[H-verkko] CFP: Historical Constructions of Gambling and Gambling, Society, and Culture

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Historical Constructions of Gambling and Gambling, Society, and
Culture

CALL FOR PAPERS
SNSUS (The Nordic Society Foundation for Information about Problem
gambling) Conference 
in Reykjavik, Iceland June 13-15, 2011

We would like to inform you that the next SNSUS Conference will take
place in Reykjavik, Iceland June 13-15, 2011. More information on the
conference can be found on the website of the SNSUS:
http://www.snsus.org/default.htm. The conference is open to
researchers also outside the Nordic countries.

We are calling for papers to be presented in two sessions: Historical
Constructions of Gambling and Gambling, Society, and Culture. The
deadline for sending in an abstract for these two sessions is
February 1, 2011. Abstracts including name, affiliation, contact
information and bio should be sent to gambling.reykjavik at gmail.com.

The length of the abstract is max 250 words and of the bio max 150
words (the bio can include max three recent publications). Please
state clearly in which session you would like to participate. The
acceptance of the abstracts will be announced in March 2011 after the
final decisions made by the conference organizers. If you have any
questions, please do not hesitate to contact us
(gambling.reykjavik at gmail.com).

The sessions are sponsored by the Finnish
Foundation for Gaming Research: 
http://www.pelisaatio.fi/


Description of the sessions:

Even if the core of all the gambling games is the same - players bet
on the outcome of some event - games and gaming contexts differ from
each other. All forms of gambling have developed in connection with
technological, social, cultural and economic changes. The aim of
these two sessions is to study the connections between gambling and
the societies 
that surround it. The stress is on historical changes or particular
conditions of gambling in different contexts.

Session 1) Historical Constructions of Gambling (Organizer: Riitta
Matilainen)

The purpose of this session is to discuss gambling as an activity
taking place in time and in a certain context. An emphasis on
comparative
approach and change (e.g. different countries, gender or social
classes) is recommended. Topics of interest include but are not
limited to the following questions:
-        What has motivated people to gamble?
-        How have these motivations changed in the course of time?
-        What has been the role of (national) gambling monopolies in
shaping people’s gambling 
experiences?
-        What has been the role of dreaming and thrill seeking in
gambling?
-        How and why has the experience of chance changed? Or has
it?
-        How has irrationality of chance been made into a part of
'modern' and 'democratic' life?


Session 2) Gambling, Society, and Culture (Organizer: Jani Kinnunen)

The purpose of this session is to consider gambling in particular
conditions. An emphasis on socio-cultural connections of gambling is
recommended. Topics of interest include but are not limited to the
following questions:
-        What kind of meanings do players attach to gambling?
-        Why is gambling sometimes seen as a sin?
-        What are the social meanings of monetary bets?
-        What kinds of communities do gamblers have in the online
environment?
-        Why some forms of gambling are permitted and some prohibited
in different societies and 
cultures?
-        What is the role of the media in the emergence of poker
celebrities?
-        How gambling games differ from other games and play?


Organizers:
Ms Riitta Matilainen, MA (Soc.Sci.), Doctoral Candidate
Department of Political and Economic Studies
Section of Social Science History
Economic and Social History
P.O. Box 54
FIN-00014 University of Helsinki
Finland
E-mail: gambling.reykjavik at gmail.com
Tel.: + 358 9 19124946 98 or + 358 40 5176574

Mr Jani Kinnunen, M.Soc.Sci.
Department of Information Studies and Interactive Media
Game Research Lab
FI-33014
University of Tampere
Finland
E-mail: gambling.reykjavik at gmail.com
Tel: +358 50 428 0895




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Ilmoituksen lähetti: Riitta Matilainen
<riitta.matilainen at helsinki.fi>
Ilmoitus vanhentuu: 02.02.2011
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