[Commlist] CFP: Ruins in Digital Games - DiGRA 2019 Workshop

As part of the DiGRA 2019 Conference, held at Ritsumeikan University, 
Kyoto, Japan, 6-11 August 2019, a workshop is being held on the theme of 
Ruins in Digital Games. The workshop is being organized and chaired by 
Dr. Daniel Vella (University of Malta) and Dr. Emma Fraser (University 
of Leeds/University of Lancaster).
BEFORE YOU SUBMIT: If you are not familiar with DiGRA, please check the 
website for conference fees, location, etc ahead of submitting an 
abstract: http://www.digra2019.org/

All workshop presenters have to be registered for the main DiGRA 2019 
conference. However, it is not necessary for workshop presenters to have 
papers accepted in the main conference programme.
The workshop sessions are open to all DiGRA 2019 participants 
(non-presenters included).
This workshop aims to consolidate existing research on, or related to, 
ruins in digital games, and to bring researchers working in the field 
into a common discussion - potentially as the first step towards 
establishing a research network or community. Individual presentations 
will be followed by a communal discussion.
Relevant themes for the workshop would include, but are not limited to:
	•	Nostalgia, memory, remembrance and forgetting
	•	The aesthetics of the game ruin: the sublime, the uncanny, the 
picturesque
	•	Game ruins in relation to artistic traditions: (Neo)classicism, 
Romanticism, postmodernism
	•	Game ruins and cultural heritage
	•	Games and the ruins of antiquity and modernity
	•	Representations and reworkings of history in digital games
	•	Game ruins and the tradition of Haikyo
	•	Death, decay and game ruins as memento mori
	•	Dystopian and apocalyptic imagery in games 	•	The politics of the 
game ruin: as monument to empire, as site of resistance, colonial or 
decolonising, etc. 	•	Game ruins and architectural tradition(s)
	•	The spatiality of game ruins
	•	Exploration, interpretation, mystery, discovery: the game ruin and 
the player
	•	Games as ruins: abandonment, incompletion, brokenness


For the full cfp, please visit: 
http://www.digra2019.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Ruins-in-Digital-Games-CfP.pdf


HOW TO SUBMIT

Please submit an abstract of up to 400 words (plus bibliography) to 
((daniel.m.vella /at/ um.edu.mt) AND (e.p.fraser /at/ leeds.ac.uk) (or 
(e.fraser1 /at/ lancaster.ac.uk)) by May 20, 2019. Selections will be made by 
the organizers.
Given the exploratory nature of this workshop, work-in-progress 
submissions are welcome.
IMPORTANT DATES

Submission deadline: May 20 2019, 12.00 (GMT)
Notifications: June 6 2019 (at the latest)
Workshop: 6th August 2019, 16.00 - 18.50 (GMT+9)

ORGANIZERS
Daniel Vella (University of Malta)
Emma Fraser (University of Leeds/University of Lancaster)

For the full cfp, please visit: 
http://www.digra2019.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Ruins-in-Digital-Games-CfP.pdf

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