I can’t seem to get a solid idea on what my own definition of play is, mainly because I think it is just a matter-of-fact concept. Reading Caillois’ book was borderline dense, in my opinion. I think he delved too deep into what play is through his associations between the different types of it (i.e.…
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Caill-why
by Patrick Anderson •
Forgive the pun, but I couldn’t help myself from just questioning the paths Caillois was taking in his book. The motivation (and a reasonable amount of the theory) behind much of what Man, Play and Games is fairly solid and admirable, but he just kept making seemingly arbitrary blunders in what he was trying to…
The hero we needed, not the hero we deserved.
by Griffin H. •
Week 3 To-Do/Notes on Reading Responses
by Maggie Greene •
By Wednesday night (1/28), post a short reading response for the Caillois. As I mentioned today, I was generally really pleased with everyone’s first efforts! But there’s always room for improvement, so I wanted to reiterate a few points to keep in mind for your weekly responses: One of the tricks or traps here (and something…