Author: Mathias Poulsen
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A Playful space – What a nice place to be!
“To give each other permission to play” is one of the main points which have stuck with me after participating in CounterPlay Festival 2016″ – By Heidi Hautopp
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Mere leg i skolen!
Legen er vævet tæt sammen med den dannelsesopgave, der stadig står centralt i folkeskolens formålsparagraf, og jeg er sågar overbevist om, at mennesker der lærer (og tør) at være legende, også er mennesker, der er bedre klædt på til livet.
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The Play Paradigm
Discussions about play are too often blindsided by a lack of common language, a very narrow understanding of play, and a belief that play is only relevant if assimilated into the current paradigm as simple instruments with measurable and predictable outcomes.
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What is playful leadership?
“if we want to make it safely and sanely through all the changes coming our way, we’re going to need to come out and play” – Bernie DeKoven Play is, perhaps more than anything, a fundamental source of fun, joy and well-being throughout our lives. It’s not reserved for children, and it’s not a luxury…
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Organising CounterPlay ’16
Working on CounterPlay ’16, it’s clear that we need to also focus on the way the festival is organised. Even though we want CounterPlay to be deliberately (somewhat) chaotic to support a more relaxed, informal and playful atmosphere, we also strive to make it as meaningful as possible. It’s a constant dance between rigid structure and full-blown…
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Playful Libraries – writeup from Next
We’ve been fortunate enough to be a partner at the international Next Library 2015 conference, which has just taken place in the fantastic DOKK1 building here in Aarhus (where CounterPlay ’16 coincidentally also happens to play out next year). I was there on behalf of CounterPlay, and contributed with a super short “ignite talk” and a…
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The Play Deficit
CounterPlay has always been interested in playfulness all over society and the world; everywhere. …but damn, play is SO much more important than most people think. It's not always the solution, but it's always relevant, everywhere. — Mathias Poulsen (@mathiaspoulsen) June 5, 2015 We want to go beyond games, beyond play as an activity, also exploring…
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Impressions from CounterPlay ’15
With the second edition of CounterPlay over, we’re working on evaluation and documentation…and slowly preparing for CounterPlay ’16. I thought I would share some thoughts from behind the (already fairly transparent) scenes, so this post is my personal reflections on my work with and experiences from the festival. Leading up to the festival, I had…