[game_preservation] AU/NZ "Play It Again" project funded

[Andrew Armstrong]

Sounds awesome, a great local and worldwide achievement :D hope it gets 
off to a great start!

Andrew

On 27/01/2012 06:48, Melanie Swalwell wrote:

> Thanks Henry, Devin.

> It's very early days so there is no website, as yet.

> One of the things we will be doing is hosting a popular memory 

> archive, so I will let the list know when this is up, plus other 

> occasional updates.

> Melanie

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> Flinders University

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> *From:* game_preservation-bounces at igda.org 

> [game_preservation-bounces at igda.org] On Behalf Of Devin Monnens 

> [dmonnens at gmail.com]

> *Sent:* Friday, 27 January 2012 2:39 PM

> *To:* lowood at stanford.edu; IGDA Game Preservation SIG

> *Subject:* Re: [game_preservation] AU/NZ "Play It Again" project funded

>

> Melanie,

>

> Congratulations! This sounds fantastic!

>

> Do you have a link? I can post it on our Facebook page!

>

> -Devin

>

> On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 5:16 PM, Henry Lowood <lowood at stanford.edu 

> <mailto:lowood at stanford.edu>> wrote:

>

>     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 <tel:%2B61%208%208201%202619>

>>

>>     Fax: +61 8 8201 3635 <tel:%2B61%208%208201%203635>

>>

>>     CRICOS Provider: 00114A

>>

>>     melanie.swalwell at flinders.edu.au

>>     <mailto:melanie.swalwell at flinders.edu.au>

>>

>>     about me: http://www.flinders.edu.au/people/melanie.swalwell

>>

>>

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