[Commlist] Call for papers:MultiPlay

We have released a call for papers for MultiPlay network's first 
conference. MultiPlay is a new network for multidisciplinary research on 
digital play and games. It was created with the support of the 
University of Sunderland, which will be host our first event.

Our first conference will take place on *Wednesday 19th January 2022*. 
*The theme of the conference is identity* – how games shape identity, 
how gamers define themselves, how place and space in games can build a 
sense of identity, and how marginalised identities are depicted in games 
and can challenge or reinforce dominant power structures.

We are accepting submissions on this theme. Abstracts should be no more 
than 300 words, with an accompanying biography which should describe 
your fields of interest. We will respond to each applicant before 
October 1st to confirm whether their presentation proposal has been 
accepted.

Papers should be created for twenty minute presentations. There will be 
ten minutes allowed for questions at the end of each presentation. 
Harvard referencing should be used. Any papers that are presented during 
conference will be published on our blog, if the researcher, of course, 
consents to that. But they may choose to publish elsewhere and will 
retain all rights to their work.

We welcome presentations on the topics of (but not limited to):

  * How games may help inform a person’s queer identity, or otherwise
    allow exploration of queerness
  * How customisation options support/oppose representation
  * Games as political protest
  * Environments as a form of identity-building
  * Where and when people choose to play games – and how it reflects
    their identity
  * Games and consoles as spaces for disabled people
  * The reinforcement of/ or resistance to colonialism in video games
  * Has anything changed since Gamergate?
  * Effective tactics that challenge bigotry/marginalisation in the
    gamer community
  * The future of representation in video games
  * Whether gaming brands exploit consumer attachment and how
  * Twitch, misogyny and parasocial relationships

Please email your topic proposal, abstract and a short biography to 
(networkmultiplay /at/ gmail.com) with the subject line ‘January Conference 2022’.

If you have any further questions about the submission process then 
please email us at (networkmultiplay /at/ gmail.com)

Our first conference will be a hybrid event with online presentations 
and round tables, and an in-person networking event during the evening. 
The networking event will take place at The University of Sunderland.
The in-person event may be subject to change due to the nature of the 
pandemic. We will release a timetable of the full day once submissions 
have been collected.


All details of the conference, and our new network can be found at: 
https://multiplaynetwork.org/events/ <https://multiplaynetwork.org/events/>


You can also keep up-to-date by following our Twitter 
<https://twitter.com/MultiplayUoS> and Facebook 
<https://www.facebook.com/MultiPlayUoS> pages, or joining our Discord 
<https://discord.gg/EchaksgFwC> community.

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