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The editors of _Enculturation_ <http://www.uta.edu/enculturation> seek
papers for a special issue on COMPUTER GAMES. We are especially interested
in projects/papers that approach computer gaming and the programming
environments in which they are developed from theoretical, philosophical,
and/or rhetorical perspectives. Approaches would include: cultural studies,
semiotics, psychoanalytic theories, feminism(s), hermeneutics,
multimedia/communications theories, composition theories, and narrative
theories. Also encouraged are papers that strive to transform, disrupt, or
otherwise distort established theoretical, critical categories.
IN ADDITION to academic essays, we are interested in original web-based
games, reviews of games, interviews with developers, and analyses of gaming
conventions. Text-based submissions should be no longer than 5000 words.
Please inform Dave Rieder at enculturation@uta.edu, before sending projects
over 20 megs.
Possible topics include but are not limited to:
Theories/Ontologies of Gaming
Histories of Computing/Programming and Gaming
Rhetorics of Computer Games
Genders of Computer Games
Play/Chance and Computer Gaming
Studies of PKs (Player-Killers)
Studies of Space in Computer Gaming
Histories of MU*s
Cultural Studies of MU*s
Ergodic/Cyborg Literature
Representational Avatars and Games
Hackers and Computer Games/-ing
Histories of Video/Computer Games
Futures of Computer Gaming
Psychoanalysis as Play *
Critical Approaches to Programming Environments *
* We hope to accept several articles on computing, technology, or concepts
basic to Computer Gaming, like play and computer programming.
All submissions DUE by 1 July, 1999. Please send submissions to:
Eddress:
Dave Rieder
enculturation@uta.edu
Address:
Dave Rieder
c/o Enculturation
1701 Hidden Bluff Trail #3032
Arlington, TX 76006
Submission Form (text-only)
http://www.uta.edu/huma/enculturation/submit.html
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