The Power of Play: Voices from the Play Community

We have come together from near and far to share our passion for play with you, and we are happy to present this book that is made by the play community for the play community.

It seeks to improve our understanding of play and to inspire conversations, but it also aims to be a playful expression in itself. It is a book that wants to play and it wants you to play with it as well.

By making the book we wish to say, loud and clear, without any reservations that play is important for all of us, and that all our lives would be better, if only we allowed play the space it deserves. It doesn’t have to be much, really, and even just a little can have a transformative impact.

About the book
The book is a collection of chapters, ideas and games to explore play and playfulness from research and practice, to inspire conversations and to help people bring more play into the world.


Editors: Mathias Poulsen (main editor), Kate Langham, Zuraida Buter, Zack Wood, Alex Moseley, Deidre Tomlinson, Jessica Penrose.


Layout and design: Kráhenwald


Proofreading: Zack Wood, Kate Langham, Robb Mitchell, Olivia Pallesen.


First edition published in Aarhus, Denmark, March 2017.


ISBN: 978-87-999752-0-4

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