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Black Game Studies: From Theorizing a Genre to Developing a Field

Abstract: In this presentation, Dr. Gray will engage the theories, concepts, and frameworks of Black Game Studies. Drawing from over two decades of scholarship around race and intersectional identity, this work focuses on tensions in designing Blackness to the transmediated and techno practices of the Black community in both digital and physical spaces.

Bio: Dr. Kishonna L. Gray is a Professor of Racial Justice and Technology at the University of Michigan, directing the Mellon-funded Intersectional Tech Lab. A Faculty Associate at Harvard’s Berkman-Klein Center, Dr. Gray’s work explores race, gender, and technology, emphasizing the role of marginalized communities in digital spaces. She is the author of Intersectional Tech and Race, Gender, & Deviance in Xbox Live and is frequently featured in major media. Her accolades include the 2023 Black in Gaming Educator of the Year Award.

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Submission template and guidelines

You may submit either a full paper (5000–7000 words excluding references) or an extended abstract (500–1000 words excluding references). All submissions will be subjected to anonymous peer-review. Accepted full papers will be published in the conference proceedings openly available in the DiGRA Digital Library. Highest quality full paper submissions may get invited for a special issue.

One author may send up to two submissions, and only one of them as the first author.

All submissions must follow the conference template: https://www.nordicdigra2025.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Nordic_DiGRA_2025_Submission_Template.docx

Submission link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=nd2025

Deadline for all submissions is Friday 10 January 2025 (end of the day anywhere on earth).

Please refer to the CFP for details: https://www.nordicdigra2025.org/cfp

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Nordic DiGRA 2025

We are thrilled to share the CFP for the next Nordic DiGRA conference ‘Hope: Envisioning the Future of Game Cultures,’ to be organised on 26–28 May 2025 in Turku, Finland.

The Nordic DiGRA 2025 conference is organised by the Finnish Society for Game Research in collaboration with the Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies.

Please find the CFP and submission guidelines on this page: https://www.nordicdigra2025.org/cfp

Deadline for all submissions is Friday 10 January 2025.