[game_preservation] AU/NZ "Play It Again" project funded
Henry Lowood
lowood at stanford.edu
Thu Jan 26 19:16:34 EST 2012
Excellent news. Congratulations, Melanie (and Helen, and Andreas)!
Henry
On 1/26/2012 4:13 PM, Melanie Swalwell wrote:
>
> Hi game_preservationists,
>
> I am writing to share some good news with you: the team of Australian
> and New Zealand researchers I lead was recently successful in getting
> a game history/preservation project funded by the ARC (Australian
> Research Council). It is what is known as a Linkage Project, where
> scholars partner with industry, who also contribute significant
> resources (cash and inkind). The critical details are pasted below.
> Kudos and thanks to all my colleagues who have helped in one way or
> another with this over the years, particularly Andreas Lange, Henry
> Lowood, and Helen Stuckey. Helen and Andreas are both on the
> project. Helen will be at GDC and will attend the roundtable so she
> can provide more details in person to those who are going. Otherwise,
> I'm happy to answer questions, on or off list.
>
> To my knowledge, this is one of the first (if not the first) academic
> digital preservation project funded in this part of the world, so it's
> a significant breakthrough. Also, it means that two major cultural
> institutions in the region -- ACMI and NZ Film Archive -- have both
> recognised that games matter and need to be taken care of.
>
> cheers,
>
> Melanie
>
> *Title:*Play It Again: Creating a Playable History of Australasian
> Digital Games, for Industry, Community and Research Purposes
>
> *LP120100218*
>
> *Swalwell, Dr Melanie L; de Vries, Dr Denise B; Ndalianis, A/Prof
> Angela; Welch, Dr Ian S; Marshall, Dr Stuart R; Corbett, Mrs Susan;
> Lange, Mr Andreas; Bergmeyer, Dr Winfred*
>
> 2012 $52,000.00
>
> 2013 $86,000.00
>
> 2014 $48,000.00
>
> *Total $186,000.00 (this is the funding the ARC awarded the project)*
>
> Primary FoR 1902 FILM, TELEVISION AND DIGITAL MEDIA
>
> **
>
> *Partner Organisation(s)*
>
> Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Berlin Computerspiele Museum,
> The New Zealand Film Archive, Victoria University of Wellington
>
> *Administering Organisation *The Flinders University of South Australia
>
> *Summary:*The digital future has a history and it needs remembering.
> Vital human and technical data is in danger of being lost. In the
> 1980s, the Australian and New Zealand software industries were
> remarkably active in the production of digital games and yet little is
> known about this chapter in the history of the moving image. In
> collaboration with the Australian Centre for the Moving Image and
> other institutional partners, we will: address the need for
> institutional collecting and preservation solutions; document and
> preserve the histories of early games and gaming cultures; and create
> software tools to facilitate both the playing of early games now, and
> the delivery of benefits to research, industry and community into the
> future.
>
> *Aims: *Taking into account ACMI and the NZFA's desire to make visible
> the presence and impact of computer games on moving image history and
> culture, the Aims of this project are:
>
> 1. To research the production and reception histories of early digital
> games in 1980s Australia and New Zealand, in conjunction with fan
> communities.
>
> 2. To develop a collection of 1980s Australian and New Zealand digital
> games software and other items of historic significance related to the
> production and reception of these game titles, and inquire into what a
> collection of Australian digital games software more generally would
> look like,
>
> 3. To document and preserve the game titles produced by the Australian
> and New Zealand digital games industries during the 1980s, for future
> industry, community and research uses;
>
> 4. To create playable multi-platform versions of these games,
> rendering these items accessible to the community now, and for as long
> as possible.
>
> 5. To enhance appreciation for the creations of the early digital
> period, through a conference and other dissemination of project
> outcomes; and
>
> 6. To build capacity in both the academic and cultural sectors in the
> area of digital cultural heritage and the 'born digital'.
>
> --
>
> Dr Melanie Swalwell
>
> Senior Lecturer, Screen and Media,
>
> Flinders University
>
> GPO Box 2100
>
> Adelaide SA 5001
>
> 278 Humanities Bldg
>
> Ph: +61 8 8201 2619
>
> Fax: +61 8 8201 3635
>
> CRICOS Provider: 00114A
>
> melanie.swalwell at flinders.edu.au
>
> about me: http://www.flinders.edu.au/people/melanie.swalwell
>
>
>
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Henry Lowood
Curator for History of Science& Technology Collections;
Film& Media Collections
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