SKR käyttää tekoälyä arvioinnissa. "Käytämme tekoälyä vastuullisesti ja suunnitelmallisesti hakuprosessin tukena. [...] esimerkiksi hakemusten tietojen jäsentämisessä, tiivistämisessä ja tarkistamisessa sekä mahdollisten nousevien teemojen tunnistamisessa." Miksi ihmeessä? skr.fi/apurahat/hak...

Hakemusten arviointi - Suomen Kulttuurirahasto - SKR

Näin hakemuksesi etenee Kun jätät hakemuksesi Kulttuurirahaston hakujärjestelmään, ohjaamme sen valtakunnalliseen tai maakuntarahastokohtaiseen vertaisarviointiin. Hakemuksesi käsitellään ja arvioidaa...

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Just out in Eludamos, the study I was probably most excited about during the last year (and still am!): "'We poke the body and see what happens…' How do people manage expectations in transformative parties, festivals, and retreats?" septentrio.uit.no/index.php/el...

Just out in Eludamos, the study I was probably most excited about during the last year (and still am!): "'We poke the body and see what happens…' How do people manage expectations in transformative parties, festivals, and retreats?" septentrio.uit.no/index.php/el...

Next, @tainam.bsky.social looks at the sense of safety, particularly of women and LGBTQIA+ people, at Finnish game industry events. Last but not least, @amayer.bsky.social, Velvet Spors and J. Tuomas Harviainen explore how the organisers of playful transformative experiences manage expectations.

Thrilled to see this latest special issue of Eludamos out now! Pop open some champagne and read about Party Studies in Game Studies, guest edited and introduced by Leland Masek and @jaakkostenros.bsky.social!

wir suchen Tagungsvorträge, bei denen es um Darstellungen des Körperinneren (in Games, Filmen, Comics, Literatur, Kunst, etc) geht! networks.h-net.org/group/announ...

Also (and relatedly) I am hiring another RA for the Pornography, Platforms and Play Project whose work will focus on the preservation of adult games. Deadline is Sept 20. Applicants must be Canadian university students. Full details here: www.pppproject.com/research-ass...

As promised/threatened, I'm doing the self promotion thing describing the chapters in my new book, Bridging Design and Fandom! I'll start with my introduction - it explains the fields of design research and fan studies, and how they come together as a whole new thing. doi.org/10.1108/978-...

Introduction: Bridging Design and Fandom

Abstract. In this introduction, the author introduces the fields of design research and fan studies and discusses how they have prior under-explored synerg

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Wir gehen in die Verlängerung! Es gibt jetzt noch 2 Wochen zusätzlich Zeit, um Abstracts für die Ludobandentagung „Spielerfahrung“ einzureichen. Die neue Deadline ist der 15. September 26. Wir freuen uns auf eure Einreichungen! Den vollständigen Call findet ihr hier: www.uibk.ac.at/de/projects/...

LudoBande@ludobande.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Call for Papers – Spielerfahrung Studierendentagung der Ludobande vom 11. bis 14. März 2027 in Innsbruck gerne fleißig verbreiten www.uibk.ac.at/de/projects/...

#gamestudies is calling again We're ( @floriankluge.bsky.social and me) looking for more chapters for our upcoming volume on Nintendo. Abstracts are due to 16 September, first chapter drafts on 24 February '27. More details here: phillipbrandes.de/call-for-cha...

Call for Chapters – Nintendo: Geschichte, Medialität, Poetik

The aim of this volume is to discuss phenomena which are characteristic of Nintendo and how they are always linked to other games, players and developers, influencing

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My new project GenGam officially starts today. I wrote about my writing experiences in a newsletter: www.rumicat.com/gengam/archi...

Thoughts on winning a grant - GenGam's Newsletter

Placeholder illustration for the GenGam project. It will be replaced soon. (C) Joleen Blom I won a grant. The Research Council of Finland’s (RCF) 2026…

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#PhD fellowship at the Center for Digital Narrative in Bergen: three years studying how players and player communities turn games into stories. 🎮 Starts February 2027, deadline 15 October. Bring a project proposal! www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

PhD Research Fellowship in Games and Interactive Digital Narratives, Center for Digital Narrative (307441) | University of Bergen

Job title: PhD Research Fellowship in Games and Interactive Digital Narratives, Center for Digital Narrative (307441), Employer: University of Bergen, Deadline: Thursday, October 15, 2026

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my PhD thesis "Ludic Tourism: Video Games, Travel, and Mediation of Place" is now available as open access via Ritsumeikan's databank: doi.org/10.34382/000... an analysis about touristic practices in play, games, design, and marketing with titles such as Ghost of Tsushima and Cyberpunk 2077📖

Have a small thread about historical champs of passive-aggressivenes from villages in the Alps - take a look and let the power of putdowns & pettyness invigorate you #medievalsky #earlymodern #skystorians

Joschka Meier@josserme.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I especially like formulaic niceties that were weaponized for passive-aggression. E. g. in the 16th cent. the Tyrolese government wanted to expand transportation in a region, despite fervent pleas by locals to stop. A regional official also wrote several reports backing up the villagers claims./

CFP now open! The Middle Ages in Modern Games returns to Leeds IMC 2027. We're inviting papers on medievalism in digital and tabletop games, especially those engaging the congress theme of Communities. Abstracts due 13 Sept. Visit middleagesinmoderngames.net/announcement... for more information.

oki doki – wir gehen rein. der spiegel verkündet großen games-kanon und wir fragen mal ›Wie hältst du’s mit der Kanonizität?‹ disclaimer 1: das wird ein thread auf social media, ich werde verkürzen und überspitzen und granteln 2: jaja not all spielejournos undso

Phillip Brandes@litgamestudies.bsky.social · 2mo ago

wenn ihr mögt, mach ich morgen nörgel-thread zu diesem spiegel-spiele-‚kanon‘ (aus gamestudies-perspektive, kein ‚omg, wieso fehlt diese perle von 1987‘, obwohl die natürlich tatsächlich fehlt)

It is great to hold our new book - Cultural Game Studies - on one’s hands, even if the Open Access pdf version will most likely be the most used edition. - Link to the Open Access book page below: www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edi...

