Dear list members, I am happy to share an announcement for the imminent DiGRA Italia Talks: a series of online events connecting Italian game studies scholars with international researchers.
Our initial meetings are on December 5th and 12th. On December 5th we talk about machinima (the use of real-time game graphics engines to create a cinematic production) with prof Tracy Harwood, De Montfort University, co-author of *Pioneers in Machinima: The Grassroots of Virtual Production* (Vernon Press, 2021), and Gemma Fantacci, PhD at IULM and co-curator of the Milan Machinima Festival: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/digra-italia-talks-machinima-tickets-464558325457 On December 12th, on the occasion of the Italian translation of *Gaming: Essays on Algorithmic Culture* (University of Minnesota Press, 2006), we talk with Alexander R. Galloway, Professor of Media, Culture and Communication at New York University, author of the original text and of numerous publications on digital media and critical theory, and translators Giacomo Pedini (Mittelfest Festival) and Mauro Salvador (Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia): https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/digra-italia-talks-gaming-essays-on-algorithmic-culture-tickets-464586790597 Please register via Eventbrite. Zoom links will be shared nearer the date. For any questions, please feel free to get in touch with the events' organiser Paolo Ruffino ([email protected]). Best wishes, -- Paolo Ruffino Chair of DiGRA Italia http://digraitalia.org/
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