Name for Papers: ‘Reception of the traditional world in buying and selling, gathering, gaming and fortune-telling playing cards’ (on-line)

CFP: Reception of the traditional world in buying and selling, gathering, gaming and fortune-telling playing cards, on-line convention 21-22 November 2025

In a world the place many features of our lives embody digital and digital experiences, there has additionally been a flip in direction of the bodily, and an instance of this is able to be an growing recognition in playing cards for gaming, gathering and fortune telling. The historical world seems in these playing cards in some ways, for instance Wonders of the Ancient World Top Trumps (an informative card recreation geared toward younger learners), Gods and Titans Oracle Cards (fortune telling utilizing characters from mythology) and Magic the Gathering, Theros: Beyond Death (buying and selling playing cards geared toward grownup players and collectors).

We wish to invite you to submit an summary for our on-line convention on the traditional world and playing cards on 21-22 November to be held through Zoom. Presentations must be 20 minutes in size, and in addition to tutorial papers we might be all for workshops and discussions with inventive practitioners. Following the convention will goal to publish chosen contributions.

Some prompt matters are under, however please don’t really feel constrained by this listing you probably have different concepts centred on playing cards and the traditional world:

1. How the reception of the traditional world in playing cards developed over time (what’s represented/adopted and tailored? are there any patterns? who’s the target market?)
2. Historical accuracy vs adornment in playing cards for gaming, gathering and fortune telling
3. Ancient world and standard creativeness: how do they work together in playing cards for gaming, gathering and fortune telling
4. Cards within the classroom: pedagogical use of playing cards and how one can implement gamification within the curriculum
5. Case research (presentation of your personal playing cards / the variation of antiquity in an present stack of playing cards)

Please submit abstracts of 250 phrases to Amanda [email protected] and Guen [email protected] by 15 October 2025, in the meantime please be happy to contact the organisers with any questions.