Replaying Japan is a one day symposium on Japanese game culture, game studies and the gaming industry that will bring together researchers from Japan and Canada on August 22nd, 2012 at the º£½ÇÉçÇø to talk about the challenges and opportunities in cross-cultural study of game culture with a particular focus on university/industry interaction. The symposium will run from 9:15am - 5:00 pm in Humanities Centre L-2, º£½ÇÉçÇø campus. Anyone interested in game studies and/or Japanese popular culture is welcome.
Where: Humanities Centre L-2, º£½ÇÉçÇø
When: August 22nd, 9:15am till 5pm
Who: Speakers include:
• Koichi Hosoi, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan
• Kazufumi Fukuda, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan
• Kevin Kee, Brock University, St. Catharines ON, Canada
• Mia Consalvo, Concordia University, Montreal QC, Canada
• Akinori Nakamura, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan
• Geoffrey Rockwell, º£½ÇÉçÇø, Edmonton AB, Canada
• Mitsuyuki Inaba, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan
• Sean Gouglas, º£½ÇÉçÇø, Edmonton AB, Canada
Cost: None!