Researching children’s play experiences during Covid-19 and beyond. Team from @IOE_London, @EducationSheff, @CASAUCL. Share your examples of #PandemicPlay
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Our online exhibition developed with the Young V&A is now LIVE! Browse examples from our research giving insights into children’s play during the pandemic (best viewed on a desktop) 🖥 #PandemicPlay
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Congratulations @young_vam #musemoftheyear @artfund from all your friends at the Play Obsevatory @JohnPP @katecowan @DrJuliaBish @YinkaOlusoga @cathbannister1 @ValeSignorelli @shelleuk Amazing Achievement! @CatherineRitman Helen Charman @SophieSage 👏👏👏😌
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Great to see this commission asking important questions like how we make more time and space for play and the potentials of digital technology. Look forward to giving evidence and urge other play people to share and do the same!
Today we launch the #RaisingtheNation Play Commission with a call for evidence. It's no coincidence its the 1st ever International Day of Play. We'll deliver a framework for a national play strategy in 12 months! Here's why we have created the commission: centreforyounglives.org.uk/n…
On the International Day of Play… take a look at our exhibition of children’s play in the pandemic, co-curated with @young_vam #internationaldayofplay
Our online exhibition developed with the Young V&A is now LIVE! Browse examples from our research giving insights into children’s play during the pandemic (best viewed on a desktop) 🖥 #PandemicPlay
playinthepandemic.play-obser…
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Happy International Day of Play! Great new initiative from @CfYoungLives Sign up & learn about (or give evidence on) the Right To Play, Learning Through Play and more … @timrgill @katecowan @PlayObservatory @DrJuliaBish @DARECOLLABORATE @YinkaOlusoga centreforyounglives.org.uk/p…
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What a treat to get to @JohnPP’s inaugural professorial lecture tonight. A research megamix of greatest hits including @playarchive and @PlayObservatory. A pleasure and privilege to have collaborated with John on these, and lovely to see so many familiar faces #IOELectures
Our pandemic play themed issue of @SAGE_GSC is out as a complete volume. @YinkaOlusoga @DrJuliaBish @cathbannister1 @ValeSignorelli @katecowan @shelleuk @JohnPP @young_vam @IoeResearch @LomaxHelen @EducationSheff The Play Observatory was funded by @ESRC journals.sagepub.com/toc/GSC…
From our forthcoming Pandemic Play themed issue of @SAGE_GSC @lomaxhelen and Kate Smith on ‘…attentive, playful arts-based methodology with children’ @HuddersfieldUni @JohnPP @YinkaOlusoga @IOE_London @EducationSheff Open Access out now journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
‘Pandemic Playthings: A multimodal perspective on toys and play in the time of COVID-19’ New open access in themed issue of @SAGE_GSC from @katecowan with @theodoorjacob and Staffan Selander @IOE_London @uclknowledgelab @EducationSheff @ucl_cmr @JohnPP journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
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A new report from @PlayObservatory led by @JohnPP with @ESRC funding highlights the power of play to boost children’s agency, resilience and mental health.
The research highlights children's resourcefulness when navigating disruption to their lives.
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‘I danced along the road to the Macarena song which felt a bit naughty’ Affective entanglements and the wayfaring pandemic child.Out now @YinkaOlusoga’s new open access article in themed issue@SAGE_GSC ! @EducationSheff @IoeResearch @JohnPP @cathbannister1 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
Our next Open Access article from the Pandemic Play themed issue of @SAGE_GSC @YinkaOlusoga @cathbannister1 @DrJuliaBish on ‘Infection or inflection? Constructions of children’s play through the prism of the pandemic. @EducationSheff @IoeResearch @JohnPP journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
‘Children’s production of place and (third) space during Covid 19: den building, filmmaking and the postdigital in the Play Observatory’ new open access @JohnPP @shelleuk @katecowan @SAGE_GSC more from the team soon @IOE_London @IoeResearch @EducationSheff journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
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Honoured to be speaking today at symposium and launch of the book on 'The Nature of the Game' @WIELS_Brussels (Hoping to get another look at the wonderful games) @PlayObservatory @IOE_London @uclknowledgelab @DAREcollaborate @YinkaOlusoga @DrJuliaBish wiels.org/en/events/symposiu…
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Delighted that the @PlayObservatory has been featured as an @IOE_London Impact Story - showcasing and celebrating the impact of the project and our partnerships
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@PlayObservatory in @IoeResearch Impact Stories 2023 Thanks to the team! @katecowan @YinkaOlusoga @ValeSignorelli @DrJuliaBish @cathbannister1 @shelleuk Thanks to @young_vam @EpisodStudio @EducationSheff @ESRC @IOE_London @uclknowledgelab @DAREcollaborate ucl.ac.uk/ioe/research/engag…
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I have an essay in a new book from @KU_Leuven on @francisalys brilliant 'The Nature of the Game' -on now @WIELS_Brussels until January 2024 @PlayObservatory @YinkaOlusoga @DrJuliaBish @katecowan #francisalys #childrensgames @DAREcollaborate Open Access: lup.be/products/211112
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@young_vam congratulations to all involved in Young V & A! It looks amazing! Lots of thought has gone into it ❤️open to the public this Saturday July 1st @PlayObservatory @katecowan @ValeSignorelli @DrJuliaBish @YinkaOlusoga @shelleuk @cathbannister1 @V_and_A @DAREcollaborate
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@YinkaOlusoga starting to map entanglements in some of our @PlayObservatory contributions from the Home School Kids. Brilliant talk #sheffieldliteracies @DrJuliaBish @drjenrowsell
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@YinkaOlusoga outlines the ways in which we tried to work with ‘hopeful methodologies’ in @PlayObservatory throughout our work. The story of our project is here play-observatory.com/blog/wh… @katecowan @DrJuliaBish #sheffieldliteracies @drjenrowsell
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@YinkaOlusoga very moving opening talk at #sheffieldliteracies about her work on black history for children - forging ‘hope’, the work it takes! @drjenrowsell @PlayObservatory
