3 November 2023, 12:30-5:00 PM
John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute
Duke University
114 S Buchanan Blvd
Durham NC 27701
https://maps.app.goo.gl/XXKgBkXHLEo958gb8
Ahmadieh Family Lecture Hall, Bay 4, Room C105
Location and Parking Info:
https://fhi.duke.edu/about/find-us/
Lunch will be served
RSVP on EventBrite (preferably by Wed, October 25) to help plan for catering!
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OVERVIEW
The UNC-Duke Critical Games symposium will bring together scholars and artists from UNC and Duke who engage with the critical study and practice of games, both as a medium of expression and as a cultural phenomenon. The emphasis of this gathering is on art, design, culture, and critique. We will also discuss the development and sustainability of game studies and game design within and across our campuses with leaders from our respective campuses, and beyond.
Presenters will share short presentations on their work, followed by Q/A and group discussion
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- David Hall, UNC-Chapel Hill
- Hilary Huskey, East Carolina U
- Sean Singh Matharoo, UNC-Chapel Hill
- Joyce Rudinsky, UNC-Chapel Hill
- Victoria Szabo, Duke U
- Edward Triplett, Duke U
- Augustus Wendell, Duke U
- Ian Williams, UNC-Chapel Hill
- David Zielinski, Duke U
For more information, see: https://bit.ly/criticalgames2
EVENT SCHEDULE
| 12:30-1:00 PM |
LUNCH |
| 1:00-1:15 PM |
WELCOME |
SESSION 1: GAMES AND CRITIQUE |
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| 1:15-1:35 PM | David Hall, UNC-Chapel Hill. ‘Is that what they call this place now?’: Generic Critique, Structures of Reference, and the case for Genealogical Analysis in FromSoftware’s Soulsborne series” |
| 1:35-1:55 PM | Ian Williams, UNC-Chape Hill. “‘I guess I’m a bit sad, too’: An Ethnography of the Lead Belt, Center of Miniatures Wargaming” |
| 1:55-2:15 PM | Sean Singh Matharoo, UNC-Chapel Hill. “A Mansourian Surrealist Ludic: Nikita Kryukov’s Milk Inside a Bag of Milk Inside a Bag of Milk“ |
| 2:15- 2: 25 PM | Joyce Rudinsky, UNC-Chapel Hill & Victoria Szabo, Duke U. “Psychasthenia 4: Insomnia” |
| 2:25-2:45 PM |
COFFEE BREAK |
SESSION 2: GAME ENGINES IN THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES |
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| 2:45-3:05 PM | Hilary Huskey, East Carolina U, “Sovereignty” |
| 3:05-3:25 PM | Augustus Wendell, Duke U, “Digital Spatial Installations” |
| 3:25-3:45 PM | Edward Triplett, Duke U, “Game Engines and Historical Cartography” |
| 3:45-4:05 PM | David Zielinski, Duke U, “How OIT Supports VR/AR at Duke: Selected Arts and Humanities Projects” |
| 4:05-5:00 PM | Open Discussion, Sharing, Demos |
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