DigiPlay 3: Leisure Constraints, Entitlement and Access to Technologies of Leisure

15th Sept 2004
GB 276
Greenbank Building
University of Central Lancashire
Preston

Seminar Convenor: Jo Bryce

The aim of this seminar is to examine leisure constraints, entitlement and access to technologies of leisure. The concepts of constraint and entitlement have been used to examine access to, and participation in, a variety of leisure activities. However, there has been little theoretical or empirical consideration of the implications of these concepts for access to technologies of leisure, although there has been an examination of the influence of structural constraints on access to technology in general. The seminar aims to bring together analysis of these two areas of research with papers from a variety of disciplinary and theoretical perspectives to examine structural and individual barriers on access to technologies of leisure such as iDTV, the internet and computer gaming.

Wednesday 15^th September 2004

9.30	Coffee and Registration (GB 358)

10.00 - 10.15	Jo Bryce (GB 276) Welcome

10.15 - 11.00	Jane Vincent Emotion and mobile phones Abstract \| Presentation

11.00 - 11.45	Jason Rutter & Jo Bryce "Killing Like a Girl: Gendered Gaming and Girl Gamers' Visibility" Abstract \| Presentation \| Paper

11:45 - 12.00	Discussion

12.00 - 13.00	Lunch (GR 358)

13.00 - 13.45	Gary Crawford (GB 276) 'Games for Boys'? Sport, Gender and Digital Gaming'; Abstract \| Presentation

13.45 - 14.30	Thomas Westin Overview of the conclusions of the IGDA Games Accessibility White paper Abstract \| Presentation

14.30 - 14.45	Discussion
14.45 - 15.15	Coffee/Tea
15.15 - 16.00	Magadelene Bober Children’s Voices on the Net: A creative presentation of qualitative findings from the ‘UK Children Go Online’ project Abstract \| Presentation

16.00 - 16.45	Janet C Read Children evaluating and designing their own technologies – what can we learn about age and gender stereotypes? Abstract \| Presentation
16.45 - 17.15	Discussion and roundup

From 17.15	Wine reception

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