Tag: Wendy Russell
Much-needed anthology with some powerful chapters, albeit with a narrow focus and a lack of details
In Play and Social Justice: Equality, Advocacy, and Opportunity (Peter Lang Publishing), editors Olga S. Jarrett, Vera L. Stenhouse, John A. Sutterby and Michael M. Patte with a host of renowned childhood and play scholars elaborate on the importance of play, and the importance of every child’s right to play. Our reviewer Wendy Russell has been heavily involved in a series of philosophy of play conferences in England, and welcomes this volume and its social justice perspective on play. A few critical points notwithstanding, she welcomes this contributions to the body of literature in the field.
Approaching the Interworld of Play in Sports
Of the four conferences on philosophy of play in recent years arranged by Malcolm MacLean, Wendy Russell and Emily Ryall, each of the first three appear in book form. In this review essay, Ejgil Jespersen looks particularly at the contributions that discuss play in relation to sports, but he finds the whole trilogy both commendable and recommendable.
Ny bok om lekens och lekandets filosofi – rik men stundtals också krävande
En konferens om lek vid University of Gloucestershire blev till en antologi, The Philosophy of Play under redaktörskap av Emily Ryall, Wendy Russell & Malcolm MacLean. Lars H Gustafssons grundliga, gedigna recension ger mersmak...
