[Commlist] Call for Papers: MultiPlay

MultiPlay's first conference will be held on January 19th 2022. It will 
be an online event that is supported by The University of Sunderland. 
The theme of the conference isidentity– 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. The deadline for abstract submission is October 
1st and we will contact applicants to confirm whether their presentation 
proposal has been accepted by October 5th.
If the abstract is 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)

Stephanie Farnsworth (she/her),
Researching Mutant Theory <https://mutanttheory.com/>
Twitter <https://twitter.com/StoriesSteph>



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