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Serious (geo) play, or 'why we need to be open to innovate'

Andrew Larcombeandrew@andrewl.net

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“the true creator is necessity, who is the mother of our invention”Plato, The Republic 360BC

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Play Is Not The Opposite Of Work

The Big Idea

The domain of play is engaging with new ideas, doing interesting stuff, exploring possibilities.

In short, innovation and discovery

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It’s Big Business

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“[the child]...takes his play very seriously, expending a large amount of emotion on it.”Sigmund Freud, Creative Writers and Daydreaming

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“It should be noted that children at play are not playing about; their games should be seen as their most serious-minded activity.”Michel de Montaigne

Johan Huzinger, Homo Ludens (man the player) 1938

Not A New Idea

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How to play with space...?

Literature...

Television...

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Our playgrounds

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Our cardboard boxes, our washing baskets...

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Text

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Thank You

Serious (geo) play, or 'why we need to be open to innovate'

Andrew Larcombe

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