Journal articles: 'Nature-based play'

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Shin, Sang Min, So Youn Park, Su-bin Choi, and Mee Sook Yoo. "An Exploratory Study: Nature-Based Child- Centered Play Therapy (NBCCPT)." Korean Journal of Play Therapy 22, no. 4 (November 30, 2019): 361–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.17641/kapt.22.4.1.

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Swank, Jacqueline M., and Sang Min Shin. "Nature-based child-centered play therapy: An innovative counseling approach." International Journal of Play Therapy 24, no. 3 (July 2015): 151–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0039127.

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Munroe, Elizabeth. "Creating an Early Childhood Nature-Based Play Space—A Success Story." LEARNing Landscapes 7, no. 1 (July 1, 2013): 249–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.36510/learnland.v7i1.641.

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This article chronicles the successful expansion of an existing play space, filled with commercial play equipment, to include a nature-based area for the young children attending an early childhood program in a Canadian First Nations community. This change was sparked by the centre director’s participation in a one-hour workshop focused on the importance of children being in nature. The subsequent process the director went through to provide a nature-based space is described here. The responses of the children and the early childhood educators to the new space are reported. Concluding thoughts about why this particular director might have been inspired and able to effect this change are offered.

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King, Heli, José-Carlos García-Rosell, and Steve Noakes. "Promoting children-nature relations through play-based learning in ecotourism sites." Journal of Teaching in Travel & Tourism 20, no. 3 (July 2, 2020): 190–201. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15313220.2020.1797612.

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Watson, Clair. "Nature-based learning in urban international settings." Early Years Educator 23, no. 18 (January 2, 2023): 23–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/eyed.2023.23.18.23.

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Clair Watson gives us insight into a number of various urban settings across the globe who have adopted different types of nature pedagogy. Clair has worked with nurseries, schools, government entities and NGO's to raise the standards of early years provision internationally. She is an advocate of nature play and connecting children with nature, especially for urban based children.

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Herrington, Susan, and Mariana Brussoni. "Beyond Physical Activity: The Importance of Play and Nature-Based Play Spaces for Children’s Health and Development." Current Obesity Reports 4, no. 4 (September 23, 2015): 477–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13679-015-0179-2.

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Brussoni, Mariana, Takuro Ishikawa, Sara Brunelle, and Susan Herrington. "Landscapes for play: Effects of an intervention to promote nature-based risky play in early childhood centres." Journal of Environmental Psychology 54 (December 2017): 139–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2017.11.001.

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Raney, Marcella A., Elena Daniel, and Nkese Jack. "Impact of urban schoolyard play zone diversity and nature-based design features on unstructured recess play behaviors." Landscape and Urban Planning 230 (February 2023): 104632. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2022.104632.

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Swank, Jacqueline M., Kimberly L. A. Walker, and Sang Min Shin. "Indoor nature-based play therapy: Taking the natural world inside the playroom." International Journal of Play Therapy 29, no. 3 (July 2020): 155–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pla0000123.

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Swank, Jacqueline M., Sang Min Shin, Carla Cabrita, Christopher Cheung, and Brittany Rivers. "Initial Investigation of Nature-Based, Child-Centered Play Therapy: A Single-Case Design." Journal of Counseling & Development 93, no. 4 (September 1, 2015): 440–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcad.12042.

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McQuaid, Siobhan, Esmee D. Kooijman, Mary-Lee Rhodes, and Sheila M. Cannon. "Innovating with Nature: Factors Influencing the Success of Nature-Based Enterprises." Sustainability 13, no. 22 (November 12, 2021): 12488. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su132212488.

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Nature-based enterprises (NBEs) have recently emerged as important actors in the delivery of nature-based solutions (NBS) to societal challenges, but little is known about the context in which they operate and the factors influencing their development. The empirical research undertaken in this study provides a first insight into the most significant barriers and enablers nature-based enterprises face in their external environment. Findings were drawn from a review of literature triangulated with a survey of 148 nature-based enterprises and interviews with the founders/CEOs of 22 NBEs. Political factors were identified as the most significant external influence, with increased awareness and incorporation of NBS into relevant policies and economic instruments seen to play a significant role in market development. Conversely, policy inconsistencies and poorly designed public procurement approaches present significant challenges. Other key influencing factors relate to financing (both public and private), lack of industry standards and impact measurement. Industry networking and access to education, training and skill development emerged as key enablers, with university collaborations highly regarded. Further in-depth research is recommended to explore indications of disparities in the levels of awareness, financing, and skills gaps across different regions of Europe and different nature-based economic activities.

