Author: Mathias Poulsen
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Play Against Instrumentalization
Maybe play can remind us that the otherwise widespread instrumentalization can be resisted? That there is indeed more to life and to democracy than maximizing profits?
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The Politics of Play
Some might say that this whole thing about “play and democracy” is a misunderstanding, forcing play into a space, where it doesn’t belong: the realm of politics. What if play is already always political by nature?
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Recognizing the Other
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Can Play Save Democracy?
Can play save democracy? It’s a big question and one that I’m afraid I can’t answer in the affirmative. Not yet, probably never. So what if even the best we can ever do will always fall short of “saving” democracy, if we can only hope to keep it alive, or, better yet, to make it…
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Sæt legen i centrum
Fra en pædagogisk temadag i Hillerød, der havde fået titlen “Sæt legen i centrum”. Det var en skøn formiddag med en masse leg, refleksion og samtaler om leg. Sikke dog en herlig flok dygtige, engagerede pædagoger, der i den grad vil legen, og som har mod på at tage livtag med de små og store udfordringer,…
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Tanker fra en ”LegeEdCamp”
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The “What/Why” of CounterPlay
Many people ask: “What is “CounterPlay”? Why should I consider participating?” Read more for an attempt at answering those questions.
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Demokratiske Legelaboratorier
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We Can’t Force Play
Due to the unpredictable nature of play, we can’t say exactly what will happen when we play, where we end up or “what we get out of it”. We can’t even guarantee that play will happen at all – and that’s ok.
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Playing the Archive
I was recently in London for a conference in the brilliant and ambitious research project “Playing the Archive”, a project built on the immense legacy of “The Opies”.