Play Matters
$68.57
- Paperback
176 pages
- Release Date
27 October 2017
Summary
Why play is a productive, expressive way of being, a form of understanding, and a fundamental part of our well-being.What do we think about when we think about play? A pastime? Games? Childish activities? The opposite of work? Think again- If we are happy and well rested, we may approach even our 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 the world; playing is a …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262534512 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262534517 |
| Author: | Miguel Sicart |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 27 October 2017 |
| Weight: | 164g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 137mm x 13mm |
| Series: | Playful Thinking |
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Play Matters is a succinct but provocative addition to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press’s Playful Thinking book series.– American Journal of Play –
Play Matters is a succinct but provocative addition to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press’s Playful Thinking book series.
—American Journal of PlayAbout The Author
Miguel Sicart
Miguel Sicart is Associate Professor at the Center for Computer Game Research at IT University Copenhagen. He is the author of The Ethics of Computer Games and Beyond Choices- The Design of Ethical Gameplay, both published by the MIT Press.
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