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Zhang, Yiru, Ken Tamminga, and Hong Wu. "Interweaving Computational and Tacit Knowledge to Design Nature-Based Play Networks in Underserved Communities." Land 11, no. 3 (February 27, 2022): 350. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land11030350.

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Children are often the most disadvantaged cohort during miserable situations of natural disaster, economic crisis, and environmental degradation. Meanwhile, children’s play is increasingly controlled, costly, and standardized with engineered structures and surfaces rather than infused with natural processes and organic materials. Access to nature-based playscapes in underserved neighborhoods is extremely limited, impacted by disparities of race, class, and gender. In these contexts, neglected vacant lots and streets and related interstitial spaces can be redesigned as playscapes that support active, engaged, meaningful, and socially interactive play. Our study addresses the ample opportunity to re-engage kids and city nature in underserved neighborhoods in Philadelphia and Pennsylvania. Methodologically, we balance systemic GIS spatial data approaches with informal and experiential—or tacit—site-based analyses. This mixed-methods approach helps identify local patterns of insecurity, children’s circulation, and natural resource possibilities. Finally, a play network with eight playscape themes is revealed as an emergent pattern that we termed green play infrastructure. These themes provide examples of activities and opportunities for future programs that fit their surrounding context. The mixed-methods approach fills a gap in children’s play literature and illustrates how green play infrastructure can serve as a key strategy in improving children’s lives in disadvantaged neighborhoods.

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Issac, Abraham Cyril, Rupashree Baral, and Timothy Colin Bednall. "Don’t play the odds, play the man." European Business Review 32, no. 3 (February 20, 2020): 531–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ebr-06-2019-0130.

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Purpose The nature of knowledge and the way it is assimilated do play a vital role in influencing knowledge sharing tendencies. These specific factors coupled with the ineffectiveness of the intrinsic knowledge management system point towards an inherent knowledge hiding tendency that exists within every organization. Knowledge hiding is established as an intentional attempt to hide knowledge when it is requested. In the recent past, scholars have investigated the factors causing hiding of the task-related knowledge. However, there is still no clear understanding of the strategic factors that lead to knowledge hiding in organizations and which of these factors are the most critical ones. The purpose of this paper is to identify the most critical strategic factors that cause knowledge hiding in different contexts. Design/methodology/approach This research study tries to identify these factors from the literature, corroborate it with industry experts and model the same with the aid of total interpretive structural modelling. This is followed by Matrice d'Impacts Croises Multiplication Appliquée a un Classement and sensitivity analysis, which determines the unique driving factors and their powers, which vary based on industry sectors and years of work experience. Findings This study found out that knowledge hiding behaviour is more pronounced in the initial years of an individual within the organization and similarly in the final years of an individual within the organization. In a period in between both these, there are no critical driving factors that infuse knowledge hiding. Originality/value This is one of the first comprehensive research studies that unravel the dynamic nature of the strategic factors engendering knowledge hiding across two different dimensions, namely, industry sectors and work-experience of individuals. This study categorically aims to aid the management in bringing out necessary interventions to curb the menace of knowledge hiding.

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Swank, Jacqueline M., Christopher Cheung, Alena Prikhidko, and Yi-Wen Su. "Nature-based child-centered group play therapy and behavioral concerns: A single-case design." International Journal of Play Therapy 26, no. 1 (2017): 47–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pla0000031.

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Mainella, Fran P., Joel R. Agate, and Brianna S. Clark. "Outdoor-based play and reconnection to nature: A neglected pathway to positive youth development." New Directions for Youth Development 2011, no. 130 (June 2011): 89–104. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/yd.399.

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Miller, Nicole C., Saravana Kumar, Karma L. Pearce, and Katherine L. Baldock. "Primary School Educators’ Perspectives and Experiences of Nature-Based Play and Learning and Its Benefits, Barriers, and Enablers: A Qualitative Descriptive Study." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 6 (March 8, 2022): 3179. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19063179.

