World Building: Space and Community
The 3rd Annual UF Games and Digital Media Conference
March 1 - 2, 2007
This third annual conference on games will focus on the construction of digital worlds, with particular emphasis on the various spatialities of games and other digital media. We are especially interested in spatiality as it is employed in the construction of virtual worlds both in terms of the graphemic representation of game objects, as well as the dual role these spaces perform as both narrative structures and sites of play. We are also interested in spatiality as it relates to the development of social space (including online spaces like World of Warcraft and gaming message boards) as well as the relationship of real-world locations like arcades and game cafes to the play experience.
This conference will occur in sequence with the 5th Annual Conference on Comics, which takes place on the two days after the Games and Digital Media conference. The theme for the Comics Conference will be World Building: Seriality and History.
Submissions are now closed, but registration is open. Registering is free, but we strongly encourage you to register so we may plan accordingly.
If you are traveling to Gainesville, a block of rooms has been reserved at the Paramount Plaza Hotel. Their phone number is 1-877-992-9229, and the rooms are reserved under the code "World Building."
- Overview
- Conference Program
- Call for Papers
- Abstract and Paper Submission
- Presenters, Abstracts, and Papers
- Registration, Accommodation, and Travel
- Conference Organizers and Key Partners
- Conference Schedule
- Related Links
This conference has been generously sponsored by College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Department of English, ImageTexT, Xerographic Copy Center and College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Student Council.
