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Marcus Maximus
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Call For Papers -- Knutpunkt 2006
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As has become tradition, a book on the theory and practice of role-playing will be published in conjunction with the Knutpunkt 2006 convention. The foremost goal of the book is to press ahead, to raise the bar of role-playing. This is also the theme of the book. The second goal is to disseminate to a larger audience of organisers techniques for role-playing and best-practises for organising role-playing events. The third goal is to support a continuous documentation of the history of role-playing to prevent great larps and scenarios from passing unnoticed and to prevent mistakes from being repeated over and over.
We are asking for articles of the following kinds:
* Visions and Goals for the Future
* Techniques and Best-Practises
* Reports on the Use of Role-Playing in Different Settings
* Historical Documentation and Analysis
A good way of pushing a field forward is to agree upon a set of distant goals and try to meet them. With "Visions and Goals for the Future" we hope to start doing just that. We wish to see visionary statements, such as where role-playing should be in ten years, or descriptions of larps and role-playing events that we don't yet know how to implement successfully. A speculative submission here could be "The Next Ten Years of Immersion Will See The End of Character Ownership". Without banning them completely, we strongly discourage casually submitting yet another manifesto.
For "Techniques and Best-Practises", we are asking for descriptions of techniques for role-playing. Speculative titles of such submissions are "Three Techniques for Dealing With Non-Linear Time in Games with Many Participants" or "Deciding Outcomes of Actions in Free-form Role-Play Without Interrupting Play" etc. We are also looking for analyses of, for example, the supposed importance of scripted endings of larps, how to create tight ensembles, how to coordinate and unify many players' visions of an event, etc. Techniques and best-pracices should preferably have
been evaluated practically.
With "Reports on the Use of Role-Playing in Different Settings", we are looking for uses of role-playing in other fields, e.g., education, in work-places, to convey political messages etc. What possible uses are there for role-playing other than as art or entertainment? Visions as well as reports are welcome.
Finally, with "Historical Documentation and Analysis", we are asking for case studies (analyses and good descriptions) of events that have been played or are in the pipeline. As already stated, the goal is to make sure that we document the history of role-playing: what has already been done, what was the context, what were the goals, etc. Participants as well as organisers of an event are welcome to submit.
The book is foremost aimed at creators of role-playing events but also at players and theorists. This means that articles should be readable, inspiring and practically useful. As Knutpunkt is not an academic conference, the book will not be academic proceedings. Academic and/or theoretic articles are very welcome, but are strongly encouraged to fit into the above-mentioned categories and preferably also to have a practical angle. Authors are encouraged, but not required, to hold a presentation of their papers at the convention.
Practical Matters
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Persons wishing to publish an article in the Knutpunkt book should submit an abstract (around 500 words) of their article. All abstracts will be reviewed by a board, which will provide assistance with presentation techniques and try to make suggestions or coordinate authors with similar subjects. Finished articles should not be longer than 10.000 words and will be reviewed by a larger review board and accepted or rejected.
The deadline for the abstracts is at the end of September, when they should be sent to book@jeepen.org . You are most welcome to send us emails before that date, to tell us what you are working on, or with questions of any nature. The abstracts should be submitted in English, though the editors may be able to provide translation of the final articles in special cases. Detailed submission guidelines will be distributed to submittors and be made accessible on the Internet.
In addition to the printed book, the Knutpunkt book team hope to publish a free digital version of the book on the Internet after the convention.
About Knutpunkt
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Knutpunkt (Eng. Junction/Nodal point) is a yearly Nordic convention on role-playing primarily for organisers of role-playing events, writers of role-playing scenarios and visionary role-players. The goal of Knutpunkt is to provide a meeting place for people interested in enhancing and analysing role-playing. Knutpunkt in 2006 is the tenth annual conference. It continues to be a big influence on as well as a big source of inspiration for Nordic larp. Knutpunkt 2006 will be held in Sweden in February or
March.
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URL: http://jeepen.org/knutpunkt/
Mail: book@jeepen.org (or kp@jeepen.org for non-book matters)
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Marcus Maximus
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Tuossa ei mainittukaan, kun poistin saatekirjeen CFP:n alusta, mutta kirjaprojektin vetävät [url=http://jeepen.olle.ter.dk/][i:3d76041f50]Vi Åker Jeepin[/i:3d76041f50][/url] freeform-gurut [b:3d76041f50]Thorbiörn Frizon[/b:3d76041f50] ja [b:3d76041f50]Tobias Wrigstad[/b:3d76041f50], jotka jotkut teistä lienevät tavanneet Suomen tai Norjan Solmukohdissa. Olen siis henkilökohtaisesti luottavainen kirjan laadun suhteen.
(Nyt tarttee sitten kirjoittaa vielä jotain...)
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