Harper's Playground- Alexa

Complicating Play

Please pick 1 of the examples below (NOT 1 theme, but 1 example, such as "City Museum") and use it to answer the three questions below. Please spend about 10 minutes answering the questions. Please post your response as a "new post" on this blog. Your response can be in writing, video (e.g. selfie video), visual notes, or a screen capture of a chat with another person in class (using iMessage or Skype). 

*If you have any trouble posting on the blog, please feel free to email it me--please don't waste your precious time fighting with technology!*

·      How do these examples demonstrate “play as process”?

·      How do these examples reflect the culture in which children and their families live?

·      In what ways these examples support and/or disrupt your idea of “play?”

Theme #1 Play and Gender

·      LEGO Ad From 1981 Should Be Required Reading For Everyone Who Makes, Buys Or Sells Toys: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/17/lego-ad-1981_n_4617704.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000009

·      Barbie Liberation Association: https://youtu.be/Pc8qcZ7iMbY

·      Goldie Blox: https://youtu.be/M0NoOtaFrEs

Theme #2 Play and Cultural Contexts

·      Toy Stories: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2594565/Toy-story-Pictures-children-world-favourite-toys-says-countries-come-from.html

·      Toys of War: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/12/14/childs-play-at-war-in-south-sudan/?_r=1

·      Children Playing around the World: https://youtu.be/spVsC4xBYac

Theme #3 Play and Place (Playgrounds)

·      City Museum: http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2015/06/city-museum/

·      Harper’s Playground: http://harpersplayground.org/

·      Tapescape: https://pittsburghkids.org/exhibits/tapescape