Due to a few cancellations there are now a number of free places available at this two day seminar. Full details are available at www.cric.ac.uk/cric/digi/digisems.htm. Jase -- DIGIPLAY: EXPLORING THE SOCIAL SCIENCE OF TECHNOLOGIES OF LEISURE CRIC, University of Manchester 14-15th January 2004 Booking has now opened for the first of the ESRC-funded Digiplay Seminar Series. The series of six seminars, which will take place at various UK locations over the next two years, kicks off at CRIC at the Manchester University on Jan 14th 2004. The series explores the links between technology and leisure and the social-science understandings of these. The first of the seminars will take place over two days and include a postgraduate workshop organised by Karenza Moore. Confirmed speakers include: Trudy Barber, University of Kent at Canterbury "'Turning On' to Leisure with Pleasure: Exploring unusually innovative experiences of 'adult digiplay'" Jo Bryce, University of Central Lancashire "Violence, videogames and vulnerability: A critical review of the psychological literature" Christine Hine, University of Surrey "Virtual Methods for Understanding Technologies of Leisure" Aphra Kerr, Dublin City University "From Concept to Market: The Digital Games Business" Brian Longhurst, University of Salford "Consuming the car: anticipation, use and meaning in contemporary youth culture" Lydia Plowman, University of Stirling "Play, Learning and 'Technotoys'" Jason Rutter, University of Manchester "Games as Consumers as Producers" Registration at the seminars is free but places are limited. Support towards expenses may be available to UK registered postgraduate students. (See booking form for info.) If you are interested in participating you can request a place via the form at: www.cric.ac.uk/cric/digi/booking.htm More details of this event and the rest of the series are available at www.cric.ac.uk/cric/digi/digisems.htm Jase -- Dr Jason Rutter Mobile Entertainment: User Centred Perspectives 25th-27th March 2004 www.mobile-ent.org ESRC DigiPlay Seminar series www.cric.ac.uk/cric/digi/digisems.htm ESRC Centre for Research on Innovation and Competition (CRIC), The University of Manchester, Harold Hankins Building, Booth Street West, Manchester, M13 9QH. UK PH: +44 (0) 161 275 6859 Fax: +44 (0) 161 275 7361 http://www.cric.ac.uk/cric/Jason_Rutter