Play in a Covid Frame / Anna R. Beresin, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Beresin, Anna R., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023--Influence.

COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023.

Creative ability in children.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxii, 486 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK : Open Book Publishers, 2023.

Summary:

"During the international coronavirus lockdowns of 2020-2021, millions of children, youth, and adults found their usual play areas out of bounds and their friends out of reach. How did the pandemic restrict everyday play and how did the pandemic offer new spaces and new content? This unique collection of essays documents the ways in which communities around the world harnessed play within the limiting frame of Covid-19. Folklorists Anna Beresin and Julia Bishop adopt a multidisciplinary approach to this phenomenon, bringing together the insights of a geographically and demographically diverse range of scholars, practitioners, and community activists. The book begins with a focus on social and physical landscapes before moving onto more intimate portraits of play among the old and young, including coronavirus-themed games and novel toy inventions. Finally, the co-authors explore the creative shifts observed in frames of play, ranging from Zoom screens to street walls. This singular chronicle of coronavirus play will be of interest to researchers and students of developmental psychology, childhood studies, education, playwork, sociology, anthropology and folklore, as well as to toy, museum, and landscape designers. This book will also be of help to parents, professional organizations, educators, and urban planners, with a postscript of concrete suggestions advocating for the essential role of play in a post-pandemic world."--Publisher's website.

Contents:

Introduction / Julia Bishop, Anna Beresin

1. 'Tag, You've Got Coronavirus!' Chase Games in a Covid Frame / Julia Bishop

2. Gathered in Play: Play as the Common Space during the Covid-19 Lockdown in Serbia / Živka Krnjaja, Nevena Mitranić

3. Up, Down, Stop, Go, and Everything In Between: Promoting a Resident-Driven Play-based Agenda during a Global Pandemic in Rochester, New York / Emma Morrison, Dina Faticone, Jenn Beideman, Holly Sienkiewicz, Shanielia Lewis, Lydia Rivera, Beatriz LeBron

4. 'Let Them Play': Exploring Class, the Play Divide and the Impact of Covid-19 in the Republic of Ireland / Carmel Hannan. Maria O'Dwyer, Patricia Neville

5. How Playwork in the United Kingdom Coped with Covid-19 and the 23 March Lockdown / Pete King

6. Playworkers' Experiences, Children's Rights and Covid-19: A Case Study of Kodomo Yume Park, Japan / Mariia Ermilova, Mitsunari Terada, Hitoshi Shimamura

7. Objects of Resilience: Plush Perspectives on Pandemic Toy Play in Finland / Katriina Heljakka

8. 'This Is the Ambulance, This Truck': Covid as Frame, Theme and Provocation in Philadelphia, USA / Anna Beresin

9. Parents' Perspectives on Their Children's Play and Friendships during the Covid-19 Pandemic in England / Caron Carter

10. Digital Heroes of the Imagination: An Exploration of Disabled-Led Play in England during the Covid-19 Pandemic / William Renel, Jessica Thom

11. Play and Vulnerability in Scotland during the Covid-19 Pandemic / Nicolas Le Bigre

How Young Children Played during the Covid-19 Lockdown in 2020 in Ireland: Findings from the Play and Learning in the Early Years (PLEY) Covid-19 Study / Suzanne M. Egan, Jennifer Pope, Chloé Beatty, Clara Hoyne

13. Children's Emerging Play and Experience in the Covid-19 Era: Educational Endeavours and Changes in South Korea / Pool Ip Dong

14. The Observatory of Children's Play Experiences during Covid-19: A Photo Essay / John Potter, Michelle Cannon

15. Happy Yardi Gras! Playing with Carnival in New Orleans during the Covid-19 Pandemic / Martha Radice

16. 'We Stayed Home and Found New Ways to Play': A Study of Playfulness, Creativity and Resilience in Australian Children during the Covid-19 Pandemic / Judy McKinty, Ruth Hazleton, Danni von der Borch

17. Techno-Mischief: Negotiating Exaggeration Online in Quarantine / Anna Beresin

18. What's behind the Mask? Family, Fandoms and Playful Caring around Children's Masks during the Covid-19 Pandemic / Yinka Olusoga, Catherine Bannister

19. Art in the Streets: Playful Politics in the Work of The Velvet Bandit and SudaLove / Heather Shirey

Conclusion: Covid in a Play Frame / Anna Beresin, Julia Bishop

Postscript: Suggestions for Those Who Work and Play with Children, Youth and Adults / Anna Beresin, Julia Bishop, Chloé Beatty, Caron Carter, Suzanne Egan, Beatriz LeBron, Ruth Hazleton, Katriina Heljakka, Nicolas Le Bigre, Shanielia Lewis, Emma Morrison, Danni von der Borch, Judy McKinty, Nevena Mitranić, Patricia Neville, John Potter, Martha Radice, Holly Sienkiewicz.

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