Play Matters

Name: Play Matters
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ISBN: 9780262027922

ISBN-10: 0262027925

ISBN-13: 9780262027922

Edition: 2014

Authors: Miguel Sicart

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What do we think about when we think about play? A pastime? Games? Childishactivities? The opposite of work? Think again: If we are happy and well rested, we may approach evenour daily tasks in a playful way, taking the attitude of play without the activity of play. So what,then, is play? In Play Matters, Miguel Sicart argues that to play is to be in theworld; playing is a form of understanding what surrounds us and a way of engaging with others. Playgoes beyond games; it is a mode of being human. We play games, but we also playwith toys, on playgrounds, withtechnologies and design. Sicart proposes a theory of play that doesn't derive from a particularobject or activity but is a portable…

Book details

List price: $20.95
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 8/1/2014
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 176
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.638