Download the full Call for Chapters (PDF) HERE!
There’s a particular moment in a project like this where things shift. The structure is in place, the arguments are taking shape, the contributors are deep in the work, and the book starts to feel real rather than speculative. That’s where Immersion, Liveness, and the Qualities of Experience: Having a Larp now sits.
The collection has developed out of the Evolution of Story symposium series and brings together a group of scholars and practitioners working across larp, immersive performance, participatory media, and related fields. The core chapters are written and currently moving through formal peer review. What has emerged is a coherent and, I think, quite distinctive conversation about lived storyworlds—one that treats immersion not as illusion, but as something negotiated, sustained, and shaped by care, labour, and social agreement.
At this stage, the focus is not on expanding the scope of the book, but on strengthening a very specific part of it. The final section looks at what happens when larp moves beyond the hobbyist context—into teaching, training, institutional settings, and wider applications. This is an area where the implications of the work become particularly visible, and where the book needs a little more weight to fully deliver on its aims.
So this is a targeted call. We’re looking for one or two additional chapters from people who are already working in this space—whether that’s edu-larp, immersive pedagogy, role-play in professional or organisational contexts, or practice-based research that engages directly with lived, participatory experience. The timeline is tight, which means this is best suited to work that is already underway rather than something entirely new.
If that sounds like something you’re working on, or something close to completion, you can find the full call for chapters here:
Download the full Call for Chapters (PDF) HERE!
And if it’s not for you but you know someone it might suit, do pass it on. At this point, it’s really about finding the right fit—something that can sit within the existing conceptual frame while extending the conversation into these applied and institutional contexts.
It feels like a small addition, but it’s an important one. It’s the difference between a section that gestures outward and one that properly follows through on that gesture.
Download the full Call for Chapters (PDF) HERE!
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