[Commlist] Game Citation Workshop, call for participation

Game Citation Workshop (Digital and Beyond)

Organisers:

Paul Martin, University of Nottingham Ningbo China

Stefano Gualeni, University of Malta

Jonathan Frome, Lingnan University

Introduction

There is currently no consensus within game studies as to how games—the 
main objects of analysis in the field—ought to be cited in academic 
publications. While some journals and publishers do offer guidelines on 
this matter, these guidelines are not followed consistently (Olsson, 
2013). No specific guidance for game citation exists in the main 
referencing systems of MLA, APA etc. This lack of standardization has 
led to huge variation in how games are cited in text and in reference 
lists, if they are cited at all.

The objective of this workshop is to consult with game scholars, 
publishers, and editors on what would constitute an appropriate method 
for citing games (both digital and non-digital) in academic writing on 
games. The workshop itself will be an opportunity for game scholars to 
discuss both the principles that should inform the development of a 
citation standard and some of the technical details involved in creating 
the standard.

The outcomes of the workshop will be:

Criticism of existing reference practices.

An agreed upon set of guiding principles for developing a citation standard.

A citation standard based on these guiding principles that can be 
implemented within any of the main existing citation methods.

An agreed upon process for establishing this standard in the main 
journals and publishers of game scholarship and in the next edition of 
guidelines published by APA, MLA, Harvard, and the other main citation 
systems.

Time

Tuesday, 2nd June 2020, 9:30-12:30, venue to be decided

Format

9:30-10:00

Introduction to workshop agenda and aims

Short presentation setting out the issues around game citations

10:00-11:30

Group discussions based around the main challenges of establishing a 
citation system. The agenda for these discussions will be based on 
feedback solicited from scholars over the next three months. Each group 
will be facilitated by a workshop organiser, who will ensure ideas 
brought up in these discussions are taken into account as we develop the 
citation standard.

Group discussions will be followed by an open discussion to identify 
points of agreement and disagreement. Notes will be taken to capture 
ideas from discussions that can help develop the citation standard further.

11:30-11:45

Break

11:45-12:30

Open discussion on next practical steps in project

How to participate

The workshop will be open to everyone at the conference. Since this will 
be an open discussion, we are not asking for submissions. However, it 
would be very useful for us to know how many people wish to attend. 
Please indicate your interest in attending the workshop by emailing one 
of the organisers (emails listed below) or filling out this short 
questionnaire (<10 minutes) about game citation: 
https://nottinghamcn.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0kPtr75al4SQ2Tb. This 
questionnaire will be used to identify the challenges to be discussed 
during the workshop and is a very important step for us to ensure that 
the workshop includes diverse opinions on this topic.

Even if you cannot attend the workshop, please fill out the 
questionnaire to help us solicit a wide range of opinions on game 
citation in advance of the workshop.

We also encourage workshop attendees to read the following document, 
which outlines some of the issues around game citation:

Gualeni, S., Fassone, R., & Linderoth, J. (2019). How to Reference a 
Digital Game. DiGRA ’19.

If you have any questions or comments about the workshop or to indicate 
your interest in attending, please email Paul at 
(paul.martin /at/ nottingham.edu.cn) or Stefano at (stefano.gualeni /at/ um.edu.mt) or 
Jonathan at (jonathan.frome /at/ gmail.com).

References

Gualeni, S., Fassone, R., & Linderoth, J. (2019). How to Reference a 
Digital Game. DiGRA ’19.

Olsson, C. (2013). Spelreferenser i akademiska publikationer. En 
kartläggning av referenspraktiker inom spelvetenskap. Bachelor thesis 
(2013:4), Swedish School of Library and Information Science, University 
of Borås.


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