2008 Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts Online Program

Paper Session: 2461 Geographies of Play III: Embodied, emotional, sensory geographies of play is scheduled on Wednesday, 4/16/08, from 1:00 PM - 2:40 PM in Beacon H, Sheraton, 3rd Floor Organizer(s): Bethan Evans Steve Millington - Manchester Metropolitan University Chair(s): Bethan Evans Abstract(s):   1:00 PM   Author(s): *Katrinka C. Somdahl-Sands - NUI Galway  Abstract Title: 'A Most Serious Form of Play': Dancing Difference on an Urban Street 1:20 PM   Author(s): *Elizabeth Housley - City University of New York Graduate Center  Abstract Title: An UnderGrounded Theory: Social and Sensory Dimensions of Cave Exploration 1:40 PM   Author(s): *Tara Woodyer - Royal Holloway, University of London  Abstract Title: Playful Geographies: configuring imaginative and virtual spaces of play 2:00 PM   Author(s): *James Nicholas Ash, BA, MSc - University of Bristol UK  Abstract Title: Playing with cognition: Video games design and the techniques of play Session Description: Christopher Harker (2005: 59) reminds us "Playing is not (just) kids stuff.  Playing is something we all do, albeit to different extents and degrees, and this is something that needs a great deal more investigation".  These sessions respond to Harker's appeal for more critical attention to be given to the study of the geographies of play.  The sessions include papers from a wide range of disciplines and perspectives, to encompass child, adult and intergenerational experiences of play.  The papers explore innovative ways of studying the geographies of play and embrace a wide range of diverse theoretical and methodological approaches.

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