From Pat Kane, The Play Ethic, at MoMA’s Century of the Child: Growing by Design:
Pat Kane’s website for The Play Ethic has a wealth of great resources on play theory:
PLAY THEORY
- Diane Ackerman - Deep Play
- Johan Huizinga - Homo Ludens
- James Carse - Finite and Infinite Games
- Brian Sutton-Smith - The Ambiguity of Play
- Gwen Gordon’s play papers
- American Journal of Play
- ImagiLab - Play & Organisations
- Association for the Study of Play
- The National Institute for Play (US)
- Bernie De Koven’s Deep Fun
GAME STUDIES
EDU-PLAY
- Charles Leadbeater on games-based education in the slums
- Cambridge Primary Review
recommended extension of kindergarten play to 6 - Future Lab
- Play England
- Play Wales
- Play Scotland
- Katie Salen’s Institute of Play
- Freedom to Learn - play, evolution, education
