[on paper] voices
CONCEPTS AND USES OF PLAY AT MUSEUMS
This paper explores the meaning and uses of play at museums by adult visitors. Based on an ethnographic research process at Trapholt Museum (Denmark), it compares and discusses the play offer by museum institutions, the visitors’ vision and the real use of play at museums.
The paper reflects upon the possibilities and difficulties of using the full potential of play and its value as an engaging and enhancing tool for museums and visitors.
PLAY PROBES FOR CIVIC ACTIVISM
This report is the result of a Design for Play master thesis. Shaped as a research-through-design process, it exposes the development of Opinion-ate-it, a concept that relies on the use of Play Probes as a way to address the current social challenge of low civic engagement that affects democratic societies nowadays.
The mentioned probes were the essential element of Opinion-Ate-It, an experiment on how bringing play and politics to the table can contribute to create dialogues that lead to civic engagement.
[on air] voices
MEET PLAY DESIGNER MARÍA VITALLER
Completing an education like the MA in Design for Play, that has not yet been in the market, invited for reflections of what play designers can formally offer and the values we wanted to ground our new field on. This meant evaluating ourselves and dissecting the design process in relation to the current challenges the world faces in order to introduce and offer our expertise to others.
GIGAPP EDU 2019
An interview as part of the X International Congress in Governance, Administration and Public Policies. What is the current role of play in education? And in public institutions or organizations? What is the potential of playification in the public sector? What are the challenges and barriers we might find along the journey?
