[ecrea] Call for papers: The Politics of Digital Games

>CALL FOR PAPERS for panel entitled, "Gaming our 
>Future? Time-Politics-Security in a Virtual World"
>
>INTERNATIONAL STUDIES ASSOCIATION ANNUAL 
>CONFERENCE, New York, USA, February 15th through the 18th of 2009
>
>The space that digital games occupy in many 
>people's lives has grown exponentially. Research 
>on the socio-political ramifications of digital 
>games has not, however, and is only now 
>beginning to catch up. This panel seeks to 
>redress the theoretical gap between this world 
>and a growing number of virtual worlds and 
>welcomes therefore papers that explore the 
>relationship between digital games and questions 
>of time, politics/political agency, and security 
>using insights gained from the Social Sciences as well as the Humanities.
>
>If you would be interested in presenting a 
>paper, please send us an abstract of no more 
>than 500 words by Thursday, May 22. Do not 
>forget to include a title for your abstract, 
>your name, your affiliation, and your contact information.
>
>Please contact the panel organizers if you would like more information:
>Stephanie Buus,
>Research Fellow, The Swedish Institute of International Affairs
>Stockholm, Sweden
>E-mail: 
><mailto:stephanie.buus%40ui.se>(stephanie.buus /at/ ui.se) 
><mailto:HYPERLINK "mailto:stephanie.buus%40ui.se";(stephanie.buus /at/ ui.se)>
>
>Maria Stern
>Associate Professor, Department of Peace and Development Research
>Gothenburg University, Sweden
>E-mail: 
><mailto:maria.stern%40globalstudies.gu.se>(maria.stern /at/ globalstudies.gu.se)
><mailto:HYPERLINK 
>"mailto:maria.stern%40globalstudies.gu.se";(maria.stern /at/ globalstudies.gu.se)>
>
>The general call for ISA proposals can be viewed 
>at: <http://www.isanet.org/newyork2009/>http://www.isanet.org/newyork2009/
><http://www.isanet.org/newyork2009/> .
>
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