The International Journal of Games and Social Impact  (Special issue)

Deadline: May 15, 2025

Guest Editors: Rikkie Toft Nørgård (Aarhus University, Danish School of Education) & Conceição Costa (Lusófona University, CICANT

This special issue of The International Journal of Games and Social Impact invites contributions that delve into the manifold theoretical, practical, and methodological dimensions of game jams, game-making and games as cultural expression, engagement, practice, transformation, or invention.

Submissions may address (but are not limited to) the following questions:

• How can game jams facilitate the integration of tangible/intangible cultural heritage and values into the game-making process?
  
• In what ways do game jams in cultural contexts empower youth as active participants and co-creators of tangible/intangible cultural heritage?
  
• How can game jams foster curiosity, creativity, and community in cultural contexts and among participants from diverse backgrounds?
  
• What are some of the practical and methodological challenges of designing and implementing game jams and game-making in cultural heritage contexts?
  
• How do games created with the use of tangible/intangible cultural heritage or in cultural heritage contexts reimagine, reconfigure, or in other ways transform tangible and intangible cultural heritage?
  

Publication Timeline

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere. Dates are indicative.

Full Paper Submission Deadline: 15-05-2025

Notification of Acceptance for Full Paper Submissions: 30-07-2025

Publication Date: Second semester of 2025

Contact

For inquiries about the special issue or submission process, please contact Rikke Toft Nørgård (rtoft@edu.au.dk)

Join us in exploring how games and game-making practices can reshape our engagement with cultural heritage, values, and culture, creating new spaces for cultural expression and social transformation.

For more information: https://revistas.ulusofona.pt/index.php/ijgsi/announcement/view/225