How do we know we're playing?

Institut for Visuelt Design inviterer til forelæsning med Celia Pearce - spiludvikler, forsker, forfatter og professor ved Northeastern University. 

In 'Playframes' (MIT Press) Pearce takes a deep dive into the question, "How do we know we are playing?" She builds a comprehensive theory of the specific mechanisms that  metacommunicate the message "this is play".

Pearce teases out distinctions between ritual and play activities including social practices in which they merge or are indistinguishable, as well as incidents of frame breach or misalignment, where participants' perception of "what is going on" diverges.

Building on recent research the book culminates with an in-depth analysis of the gaming roots of the January 6 capital insurrection and argues that play frame breach and deliberate misalignment with the major contributing factors.

About Celia Pearce

Celia Pearce is an award-winning game designer, researcher and Professor at Northeastern University. She is co-founder of IndieCade, the independent game festival, and Co-Executive Director of Playable Theatre, which supports creators of interactive performance.