Making sense of material practice and creative value in digital gaming for industrial growth

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I am interested in researching the commonalities and differences between physical and digital forms of'making', between traditional craft labour (e.g., textiles) and skilled and/or creative computer gameplay(e.g., Minecraft). There is much potential in interrogating work ethic and material practices that emergebetween the two areas, and I think it is important to ask questions of the changing social, cultural andeconomic values that follow from these. In particular, I seek funding to address two main researchquestions: 1) How is the play of computer games transforming perceptions of skill, rewarding work,innovation and creativity in the twenty-first century? 2) What impact will these changes have on traditionalcraft labour and, by extension, the cultural industries of the future?