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Indirectly related to your forwarded post Mike : Rebecca Mead on how playground design affects children’s brains: http://www.newyorker.com/online/2010/07/05/100705on_audio_mead Mary Mary van der Riet; School of Psychology; University of KwaZulu-Natal Private Bag X01, Scottsville, 3209 email: vanderriet@ukzn.ac.za tel: 033 260 6163; fax: 033 2605809 >>> mike cole <lchcmike@gmail.com> 06/29/10 18:22 PM >>> Thanks Rod. I know that several XMCA folks are interested in this topic. I think that publication of part of Elkonin's doktorat would be a contribution here. mike On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 1:31 AM, Rod Parker-Rees < R.Parker-Rees@plymouth.ac.uk> wrote: > Dear all, > > I thought some of you might be interested in this. > > With best wishes, > > Rod > > -----Original Message----- > From: Issues around children's play needs [mailto: > PLAY-CHILDREN@JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Alice Atkinson-Bonasio > Sent: 29 June 2010 08:34 > To: PLAY-CHILDREN@JISCMAIL.AC.UK > Subject: Cultural History of Play > > Dear List Members, > > I am currently conducting some preliminary research for an edited > collection of works addressing the cultural history of Play. We are > particularly interested in work that addresses and unpacks the meaning and > cultural importance of particular play phenomena in the past. This is not > about the objects and mechanics of play in and of themselves, but the way > that play as it happened in the past is connected to wider structures of > identity, power, pleasure, work and consumption practices, etc. > > We are aiming to gather material and a list of contributors for a symposium > in 2011, with a planned date for publication around the end of 2012. > > If you have some material that might be appropriate or would like to be > involved, please do get in touch as soon as possible. Equally, if you are > unsure that your area of interest fits the above description, drop me a line > and I'll be happy to clarify things. > > Furthermore, if anybody has any suggestions of other email groups which > might be relevant to this project, please do let me know. > > Many thanks in advance for your help and I look forward to your responses. > > All the best, > > Alice Atkinson-Bonasio > Research Assistant > "Cultural History of Play" Project > University of the West of England > Alice.Atkinson-Bonasio@uwe.ac.uk > _______________________________________________ > xmca mailing list > xmca@weber.ucsd.edu > http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca > _______________________________________________ xmca mailing list xmca@weber.ucsd.edu http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca Please find our Email Disclaimer here: http://www.ukzn.ac.za/disclaimer/ _______________________________________________ xmca mailing list xmca@weber.ucsd.edu http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca