It is now official: the third DiGRA world conference will take place in Tokyo, Japan in September 2007. Take a look at the announcement page in DiGRA.org.
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Frans Mäyrä
Digital humanism in play
Professor of interactive media, digital culture and game studies in the University of Tampere, Finland. A fan of new media, old ideas, science fiction and fantasy.
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- Proclaimed this as the first ludo-narratologist conference at the closing session. #NMVW is over! 1 hour ago
- Final speaker is from the University of Alaska Fairbanks: Emily Klotz, "The Meeting of Worlds: Tourism, Travel Wr... fplus.me/p/1aBX 2 hours ago
- Paper: Hanna Meretoja, “Au milieu du monde”: On the Narrative Ambiguities of Houellebecqian Social Criticism #NMVW 2 hours ago
- Final session starts, Mika Loponen & Jaakko Stenros: On the Dynamic Semiospheric Containment of Realia and Irrealia #NMVW 3 hours ago
- Was a chair for a session with three interesting papers, by Hanna-Riikka Roine, Jyri Partanen & Rónán MacDubhghaill #NMVW 3 hours ago
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