The 2012 WyrdCon Companion Book, edited by Sarah Lynne Bowman and Aaron Vanek, has been released for free online (PDF download)! Of special interest is our own Nat Budin's essay, "Over Time: Intercon and the Evolution of Theater-Style Larp in the Northeast", which as its title implies documents the history of the form and the culture surrounding it in this area.
(WyrdCon is a California convention a bit like our Intercon. It looks like they cover the whole range of what they term "interactive storytelling," of which larp is just a part, both from an academic perspective and by actually running games -- if you've been, correct me if I'm wrong. The con sounds fascinating! It looks like they're still working to finalize the plans for 2013.)
There's a lot of interesting stuff in the whole book, including academic papers. Go check it out!
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