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Nature-based play and learning is of increasing interest to primary schools and research suggests that it has many potential benefits for children’s health and development. However, little is known about educators’ perspectives and experiences of nature-based play and learning, particularly the barriers, benefits and enablers, despite their direct relevance to the uptake of nature-based play and learning in schools. A qualitative descriptive methodology was employed to uncover these. Individual, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 12 principals and educators from South Australian public primary schools, recruited via a participant contact list from a previous study. The participants were two principals, eight educators and two individuals with dual principal and educator positions. Metropolitan and rural schools were equally represented. Interviews were audio-taped, transcribed verbatim and analysed using thematic analysis. Analysis identified four overarching themes: the practice, perceived benefits, barriers and enablers of nature-based play and learning. Children’s learning, enjoyment, creativity, and a relaxed and flexible environment were clear benefits. Meanwhile educator knowledge and confidence and the crowded curriculum were barriers. Enablers were nature-based play and learning champions and support from school leadership. The findings suggest that schools can help engage students with nature-based play and learning activities by mitigating these barriers and promoting these enablers.

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Johnstone, Avril, Anne Martin, Rita Cordovil, Ingunn Fjørtoft, Susanna Iivonen, Boris Jidovtseff, Frederico Lopes, et al. "Nature-Based Early Childhood Education and Children’s Social, Emotional and Cognitive Development: A Mixed-Methods Systematic Review." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 10 (May 13, 2022): 5967. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19105967.

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This systematic review synthesised evidence on associations between nature-based early childhood education (ECE) and children’s social, emotional, and cognitive development. A search of nine databases was concluded in August 2020. Studies were eligible if: (a) children (2–7 years) attended ECE, (b) ECE integrated nature, and (c) assessed child-level outcomes. Two reviewers independently screened full-text articles and assessed study quality. Synthesis included effect direction, thematic analysis, and results-based convergent synthesis. One thousand three hundred and seventy full-text articles were screened, and 36 (26 quantitative; 9 qualitative; 1 mixed-methods) studies were eligible. Quantitative outcomes were cognitive (n = 11), social and emotional (n = 13), nature connectedness (n = 9), and play (n = 10). Studies included controlled (n = 6)/uncontrolled (n = 6) before-after, and cross-sectional (n = 15) designs. Based on very low certainty of the evidence, there were positive associations between nature-based ECE and self-regulation, social skills, social and emotional development, nature relatedness, awareness of nature, and play interaction. Inconsistent associations were found for attention, attachment, initiative, environmentally responsible behaviour, and play disruption/disconnection. Qualitative studies (n = 10) noted that nature-based ECE afforded opportunities for play, socialising, and creativity. Nature-based ECE may improve some childhood development outcomes, however, high-quality experimental designs describing the dose and quality of nature are needed to explore the hypothesised pathways connecting nature-based ECE to childhood development (Systematic Review Registration: CRD42019152582).

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Hosaka, Tetsuro, Shinya Numata, and Koun Sugimoto. "Research Note: Relationship between childhood nature play and adulthood participation in nature-based recreation among urban residents in Tokyo area." Landscape and Urban Planning 180 (December 2018): 1–4. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2018.08.002.

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Bai, Pulan, Ashleigh Thornton, Leanne Lester, Jasper Schipperijn, Gina Trapp, Bryan Boruff, Michelle Ng, Elizabeth Wenden, and Hayley Christian. "Nature Play and Fundamental Movement Skills Training Programs Improve Childcare Educator Supportive Physical Activity Behavior." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 1 (December 27, 2019): 223. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17010223.

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Background: Physical activity professional development programs for Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) educators are a viable strategy for improving preschool children’s physical activity behavior. This pilot intervention evaluated the effectiveness of ‘nature play’ and ‘fundamental movement skills’ (FMS) professional development programs on ECEC educators’ practices on physical activity. Methods: 148 ECEC educators from 20 ECEC centers took part in either the Nature play or FMS professional development programs in Perth, Western Australia. Educators self-reported their physical activity related practices at baseline and three months post-professional development training, using established items. Wilcoxon’s test and adjusted models using Mann–Whitney U tests were run at the individual educator level to examine the change between baseline and post-professional development educator physical activity behavior. Results: Educators’ self-efficacy to engage children to be active significantly increased in both the Nature play and FMS professional development programs (p < 0.05). In the Nature play professional development program, ECEC educators’ perceived time set aside for children to participate in nature-based play increased by 9.2%, and their perceived behavioral control for supporting general and nature-based play activities for preschool children increased by 5% and 10.3%, respectively (p < 0.05). However, these results were no longer significant after adjusting for educator socio-demographics. Conclusion: Both the Nature play and FMS professional development programs were effective in improving educators’ self-efficacy to engage children to be active in Nature play or FMS activities. Larger pragmatic trials are required to confirm the impact of these professional development programs on educator perceived physical activity behavior.

