Homo ludicus. The ubiquity of play and its roles in present society

In the last decades new technologies, the rearrangement of living and labour time and other less visible cultural factors have brought some significant historical modifications to the traditionally separated area of the ludic. New types of games have emerged and the threshold between play and realit...

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Main Author: Peppino Ortoleva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ass.ne Culturale Ludica 2012-05-01
Series:G|A|M|E The Italian Journal of Game Studies
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Online Access:http://www.gamejournal.it/homo-ludicus-the-ubiquity-and-roles-of-play-in-present-society/
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spelling doaj-6dbd599fb12d40078d4ea9750d9401d62021-01-26T08:16:05ZengAss.ne Culturale LudicaG|A|M|E The Italian Journal of Game Studies2280-77052012-05-01548Homo ludicus. The ubiquity of play and its roles in present societyPeppino Ortoleva0 Università di Torino In the last decades new technologies, the rearrangement of living and labour time and other less visible cultural factors have brought some significant historical modifications to the traditionally separated area of the ludic. New types of games have emerged and the threshold between play and reality has been redefined to include aspects of social life that seemed to be unrelated to playing activities.http://www.gamejournal.it/homo-ludicus-the-ubiquity-and-roles-of-play-in-present-society/GamificationSemiludic
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title Homo ludicus. The ubiquity of play and its roles in present society
title_short Homo ludicus. The ubiquity of play and its roles in present society
title_full Homo ludicus. The ubiquity of play and its roles in present society
title_fullStr Homo ludicus. The ubiquity of play and its roles in present society
title_full_unstemmed Homo ludicus. The ubiquity of play and its roles in present society
title_sort homo ludicus. the ubiquity of play and its roles in present society
publisher Ass.ne Culturale Ludica
series G|A|M|E The Italian Journal of Game Studies
issn 2280-7705
publishDate 2012-05-01
description In the last decades new technologies, the rearrangement of living and labour time and other less visible cultural factors have brought some significant historical modifications to the traditionally separated area of the ludic. New types of games have emerged and the threshold between play and reality has been redefined to include aspects of social life that seemed to be unrelated to playing activities.
topic Gamification
Semiludic
url http://www.gamejournal.it/homo-ludicus-the-ubiquity-and-roles-of-play-in-present-society/
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