Schedule for Connections 2024
Schedule for Connections 2024
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All times Pacific. Event times subject to change.
All events are in Walker Hall, except when noted as occurring in the Student Community Center (SCC), the building immediately next-door.
9:00–10:00 AM
9:00–10:00 AM
Coffee & Conversation
10:00–10:15 AM
10:00–10:15 AM
Welcome & Opening Address
10:30–11:30 AM
10:30–11:30 AM
Session 1
Session 1.A: Bodies & Boundaries
Gibeling 1220
Iris Dunkle “The Archives, and Here is Your Permission to Permeate Them without Boundaries”
Stacey Baran “Queering Autophilia in Julia Ducournau’s Titane (2021)”
Aaron Halverson “Next Turn: Sid Meier's Civilization VI and the Stabilization of History”
moderated by Hsuan Hsu
Professor of English, core faulty in Critical Theory, affiliated with Cultural Studies
University of California, Davis
Session 1.B: In Development
West Conference Room 1230
Antonio Kazarian “From Gamers to Writers; how Video Games forge Creative Bonds”
Ryan Wright “‘My Myst Linking Book’: Myst, HyperCard, and the Link”
Lucas Wang “Game in Development”
moderated by Tobias Menely
Professor of English, core faculty in Critical Theory
University of California, Davis
11:40 AM–12:40 PM
11:40 AM–12:40 PM
Session 2
Session 2.A: Mediated Sociality
Gibeling 1220
Arcadio Bolaños Acevedo “Strong Men and Stronger Addictions: Hemingway’s Alcoholism in Novels, Films and Comics”
Angie Velarde “Love, Life, and Code: Speculative Explorations of Technology and Connection”
Fangzhou Xie “Diverging Tastes: Critical vs. Player Response and Why Do We Like Different Games”
moderated by Katlin Marisol Sweeney-Romero
Assistant Professor of Cinema and Digital Media
University of California, Davis
Session 2.B: Performing Identity
West Conference Room 1230
Roxanne Demorest “Investigating the Mestiza in The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo”
Anabel Lares “Connection of Identity in Woven in Moonlight”
Rachel Wang “teamLab Planets TOKYO: Clothing Surveillance to Gender Surveillance in Contemporary Japanese Immersive Theatre”
moderated by Margaret Ronda
Associate Professor of English, affiliated with Critical Theory
University of California, Davis
12:40–1:30 PM
12:40–1:30 PM
Lunch
East Conference Room 1130
Exhibition Room Opens
1:30–2:00 PM
1:30–2:00 PM
Session 1 & 2 Awards Presentation
Gibeling 1220
2:00–3:00 PM
2:00–3:00 PM
Session 3
Session 3.A: Counterplay
Gibeling 1220
Shaoni White “Villainous Play: Forbidden Rulesets and Queer Spacetime in Cultist Simulator”
Harlin/Hayley Steele “Rhetoric, Magic Cards, and Climate Data Feminism: How the mechanical rhetoric of Magic: The Gathering can help us understand ethical issues in the SSP database”
Dill Ma “Gamer Puppeteer: Remediation of Taiwanese Puppetry”
moderated by Gina Bloom
Faculty Head of Critical Hit: DHI Research Cluster
Professor of English, affiliated with Cultural Studies, Education, & Performance Studies
University of California, Davis
Session 3.B: Reassessing Value
West Conference Room 1230
Jay Starling “Good Omens, Fanfiction, and Authorial Intent: How Fanworks Influence Perceptions of Characters”
Franklin Meyer “Analog Disruption: Copyright, Commerce, and the Birth of Video Rental”
Robin Watkins “Enderal: The Shards of Order and What It Reveals About The Interconnectivity of New Digital Media”
moderated by Colin Milburn
Professor of English, Science and Technology Studies, & Cinema and Digital Media, affiliated with Critical Theory, Cultural Studies, & Performance Studies & the Center for Science and Innovation Studies
University of California, Davis
Professor Alenda Chang, UCSB
3:10–4:00 PM
3:10–4:00 PM
Keynote Presentation: Gibeling 1220
“The Digital Generic”
Alenda Y. Chang
Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies, affiliated with Theater and Dance & the Center for Digital Games Research
University of California, Santa Barbara
A special event presented by
Critical Hit: DHI Research Cluster
4:10–5:10 PM
4:10–5:10 PM
Session 4
Gibeling 1220
“Did Sephiroth do this?”: Investigating Final Fantasy VII
Nyx Wright “How Many Belts?: FFVII’s Fashion Influences”
Aria Samimi DiSimone “‘Flower girl from the slums’: The Iconography of Aerith in FFVII”
Alyssa Bui and Michael Dinh “何でも屋訳: Language and Localization in FFVII”
Sean Abellera “FFVII’s Nibelheim: The Interactive, Psychological Landscape of Trauma”
moderated by Stephanie Boluk
Associate Professor of English & Cinema and Digital Media, affiliated with Critical Theory, Cultural Studies, & Performance Studies
University of California, Davis
presented by Critical Hit: DHI Research Cluster
5:20–5:45 PM
5:20–5:45 PM
Special Presentation on The “Video” Games Canon
Student Community Center (SCC) MPR - 2nd floor
presented by Critical Hit: DHI Research Cluster
5:50–6:00 PM
5:50–6:00 PM
Session 3 & 4 Awards
Student Community Center (SCC) MPR - 2nd floor
Closing Remarks
6:30–8:00 PM
6:30–8:00 PM
Smash Exhibition & Community Play
Student Community Center (SCC) MPR - 2nd floor
special thanks to Davis Melee
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