take place as part of the P+ARTS PROJECT, 
funded by the Italian PNRR programme and developed in collaboration with 
ten national institutions dedicated to higher education in the arts.

SAE Institute <https://www.sae.edu/ita/sae-home/>, in partnership with 
the Conservatory of Matera <https://www.conservatoriomatera.it/> and the 
Polytechnic University of Bari <https://www.poliba.it/>, will host GAMES 
MATTERS. Innovating Game Studies and Research, an international academic 
conference aimed at exploring the cultural, artistic, social, and 
technological value of video games through an innovative and 
multidisciplinary lens.

The initiative, led by SAE Institute, will be held on December 12, 2025, 
at ODE Officina degli Esordi, Bari, with the support of its 
institutional partners.

The call invites critical and multidisciplinary dialogue on digital 
games, viewed not merely as entertainment tools, but as complex 
socio-cultural ecosystems capable of producing significant outcomes in 
artistic expression, social relationships, education, and rehabilitation.


    We welcome papers that explore games through the lenses of:

  * Artistic and narrative practices
  * Innovations in design and immersive technologies (AI, VR, XR)
  * Psychosocial and cultural impacts of video games
  * Games, communities, digital imaginaries and representation
  * Educational or therapeutic experiences—even when not originally
    designed as serious games

Three main panels:

  * Games and the Arts: Aesthetics, storytelling, artistic
    experimentation, and transmedia practices
  * Game Design and Innovation: Artificial intelligence, accessibility,
    UX, immersion, and emergent creative processes
  * Games, Society, and Culture. Games as spaces of socialization,
    inclusion, activism, and learning

Deadlines:

  * June 30, 2025 – Abstract submission (max 300 words + short bio)
  * July 15, 2025 – Notification of acceptance
  * September 30, 2025 – Draft paper submission (max 4,000 words, excl.
    references)
  * December 1, 2025 – Final paper submission
  * December 12, 2025 – Conference

There will be the opportunity to present online for people coming from 
other Countries.

More details here: 
https://partsproject.eu/games-matters-la-conferenza-internazionale-promossa-da-sae-institute/ 
<https://partsproject.eu/games-matters-la-conferenza-internazionale-promossa-da-sae-institute/>
The abstracts could be sent to (cts.milano /at/ sae.edu) 
<mailto:(cts.milano /at/ sae.edu)>.
For any questions please fell free to write Alessandra Micalizzi 
((a.micalizzi /at/ sae.edu) <mailto:(a.micalizzi /at/ sae.edu)>)


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