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ACE2015 CFP – Animal Computer Interaction as Speculative and Critical Design Practice

Published by Alan Hook on August 12, 2015

As part of ongoing research i have been sifting through a large volume of Animal Computer Interaction projects, i will be attempting to write something for the extended Call For Papers for ACE2015 the conference for the Advancement of Computer Entertainment which critiques the focus on utility in a large proportion of ACI. This paper reframes ACI as a form of Speculative or Critical Design Practice which can be used to propose arguments about anthropocentrism. This paper will compare a range of digital games designed for cats designed for phone and tablet devices to analyse what these games, as instances of…

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TRACE CFP – Games for Cats? Determining the “ideal player” in games for animals.

Published by Alan Hook on June 16, 2015

As part of my research I have been interested in how game designers design for players as an audience. This research has lead through a range of work trying to outline player-centred research methodologies. I have been trying to outline the process of designing for a specific audience, and how games as systems and texts are designed for specific players. This research has been used to address the CFP from the new journal TRACE which is an online peer-reviewed collections in ecology, posthumanism, and media studies. Providing an interdisciplinary forum for scholars,  focusing on the ethical and material impact of technology.

The first CFP looks at the intersection of Animal Studies and Digital Media Studies. I have submitted the following for for their consideration;

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