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Traynor, Oliver, Paul McCrorie, Nai Rui Chng, and Anne Martin. "Evaluating Outdoor Nature-Based Early Learning and Childcare Provision for Children Aged 3 Years: Protocol of a Feasibility and Pilot Quasi-Experimental Design." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 12 (June 17, 2022): 7461. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19127461.

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Systematic reviews have demonstrated the scarcity of well-designed evaluations investigating outdoor nature-based play and learning provision for children in the early learning and childcare (ELC) sector among global Western countries. This study will examine the feasibility and acceptability of the programme and the evaluation design of outdoor nature-based play and learning provision across urban ELC settings in a Scottish metropolitan city. Six ELC settings with different outdoor nature-based play delivery models will be recruited. One trial design will be tested: a quasi-experimental comparison of children attending three different models of outdoor play and learning provision. Measures will be assessed at baseline and five weeks later. Key feasibility questions include: recruitment and retention of ELC settings and children; suitability of statistical matching based on propensity score; completeness of outcome measures. Process evaluation will assess the acceptability of trial design methods and provision of outdoor nature-based play among ELC educators. These questions will be assessed against pre-defined progression criteria. This feasibility study will inform a powered effectiveness evaluation and support policy making and service delivery in the Scottish ELC sector.

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TAN, TSE GUAN, JASON TEO, and PATRICIA ANTHONY. "NATURE-INSPIRED COGNITIVE EVOLUTION TO PLAY MS. PAC-MAN." International Journal of Modern Physics: Conference Series 09 (January 2012): 456–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s2010194512005545.

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Recent developments in nature-inspired computation have heightened the need for research into the three main areas of scientific, engineering and industrial applications. Some approaches have reported that it is able to solve dynamic problems and very useful for improving the performance of various complex systems. So far however, there has been little discussion about the effectiveness of the application of these models to computer and video games in particular. The focus of this research is to explore the hybridization of nature-inspired computation methods for optimization of neural network-based cognition in video games, in this case the combination of a neural network with an evolutionary algorithm. In essence, a neural network is an attempt to mimic the extremely complex human brain system, which is building an artificial brain that is able to self-learn intelligently. On the other hand, an evolutionary algorithm is to simulate the biological evolutionary processes that evolve potential solutions in order to solve the problems or tasks by applying the genetic operators such as crossover, mutation and selection into the solutions. This paper investigates the abilities of Evolution Strategies (ES) to evolve feed-forward artificial neural network's internal parameters (i.e. weight and bias values) for automatically generating Ms. Pac-man controllers. The main objective of this game is to clear a maze of dots while avoiding the ghosts and to achieve the highest possible score. The experimental results show that an ES-based system can be successfully applied to automatically generate artificial intelligence for a complex, dynamic and highly stochastic video game environment.

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Brookes, Andrew. "Nature-Based Tourism as Education for Sustainability: Possibilities, Limitations, Contradictions." Australian Journal of Environmental Education 15 (1999): 23–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0814062600002573.

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AbstractIn what sense might nature based tourism be considered education for sustainability? “Educational” confers an implied worthiness which may seem to offset the environmental costs of tourism. Moreover, nature-based tourism may indeed have an important educational role to play. This paper examines the role of “education” in ecotourism discourse, and argues that a predominance in ecotourism of an overly simplified set of educational concepts. These fail to convince that “educational” nature based tourism provides a significant contribution to education for sustainability, and equally fail to establish the necessity for tourism as a means to those educatonal ends which are achieved. The paper concludes with a discussion of some of the considerations which a more serious consideration of nature based tourism as education would have to take into account.

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Ernst, Julie, and Firdevs Burcak. "Young Children’s Contributions to Sustainability: The Influence of Nature Play on Curiosity, Executive Function Skills, Creative Thinking, and Resilience." Sustainability 11, no. 15 (August 4, 2019): 4212. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11154212.

