[AUC-News] CreateWorld 2008 - Call for Papers

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CREATEWORLD 2008
THE ART OF SERIOUS PLAY. THE SERIOUS ART OF PLAY
(Curiosity, Creativity, Craft and Connectedness in the Digital Age)

<http://www.auc.edu.au/Create+World+2008>

The AUC will be holding CreateWorld 2008, a 3 day performance,  
presentation, and technical development event, specifically for  
Academic and Higher-Education Technical staff in the digital arts  
disciplines.

CreateWorld 2008 will be held on 8–10 December 2008 at Griffith  
University’s Brisbane South Bank Campus, across the facilities of the  
Queensland College of Art, the Queensland Conservatorium, the Griffith  
Film School, and the Graduate Centre. The conference will feature a  
wide range of academic and technical presenters from the University  
and industry sectors as well as hands-on technical workshops.

Based on the success of CreateWorld 2007, optional workshops will be  
offered on 7th December. Presentations will be enhanced with the  
inclusion of integrated performace and panel sessions.

Who should attend?
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CreateWorld 2008 is aimed specifically at academics, research teams  
and technical staff across the digital arts. Sesssions include  
presentations of new media work, techniques and approaches in practice- 
led research fields including photography, cyber-arts, music, e- 
learning, film, animation and design.

Themes
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• Foundations, Perspectives and Points of View -  the development of  
new frameworks for research in digitally supported performance, art  
and play
• Spaces and Places - background and context for the creative arts,  
gameplay, and interactive entertainment
• Craft  - making it work, the means, the tools, the process, the  
players
• Playing to learn, learning to play - relationships between play,  
performance and learning

Call For Papers
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Because this conference is attended by both academic and general  
staff, the option is for you to state whether you wish to submit as a  
peer reviewed paper or not. Without such a comment it will assumed all  
submissions are to be peer reviewed. An international review panel is  
in place and an online publications system will be used. Papers should  
be submitted in both Apple Pages or Microsoft Word format.

Submissions due by: October 10th, 2008
Acceptance: November 7th, 2008
Final version: November 21st, 2008

More information about workshops, sessions and conference registration  
will be posted to the AUC web site in the next few weeks.
<http://www.auc.edu.au/Create+World+2008>