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Ethnographic study of two Norwegian kindergartens around play and materiality
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Candy from halloween - kids COLLECT candy by going around different houses in their neighborhood, end up with an assortment of materialities (and of course, taste) .. building your own collection of materials through having fun.
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Japanese bi-dama. No particular way to play with them but the way they look is so amazing, they begin to be TOYED with in your hands
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Slinkies were fun growing up because they were so flexible and you can make so many different forms out of them. They are TEMPORARY - don’t retain their forms without you holding them, which could be a cool element to have in public space where interactions are IN PASSING and ALWAYS CHANGING.
We can also potentially can activate some sort of image-making activity using the FACADE of slinky, like the smiley face one above.
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Fluffy foam is cool because it doesn’t get your hands dirty like slime, and could potentially be produced at a larger scale so you can SIT ON IT, MOLD your own furniture in public space... COMBINE your piece with another person’s to make something BIGGER/CRAZIER...
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Eye Spy children’s games - your eyes are QUICKLY SCANNING the materials (texture, color, shape, size) while you try to IDENTIFY a specific item. This could be ax exercise where people can get to know the materials
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The POLITICS of having fun (p.137~) - what does play look like, why do we do it, and what are the social/political contexts that shape play?
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Palle Nielson’s Moderna Museet where he hacked a museum and made it into a total space of personal exploration. “This is only an exhibition for those who are not playing.”
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More text related to the idea of a qualitative society and the importance of children as producers and agents of play, by Palle Nielson.
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