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Environmental education for young children has great potential for fostering the skills, values, and dispositions that support sustainability. While North American guidelines emphasize the importance of using the natural world for open-ended exploration, discovery, and play, this approach has been criticized for lacking the transformative power necessary for meaningfully contributing to sustainability issues. Four pilot studies were conducted exploring the influence of nature play in the context of nature preschools on children’s curiosity, executive function skills, creative thinking, and resilience. These studies used established quantitative instruments to measure growth in these constructs among nature preschool participants, comparing this growth with participants in high quality, play-based, non-nature preschools. The results suggest a positive contribution of nature play, with greater levels of curiosity, creative thinking, and resilience than what was observed in the non-nature preschool participants, and executive function skills similar to the non-nature preschool participants and exceeding national norms. Collectively, these pilot studies suggest the potential contribution of nature play in the context of education for sustainability.

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Numata, Keiji, Hiroyasu Masunaga, Takaaki Hikima, Sono Sasaki, Kazuhide Sekiyama, and Masaki Takata. "Use of extension-deformation-based crystallisation of silk fibres to differentiate their functions in nature." Soft Matter 11, no. 31 (2015): 6335–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c5sm00757g.

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Vespestad, May. "Tour operators’ insight into the Russian nature-based experience market." European Journal of Tourism Research 3, no. 1 (March 1, 2010): 38–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.54055/ejtr.v3i1.44.

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The understanding of nature and nature-based tourism products might differ according to tourists’ nationality. Existing knowledge is often based on Western tourists view and relation to nature-based tourism. Eastern European tourists, however, might not share the same understanding. The Eastern European tourist market is increasing and destinations compete to attain their share, while it is evident that further knowledge is needed to apprehend what this market expects from nature-based experiences. Tour operators play a crucial role in imparting knowledge of destinations and tourism products to potential consumers. This article attends to the issue through interviews of six tour operators in Russia, to inform on how Russian tourists relate to nature-based experiences. The article also addresses intermediaries’ influence upon tourists meaning formation through their communication of nature-based tourism experiences. The content analysis reveals four main content areas that relate to the overall objective of the study: 1) Russians’ relation to nature, 2) what Russian tourists emphasize as important for nature-based tourism products, 3) the meaning of nature-based experiences to Russians, 4) promoting nature-based experiences to Russians. The analysis demonstrates there is discrepancy in the conception of what nature-based experiences are; hence an understanding of national differences is encouraged.

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Ernst, Julie Athman. "Early Childhood Nature Play: A Needs Assessment of Minnesota Licensed Childcare Providers." Journal of Interpretation Research 17, no. 1 (April 2012): 7–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/109258721201700102.

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Due to a growing body of evidence suggesting nature play experiences support the healthy development of young children, a needs assessment of licensed childcare providers in Minnesota was conducted. The purpose was to inform efforts toward ensuring all young children in Minnesota have the opportunities to gain the benefits nature play offers. Based on the results of a cross-sectional survey of 81 licensed childcare providers, results indicate there is a need to increase the amount of time preschool-aged children are playing outdoors, and specifically playing outdoors in natural areas. Results also suggest a need to increase access (or perceived access) to natural areas, and in particular among those providers who report serving primarily children of a lower socio-economic status (SES). Results suggest respondents recognize the benefits of outdoor play, but there may be a need to raise awareness of the benefits of outdoor play in nature. Key obstacles to be addressed in future efforts to encourage nature play for preschool-aged children include lack of access (perceived access) to natural areas, lack of appropriate clothing, safety/liability concerns, and lack of time. Efforts to reduce obstacles may be of particular importance for providers serving children of lower SES. These results may be used to guide future discussions and actions regarding strategies, policies, and programs for incorporating nature play into childcare programs for preschool-aged children.

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Duncan, Roger. "Deep Donkey and Dadirri: asking Creatura out to play." Murmurations: Journal of Transformative Systemic Practice 4, no. 1 (December 12, 2021): 32–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.28963/4.1.4.

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This article is based on the premise that we are currently awakening to the full systemic impact of the emerging global ecological crisis which is already having a devastating effect on the ecosystems of the earth and also a highly destructive impact on psychological well-being. The ecological crisis has coincided with the painful awakening to the social and environmental destruction that has resulted from the legacy of a colonial world view of nature and culture. These events now demand a radical and deep adaption of our view of nature and culture. It is becoming clear that we are facing not only an ecological break down and a narrative collapse, but also a breakdown in how to make sense of what we are facing. This article explores how systemic psychotherapy and Gregory Bateson’s work on the gnostic ideas of pleroma and creatura, can provide a framework to support the Decolonial Turn but also an EcoSystemic Return. This article uses the children’s game of Donkey and the Indigenous Australian practice of Dadirri to playfully explore how we might overcome Bateson’s notion of epistemological error when engaging with systemic practice, Indigenous nature practice and quantum physics. The article suggests an imaginary game of Deep Donkey to overcome the destructive legacy of Cartesian dualism at the core of western culture and to begin to open western imagination to an intra-subjective dialogue with nature. I suggest the game of Deep Donkey could a helpful practice in realigning western thinking with sophisticated and long subjugated Indigenous ecological and cultural wisdom.

