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Play and the human condition
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The Ambiguity of Play in Animals as mentioned in this paper is a seminal work in the field of play in animals, and it was published in 1997, in the midst of writing my conceptual and empirical overview of play.Abstract:
When I was in the midst of writing my conceptual and empirical overview of play in animals, Brian Sutton-Smith published, in 1997, his compact and magisterial work, The Ambiguity of Play. I immedia...read more
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Alibis for Adult Play: A Goffmanian Account of Escaping Embarrassment in Adult Play.
TL;DR: This article reads instances of spontaneous adult play through the lens of Erving Goffman’s theory of the interaction in order to unpack conditions and strategies for nonembarrassing adult play.
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Roger Caillois and E-Sports: On the Problems of Treating Play as Work:
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that the professional context of electronic sports rationalizes play by turning player psychology toward the pursuit of extrinsic rewards, which is evidenced in the instrumental decision-making that accompanies competitive gameplay as well as the survival strategies that e-Sports players deploy to endure its precarious working environment(s).
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Make-Believe in Gameful and Playful Design
TL;DR: In this article, the authors break out five major design aspects of make-believe: theming; storification; scripting, ruling, and framing; role-play; and their integration in unified experiences.
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Dewey on Seriousness, Playfulness and the Role of the Teacher
TL;DR: Dewey argues that a combination of playfulness and seriousness represents the ideal mental attitude of the artist as mentioned in this paper. But the role of the teacher as an artist is to inculcate such habits of mind in his or her students for whom it is implicitly the ideal state for learning.
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The Silent Conversation: Designing for Introspection and Social Play in Art Museums
TL;DR: The field trial is described of a mobile web app called 'Never let me go', a two-player system enabling visitors to an art museum to create impromptu experiences in-situ for a companion, revealing that players used the app for communicating with each other during the visit, often without speaking.
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The third place
Ramon Oldenburg,Dennis Brissett +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the benefits of third place involvement are discussed with reference to diversity and novelty, emotional expressiveness, color, and perspective, and it is argued that participation in these third places provides people with a large measure of their sense of wholeness and distinctiveness.
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Alibis for Adult Play: A Goffmanian Account of Escaping Embarrassment in Adult Play.
TL;DR: This article reads instances of spontaneous adult play through the lens of Erving Goffman’s theory of the interaction in order to unpack conditions and strategies for nonembarrassing adult play.
Journal ArticleDOI
Roger Caillois and E-Sports: On the Problems of Treating Play as Work:
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that the professional context of electronic sports rationalizes play by turning player psychology toward the pursuit of extrinsic rewards, which is evidenced in the instrumental decision-making that accompanies competitive gameplay as well as the survival strategies that e-Sports players deploy to endure its precarious working environment(s).
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Make-Believe in Gameful and Playful Design
TL;DR: In this article, the authors break out five major design aspects of make-believe: theming; storification; scripting, ruling, and framing; role-play; and their integration in unified experiences.
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Dewey on Seriousness, Playfulness and the Role of the Teacher
TL;DR: Dewey argues that a combination of playfulness and seriousness represents the ideal mental attitude of the artist as mentioned in this paper. But the role of the teacher as an artist is to inculcate such habits of mind in his or her students for whom it is implicitly the ideal state for learning.