Tag: Conferences: Play

For some time, we have been discussing questions of power and marginalization and of a relative absence in the conferences regarding the philosophical perspectives of the disempowered. This Conference therefore aims to offer a space for dialogue around and across relations of oppression, marginalization and erasure that we hope can get us beyond the dangers of appropriation and exploitation.

We encourage scholars from the fields of children’s literature, screen studies, games studies, media and communication, material culture and, of course, scholars studying play from both theoretical and empirical perspectives, to join us in considering the latent metacritical potentials of play and its diverse modes and forms in bridging disciplinary divides.

This conference hopes to continue an epistemological and paradigmatic bridge-building. We therefore seek proposals for papers to be presented at the conference. There is no set theme for the conference and the Academic Committee will consider all proposals. In the past, the range has been wide and we seek to continue this.

Following two successful Philosophy at Play conferences, we are pleased to announce the third biennial conference to be held at University of Gloucestershire, UK on 9 and 10 June 2015. A book, arising from papers presented at the 2013 event is to be published in time to be launched at the conference. Call for Papers The two previous conferences and ensuing publications...

3rd Global Conference: Play on the Edges Saturday 1st November – Monday 3rd November 2014 Prague, Czech Republic Play on the Edges is a special track within the larger conference on Play. While “play” may connote games, theatrical performances, and other more traditional connotations, we invite submissions on this special “edgy” conceptualization of “play.” One might think of Play as a metaphor for...

3rd Global Conference Saturday 1st  November – Monday 3rd November 2014 Prague, Czech Republic “Unlike children in other countries, the Eskimos played no game of war. They played with imaginary rifles and harpoons, but these were never directed against people but against the formidable beasts that haunted the vast wastes of their land.” (Marie Herbert)   Call for Presentations The interdisciplinary project Making Sense Of: Play seeks to...