[artinfo] Game Engines/Social Engines

[Denisa Kera]

II. POLYLOGUE session - GAME ENGINES/SOCIAL ENGINES

29. March from 17:30 GMT (12:30 - New York, 18:30 - Prague)

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Game Engines/Social Engines
- polylogue session about game engines, their social and political aspects

The interdisciplinary meeting should create an 
open space for deeper theoretical reflection on 
the recent development in the field of serious 
games. We are looking for various perspectives, 
examples and thoughts on social, political and 
artistic aspects of videogames. Researchers, 
theoreticians, game designers, programmers and 
artists are welcome to join the discussion.

List of topics:

Videogames & Politics
- Political aspects of videogames
- Representation and self-representation
- Digital emancipation and creation of heroes (Middle East, China)
- Persuasive games and games as means of propaganda

Social Engines
- Social aspects of videogames
- Activism and virus campaigns
- Social networking in games
- Educational videogames

Abstracts of papers (15 to 20 min) should reach 
us before 20th March 2006 in order to facilitate 
moderation. Short presentations (10 min) are also 
possible, send us only the title. Please send us 
you telephone number, ICQ, Skype etc..

Moderators:

Vít Sisler
New Media Studies &
Institute of Near Eastern and African Studies,
Charles University of Prague
vsisler[at]gmail.com

Denisa Kera
New Media Studies
Charles University of Prague
denisa.kera[at]ff.cuni.cz

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This session is a part of a series entitled 
POLYLOGUES organized by the International center 
for art and new technologies (CIANT) in Prague & 
New media studies (Charles University) in 
cooperation with Georgia Institute of Technology 
& MARCEL network. It aims to stimulate 
interdisciplinary exchange of ideas via sessions 
moderated from Prague while having guest speakers 
from all over the world.
We hope to create a bridge between countries that 
will facilitate intercultural or rather 
intercontinental and interdisciplinary exchanges 
in the fields of art and new technologies. All 
sessions will be recorded and made available to 
general public in the archive.

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Best,

Denisa Kera / New Media Studies, Charles 
University / kera at ff.cuni.cz/ +420 777 817 774

Pavel Sedlak / CIANT / sedlak at ciant.cz/ +420 737 731 347

CIANT & Charles University node http://www.ciant.cz/ag