New special issue of Mechademia: An Annual Forum for Anime, Manga and the Fan Arts. NEW APPROACHES TO STUDIO GHIBLI Edited by Jacqueline Ristola and Rayna Denison muse.jhu.edu/issue/57374

💘 CFP open: Love in Games workshop! Two venues, pick yours: 🇵🇱 CEEGS26 (Warsaw, Nov 20) ceegs.fsv.cuni.cz/ceegs-2026/#workshop26 🇬🇧 CHI PLAY26 (York, Nov 2) renatantelia.dfs.gr/wip/ Abstracts (150-200 words) due Aug 31 AoE → loveingames26@gmail.com @chiplay.bsky.social @jjol33n.bsky.social

We got new research out today y'all--if you study TikTok, buckle up because we found something wilddddd... arxiv.org/abs/2608.09917 (accepted @ ICWSM 2027)

WhichTok? Comparing Three TikTok Data Acquisition Tools

TikTok's global growth has made it a prime platform for both entertainment and political discourse, prompting increased social science research. However, this rapidly evolving research field faces a f...

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@renatadrlove.bsky.social, Magda Bednorz, and I are organising the workshop "Love in games" at CHI PLAY'26 on Nov. 2. Please find the CFP here: renatantelia.dfs.gr/wip/

We are thrilled to announce that the collection Cultural game studies: Critical approaches, edited by Frans Mäyrä (@fransmayra.bsky.social) and Raine Koskimaa is now published and openly available: doi.org/10.4324/9781... #GameStudies #GameResearch 1/6

Cultural Game Studies | Critical Approaches | Frans Mäyrä, Raine Koski

Cultural Game Studies provides a comprehensive framework for understanding games and play as interconnected cultural phenomena, examining their roles as art,

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If you have played Pokémon Pokopia, we would be grateful if you could fill out our survey on player experiences (especially in relation to the characters)! Find our short survey at: link.webropolsurveys.com/S/C0B1AB08C2... Feel free to share with other Pokopia players :)

Here is the download page to the chapter ”Introduction to Cultural Game Studies: The Emergence of the Research Field” by myself and Raine Koskimaa. The entire book has now been made freely available, Open Access, with support of the Tampere University Library. www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/oa-...

Introduction to Cultural Game Studies | 1 | The Emergence of the Resea

The book opens with a chapter of Introduction by the editors Frans Mäyrä and Raine Koskimaa, providing an overall framing and presenting both the aims and the

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Extended Deadline – abstracts are now due by 03rd August. The full CfP is available here:

CfP – »It’s Dangerous to go alone! Take this [method].«

Methoden zur Analyse von digitalen Spielen am Beispiel der ›The Legend of Zelda‹-Reihe

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Phillip Brandes@litgamestudies.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Dear #GameCultureStudies people – @caroleinx.bsky.social, @anjalovescats.bsky.social and me are editing a volume on methods for researching digital games and game culture, using #TheLegendofZelda as an example. Abstracts are due by 20th July; find out more here:

Verlängert bis zum 03.08!

Phillip Brandes@litgamestudies.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Gern RT fellow #gamestudies bubble: @caroleinx.bsky.social, @anjalovescats.bsky.social und ich geben einen Methoden-Band zur Erforschung digitaler Spiele und Spielkulturen, hier exemplarisch aufgezeigt an #TheLegendofZelda, heraus. Abstracts bis 03. August 26, mehr hier: takethismethod.de

Die Deadline rückt immer näher, also schickt uns eure Abstracts, damit eure favorisierte Methoden nicht uneingereicht bleiben!

Phillip Brandes@litgamestudies.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Dear #GameCultureStudies people – @caroleinx.bsky.social, @anjalovescats.bsky.social and me are editing a volume on methods for researching digital games and game culture, using #TheLegendofZelda as an example. Abstracts are due by 20th July; find out more here:

✨🎀 NEW CFP: The Queer and Feminist Perspectives on Japanese Popular Cultures symposium (supported by the University of Tokyo, Media, Gender, and Sexualities Study Group) is coming back for its third edition!!!✨🎀 📩 Send us your abstract by August 15 at popculturesjapan@gmail.com✨ Share widely!

Call for Papers: Queer and Feminist Perspectives on Japanese Popular Cultures Symposium 2026

A platform for critical discussions about gender and Japanese animation, fashion, video games, literature and digital cultures

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Gern RT fellow #gamestudies bubble: @caroleinx.bsky.social, @anjalovescats.bsky.social und ich geben einen Methoden-Band zur Erforschung digitaler Spiele und Spielkulturen, hier exemplarisch aufgezeigt an #TheLegendofZelda, heraus. Abstracts bis 03. August 26, mehr hier: takethismethod.de

CfP – »It’s Dangerous to go alone! Take this [method].«

Methoden zur Analyse von digitalen Spielen am Beispiel der ›The Legend of Zelda‹-Reihe

takethismethod.de

The latest issue of the Journal of Replaying Japan is now accessible through the Ritsumeikan Research Depository and the replaying.jp webpages. Many thanks to all contributors, reviewers, staff and editorial board members for their contributions. #gamestudies #japanesestudies