Papers, Panels and Presentations

Publications

Papers, Panels and Presentations

  • “Limits of Localization: Feminist Localization and the Problem of Specificity.” Fun for All: III International Conference on Translation and Accessibility in Video Games and Virtual Worlds: Serious Business. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain. March 2014.
  • “Authorial Shadows: Shadows of the Damned and Translational Authorship.” 6th Digital Games Research Association Conference. DeFragging Game Studies. Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, United States. August 2013.
  • “Localizing Culture in Gyakuten Saiban.” International Conference on Japan Game Studies 2013. Ritsumeikan University, Kinugasa Campus, Kyoto, Japan. March 2013.
  • “Treating Culture as Genre: Implications Stemming from the Practice of Video Game Localization.” 10th Annual Cultural Studies Association Conference. Culture Matters. University of California, San Diego, United States. March 2012.
  • “Money Isn’t Everything: On the Problems of Transcreating Games.” Fun for All: II International Conference on Translation and Accessibility in Video Games and Virtual Worlds: Searching for Best Practices. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain. March 2012.
  • “Translation and/as Interface.” Paper presentation at the 5th Digital Games Research Association Conference. Think Design Play. Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands. September, 2011.
  • “Game Localization from Japan to the United States.” Talk at the Japanese Studies’ Naiman Workshop. San Diego, CA. May 23, 2011.
  • “Other Histories: The Remake and the Sweded Film.” Paper Presentation at the 4th Annual ZdC Graduate Student Conference. Spectrums. University of Southern California, Los Angeles. February, 2010.
  • Translation (is) Not Localization: Language in Gaming.” Paper presentation at the 8th Digital Arts and Culture Conference. After Media: Embodiment and Context. University of California, Irvine, California. December, 2009.
  • Game Studies and Kingdom Hearts.” Talk at Utrecht University for the course Game Analysis and History. Utrecht, Netherlands. September 14, 2009.
  • Kingdom Hearts, Territoriality and Flow” (with William Huber). Paper presentation at the 4th Digital Games Research Association Conference. Breaking New Ground: Innovation in Games, Play, Practice and Theory. Brunel University, West London, United Kingdom. September, 2009.
  • The International Edition and National Exoticism.” Paper presentation at Meaningful Play. Michigan State University, East Lansing. October, 2008.
  • Remakes as Translation: Cultural Flow.” Master’s Thesis. Department of Media, Culture and Communication. New York University, 2008.
  • “Translation as Appropriation: Subtitles/Dubs and Cultural Imperialism.” Paper presentation at Intersections 2007. Ryerson University, Toronto. March, 2007.