Hi Judith,
Of course. I will forward it as part of this reply. -George
From: Pintar, Judith A
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2018 2:44 PM
To: Reese, George Clifford
Subject: Game Studies Symposium
Importance: Low
Hi George,
If you think it's appropriate would you be so kind as to send this announcement (inline below) to the ctrl-shift mailing list? The event is open to the CU community.
Thanks so much!
Judith
Judith Pintar, PhD
Illinois Informatics Institute
Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures
School of Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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The IPRH
Playful by Design research group is pleased to announce that
registration is now open for our 2018 Interdisciplinary Game Studies
Spring Symposium happening April 5th-7th, 2018 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign!
The three day event begins Thursday, April 5th at 3:00 in the Spurlock Museum Central Core Gallery with a reception for the opening of a new exhibit: "Past
Time Pastimes: Vintage Board Games" which will run from April 5th to July 8th. Presentations following the reception will feature Dan Cermak, "Behind the Dice:
War in Games 1895 - 1950," and David Dubin, "Central Illinois Games and Gamers: Some highlights of the last half century."
A full day of events are planned for Friday, April 6th in new Armory
Innovation Spaces, including panels and round table discussions on topics ranging from game design in education and entertainment, to the use of games in teaching
and research, to community gaming and e-sports. An all day, drop-in, Open House Session invites students, staff, faculty or members of the CU community to share their video and table-top games in development.
A screening in the Armory Auditorium of The Lost
Arcade,
a film by Kurt Vincent and Irene Chin, will begin on Friday at 11:30. As the film's website
describes it: "The Lost Arcade is the critically acclaimed documentary about the last hold out of old-school arcade culture in New York City. An intimate portrait of the passionate and exceptionally diverse community at the beloved Chinatown
Fair, The Lost Arcade, chronicles the evolution of arcades, while celebrating the camaraderie and history of a pop culture phenomenon."
The Keynote Address for the Symposium will occur on Friday at 4:00 in Armory Auditorium. Presented by game designer
Colleen Macklin, it is entitled“Gaming the System: How Games Make Meaning in a Mixed-up World.”
Colleen Macklin is a game designer, a Professor in the school of Art, Media and Technology at Parsons School of Design and co-director of PETLab (Prototyping Education and Technology Lab), which develops games for experimental learning and social engagement.
PETLab projects include disaster preparedness games and sports with the Red Cross, the urban activist game
Re:Activism and the physical/fiscal sport Budgetball. She is co-author of the book
Games, Design and Play: A detailed look at iterative game design.
The final event of the Symposium will be a
Games
and Gaming Make-a-thon at the Champaign-Urbana Community Fablab on Saturday, April 7th from 10:00 to 5:00, in coordination with CUDO Plays.
You can see Playful by Design Spring Symposium's full
schedule HERE.
All events are free and open to the public. Registration is encouraged for Thursday and Friday events, and required for the Make-a-thon. You may
register
HERE.
For more information about the Thursday Spurlock Event, please contact Kim Sheahan,
ksheahan AT illinois.edu. For information about the Friday Armory event, contact Judith Pintar,
jpintar AT illinois.edu, and for information about the Saturday Make-a-thon at the CU Fablab, contact Jeff Ginger,
ginger AT illinois.edu
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