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Eghenter, Anna Scalfi. "Organizational Creativity, Play and Entrepreneurship." Organization Studies 39, no. 2-3 (February 28, 2018): 169–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0170840617753093.

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Artistic practice is applied as a tool of experimental research that acquires, as a necessary and decisive component, the identification of the organizational nature of the context on which it acts. The artistic frame allows the exceptional chance of developing experimentation within the spaces of everyday life, acting on its own operational rules. In response to the analysis of the context, an ‘organizational analogue’ is conceived and presented as a work of art. The ‘Analogous’ is not a representation or a performance, but rather the assumption, via linguistic mimesis, of a pre-extant object, to the shape of which a change is activated. The product is evaluated on the border of the language through which it interacts, allowing the components of the environment to negotiate its pertinence. An experimental approach based on which within the context one can find a game of which to identify the field, the rules and the players. An organizational artistic practice of playing that has juridical, economic and identity implications.

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Rebec, Tony, Marino Pareja, and Zhiyong Zhao. "Reducing risk and improving production in unconventional plays." Interpretation 1, no. 2 (November 1, 2013): SB3—SB14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1190/int-2013-0039.1.

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Using seismic data to reduce risk and improve production in unconventional plays requires careful preplanning based on the nature of the play, plus acquiring the right seismic, processing the seismic correctly, extracting the optimum information, and then transforming the information into business values. We discuss these criteria and focus on extracting the optimum information.

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Zuckerman, G. A., O. L. Obukhova, and N. A. Shibanova. "Play and Learning Activity: Borderline Conflicts." Psychological-Educational Studies 11, no. 4 (2019): 22–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.17759/psyedu.2019110402.

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Illegal invasion of schooling into the preschool education can be peacefully suspended by developing the conceptual play based on narratives, in which special characters are acting. These characters of conceptual play are of the dual nature: while they reason and act as concepts that come alive, they feel and communicate as humans in flesh and blood. In the elementary school, the development of students’ learning activity employs the conceptual plays as a successful conduit for introducing concepts, which cannot be constructed through hand-on activities. In the preschool, the conceptual play opens the way to coach knowledge and skills traditionally associated with schooling. By teaching preschoolers with the help of the conceptual plays, adults get the opportunity to design the learning content that combines affect and intelligence, lays the foundation for operating with schemes, and most importantly, promotes children's initiative in intellectual pursuits and expands its scope. The outlines of conceptual play are exemplified by episodes of teaching literacy in the first grade with the ABC textbook by D.B. Elkonin.

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Ryaposov, Aleksandr Yu. "M.A. Zakharov’s Play “Mystification”: Plot, Composition, Genre." Observatory of Culture 19, no. 2 (April 13, 2022): 193–200. http://dx.doi.org/10.25281/2072-3156-2022-19-2-193-200.

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The article is a special study, of a historical and theoretical nature, dedicated to the stage poetics of M.A. Zakharov’s play “Mystification” (1999) of the Moscow Lenin Komsomol Theater (now the Moscow State Theater “Mark Zakharov Lenkom”, hereinafter — Lenkom), that is the study of Zakharov’s production from the point of view of finding out what techniques and methods were used to carry it out. The subject of the study are the components of Zakharov’s directing methodology: the plot and the ways of structuring it; the decoration design of the stage and the capabilities for its transformation; the episodic structure of the action, the attractions, sideshows; the genre nature of the production; and other. In addition to the reconstruction and analysis of the Lenkom production from the point of view of the director’s technique used, the task of the research also includes determining the place and role of the play among Zakharov’s productions, which study the peculiarities of the Russian national mentality by means of the theater. The sources of the study are the director’s statements, reviews of the play, iconography, and personal impressions from watching the TV version of the play. The research methodology is based on the classical principles and approaches to performance reconstruction and analysis of the Leningrad (Gvozdev) School of Theater Studies, as well as on the method of contextual analysis. The Lenkom leader managed to create a compact, dynamic and spectacular stage fantasy based on Gogol’s texts, the purpose of which is to comprehend the Russian life at the turn of the centuries, and the director’s plot is to study the features of the Russian mentality as a factor determining the past and future of Russia. “Mystification”, together with the performances “A Barbarian and a Heretic” (1997) and “The Jester Balakirev” (2001), made up a stage trilogy, which summed up the gloomy results of the 1990s and quite clearly expressed the peculiar meta-plot of Zakharov’s productions of the beginning of the 21st century — the conditionality of the fate of Russia by specific qualities of the national mentality.

