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Pro Juventute Play Festival 2018

Pro Juventute Play Festival 2018

CounterPlay is collaborating with the Swiss youth organisation “Pro Juventute” to run a play festival with a particular focus on play in public. It takes place on May 25 and May 26, 2018.

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The Playful Society Prototype

The Playful Society Prototype

Maybe you have heard us talk about the CounterPlay festival as a "prototype" of the playful society. I'd like to dive a little deeper into that idea, since it's basically the most important reason for the festival to exist. It's our BIG dream to contribute to a strong...

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The Future of CounterPlay

The Future of CounterPlay

Reflections on the past, present and (especially) future of CounterPlay. What are we working on and what is our dreams and visions? (Hint: it’s got something to do with play)

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Playful Learning

Playful Learning is where I've spent a large part of my time the past 5-6 years. This track is about all the many, many ways, in which learning and education can benefit from working with games, and, perhaps more importantly, becoming more playful. One popular...

Towards CounterPlay ’14

As we're rapidly approaching early April and the first edition of CounterPlay (too rapidly, one might think), lots of exciting things are happening. Here's a few of the most important recent developments. Deadline for registration First of all, I've decided to create...

Speaker announcement

Speaker announcement

I am not yet done working on the first edition of the programme, but I just decided to do an informal announcement of the currently confirmed speakers. And how could I not do something like that on Twitter using #CounterPlay14? If you missed it, see the announcements...

CounterPlay – getting closer

CounterPlay – getting closer

[This is a repost from my own blog] About a month ago, I wrote about my plans for creating a festival of play & games in Aarhus. In the meantime, I've been working on turning my plans and ideas, my dream, into reality. Lots of exciting things are happening, and a...

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