2004 Volume 14 Issue 1 Pages 28-37
During the 34th annual, international conference of the International Simulation And Gaming Association at Kazusa Akademia Park, Chiba, Japan, the first day was dedicated to ISAGA/JASAG Symposia with as special topics, The past, present, and future of JASAG and The contribution of JASAG to Simulation & Gaming. Both symposia offered a broad perspective on the prevailing simulation and gaming theories and methodologies in Japan. That review made clear that the house of simulation and gaming accommodates two different communities that arc living-apart-together. The related communities of observers, and communities of practice form a so-called LAT-relationship. The field of simulation and gaming can only advance as a meta-discipline, if both communities are willing to enact a process of cross-fertilization. JASAG is in a unique position to embark on a long-term project of cross-fertilization between both communities. Unique in the sense that to my knowledge no other gaming and simulation association in the world has such a strong and vital constituency grounded both in the communities of observers and the communities of practice. In this paper, I offer a framework and a strategy for such an approach.
