Overview
- Follows years of research and practice in emerging area of Ludic Studies and provides a necessary interdisciplinary road map to this relatively under-researched field
- Explores Ludics across disciplines, domains, and histories in order to tease out connections that have been previously unexplored or under-appreciated
- Provides both a critical perspective, building off of literature in Media Studies, Game Studies, Communications, Human Computer Interaction, and Civic Engagement, and an interventionist perspective, providing practical design insights for practitioners
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Table of contents (21 chapters)
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Playspace, Ethics & Engagement
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Playthings, Comedy & Laughter
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Reviews
“This passionate volume invites us to see play at the center of the humanities. We can find it in the connections we make between ideas and with each other, both within and across disciplines. And we find it here on full display: leading scholars from an impressive cross-section of disciplines from Classics to Computer Game Research, Architecture to Archaeology, Religious Studies, Comparative Literature, Philosophy, and many more—as well as practicing poets, performers, and artists—all exploring ludic topics from the angle of their own scholarly interests. What emerges from the individual essays and the many connections between them is not only a rich source of scholarship about play, but a vision of play at the creative heart of scholarly endeavor.” (Stephen E Kidd, Associate Professor of Classics, Brown University)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Vassiliki Rapti holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature. She is the author of Ludics in Surrealist Theatre and Beyond (2013) and of several volumes of translations and poetry collections.
Eric Gordon is professor of civic design and the director of the Engagement Lab at Emerson College in Boston. He is the author of The Urban Spectator (2010), Net Locality: Why Location Matters in a Networked World (2011) and Meaningful Inefficiencies: Civic Design in an Age of Digital Expediency (2020).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Ludics
Book Subtitle: Play as Humanistic Inquiry
Editors: Vassiliki Rapti, Eric Gordon
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7435-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-7434-4Published: 12 January 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-7437-5Published: 12 January 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-7435-1Published: 11 January 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXV, 470
Number of Illustrations: 30 b/w illustrations, 30 illustrations in colour
Topics: Cultural Anthropology, Media Studies, Media Design, User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction