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SPC07
Roundtable: Area Unlocked – Challenges and Opportunities for Game Studies inVisegrad countries and Central and Eastern
Europe
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J. Švelch
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Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Social Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
This round table will explore the state of the art of digital game studies in the region of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). As the ECREA’s digital games
temporary working group has evolved into a section, it is time to reflect on the regional aspect of this (sub)discipline and discuss its agenda in different
parts of Europe. Although digital game studies in CEE has been generally lagging behind theWest, numerous authors and departments have started mak‑
ing substantial contributions to game scholarship. The round table will bring together scholars and conference organizers from CEE with representatives
of the ECREA digital games research section. We will discuss the following topics: state of the art of game studies in the region, institutional infrastructure,
specific contributions of regional game studies, an overview of themes and methods used in the region's game scholarship, relationship to game design and
industry, and future European collaboration. We will welcome questions, comments and contributions from other conference participants.
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Contribution to the Roundtable Debate by Jaroslav Svelch
J. Švelch
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Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Social Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
This contribution to the roundtable debate will deal with digital and game studies in Visegrad and CEE region.
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Contribution to the Roundtable Debate by M. B. Garda
M.B. Garda
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University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
This contribution to the roundtable debate will deal with digital and game studies in Visegrad and CEE region.
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Contribution to the Roundtable Debate by Jan van Looy
J. van Looy
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University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
This contribution to the roundtable debate will deal with digital and game studies in Visegrad and CEE region.
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Contribution to the Roundtable Debate by Thorsten Quandt
T. Quandt
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Münster University, Münster, Germany
This contribution to the roundtable debate will deal with digital and game studies in Visegrad and CEE region.
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Contribution to the Roundtable Debate by L. Blinka
L. Blinka
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Masaryk University, Institute for Research on Children, Youth and Family, Brno, Czech Republic