Conférences


Adaptations de Jeux de Rôle en Grandeur Nature : Enjeux et Perspectives

(In French) Do you love total immersion? Find out how your favorite role-playing games come to life in LARP during this captivating discussion! 🌍✨ Join us as we explore the challenges and successes of adapting paper role-playing games into LARP....

Quelles traces la vie lui a laissées

(In French)When you start imagining your character, he gradually comes to life through the clothes you give him, the habits you lend him, the way he talks, walks, acts,.... But have you ever thought about how to bring your character...

Jouer quand on est malentendant ou sourd, c’est possible !

(In French)We're Hélène and Pauline, deaf and hard of hearing respectively. Perhaps you've already come across one of us in LARP, or other hard-of-hearing or deaf people? We'll share our LARP experiences (in roleplay and orga) and our accessibility needs,...

How many spoons to have your LARP? (…and eat it too!)

This topic concerns exhaustion at LARP, for both participants and organizers. It talks about enthusiasm and how it blinds us to our own limits. How we as LARPers are very good at taking care of eachother but forget ourselves. It's...

I’m Sorry Dave, I’m Afraid I Can’t Do That.

An informational piece about Machine Learning or what is wrongfully called 'AI'. I will go a bit deeper on how it works and the ethical controversy around it. I will also explore the impact and possibilities it offers for LARP...

‘I want to hold you close’: an auto-ethnographical discussion of sexuality in and around Vampire: The Masquerade LARP

In this paper I will be looking at the way sexuality and sexual harassment influenced my own personal way of playing and evolving in the Vampire: The Masquerade LARP I was a part of for multiple years, and how it...

Le jeu de rôle grandeur nature comme phénomène : du texte à dire au clip animé souvenir.

(In French)As a phenomenon, LARP is part of an emotional archaeology. Just as historical re-enactment in the field of European martial arts allows for an archaeology of gesture, isn't LARP a way of rediscovering the emotions of our ancestors? From...

Unsung heroes, un karaoke logistique

(In French)Behind-the-scenes heroes: logistics, cooks and other indispensable people   Conference | Chloé Saterday, November 9, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.

Quel est le potentiel éducatif du GN et du jeu

(In French)In the field of education, play is often presented as the grail: among other qualities, because of the fun it provides, it is said to motivate learners far better than traditional methods, and NG is no exception to this...

Poissonnière, morue et mégère : du typecast à la zone de confort ?

(In French)When your friends rightly complain about being trapped in the roles of young, romanceable girl, but you've been stringing together those of Gargouillax, Princess Gargouille for years, where's the line between typecast orga and personal fear of coming out...

L’Après-Procès : Retour sur le Chagrin des Belges scolaire 2024

(In French)Since 2021, the LARP “Le Chagrin des Belges” has been organized as a school version at the Athénée Léonie de Waha (Liège) for an audience of 16-17 year-olds. The participants in the 2024 edition will be sharing their experience...

“Jouer un barde: Se lancer, lifter les autres, être bon public”

(In French)“I don't even dare to speak in public, let alone sing! “But I can't sing well, I'm a music beginner!” “I can play an instrument, but frankly, I couldn't do what you do!” “We've got a bard, but how...

Opening ceremony

[In French]This year, the team of volunteers organizing BEtaLarp 2024 will be opening the show. To whet the appetite of curious minds and set the tone, we'll use a number of case studies to show you what “Traces” means and...

Les archives sauvées des eaux: GN et documentation

(in French) The LARP lives in fleeting, unrepeatable moments. Some call it a mandala, and the here and now is certainly part of its charm. But documentation can also play an important role. Can a GN leave traces? But how?...
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