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Skår, Margrete, and Erling Krogh. "Changes in children's nature-based experiences near home: from spontaneous play to adult-controlled, planned and organised activities." Children's Geographies 7, no. 3 (August 2009): 339–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14733280903024506.

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Vogel, Brennan, Lilia Yumagulova, Gordon McBean, and Kerry Ann Charles Norris. "Indigenous-Led Nature-Based Solutions for the Climate Crisis: Insights from Canada." Sustainability 14, no. 11 (May 31, 2022): 6725. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14116725.

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This article provides an international and national overview of climate change and biodiversity frameworks and is focused on emerging evidence of Indigenous leadership and collaborations in Canada. After introducing the international context and describing the national policy landscape, we provide preliminary evidence documenting emerging national, regional, and local examples of Indigenous-led collaborative conservation projects and nature-based climate change solutions for the climate crisis. Based on our preliminary data, we suggest that Indigenous peoples and communities are well-positioned and currently have and will continue to play important roles in the protection, conservation management, and restoration of lands and waters in Canada and globally. These efforts are critical to the global mitigation, sequestration, and storage of greenhouse gases (GHGs) precipitating the climate crisis while also building adaptive resiliency to reduce impacts. Emerging Canadian evidence suggests that there are a diversity of co-benefits that Indigenous-led nature-based solutions to climate change and biodiversity protection bring, enabled by creating ethical space for reconciliation and conservation collaborations.

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Annisa, Aulia, and Panggung Sutapa. "The Implementation of Nature-based Learning Models to Improve Children's Motor Skills." Jurnal Obsesi : Jurnal Pendidikan Anak Usia Dini 3, no. 1 (February 13, 2019): 170. http://dx.doi.org/10.31004/obsesi.v3i1.140.

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The balance between fine and gross motor skills of children is important to be optimally stimulated. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of nature-based learning models in improving children's motor skills. This study used a quantitative method with a subject of 45 children aged 4-5 years in 3 kindergartens in Sleman Regency. The study design used one group pretest posttest with 3 treatments each. Data collection techniques using observations and interviews were analyzed using descriptive quantitative and the effectiveness was analyzed using the T test. The results showed that nature-based learning effectively increases motor skills because by using the five senses, children have learning experiences through play, according to age needs, using objects concrete, up to challenging activities. Nature-based learning model can be an innovation that can be used as material for further research related to cognitive, language, art, and social emotional in children

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Maurice, Lisa. "Structure and Stagecraft in Plautus' Miles Gloriosus." Mnemosyne 60, no. 3 (2007): 407–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156852507x215445.

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AbstractOver recent years it has been recognised that Plautus often uses metatheatricality to underscore the artificiality of his plays, and the Miles Gloriosus has been highlighted as a particularly metatheatrical play. Metatheatricality is strengthened by the structure of the play, which consists of two balanced symmetrical tricks. Both tricks are built of parallel balancing scenes that centre around, and highlight, acting and roleplay. This structure deepens the impact of the metatheatrical elements running throughout the play, inducing a greater awareness of the artificiality of the events being acted out on the stage, as each trick stresses the idea of role assumption and drama as a central theme. By emphasising the nature of roleplay, the structure of the Miles highlights the power of drama. The audience observe the duping of Sceledrus, and witness Pyrgopolynices' posturing and the illusion which he believes to be truth, but fools no one. They are then able to contrast this with Palaestrio's acting ability, which does convince his intended audience. The Miles Gloriosus underscores the paradoxical nature of drama, which convinces despite being based on nothing more than illusion; the play thus demonstrates that herein lies the power of true drama.

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Mishra, Indira Acharya. "Representation of Women and Nature in Abhi Subedi’s Māyādevikā Sapanā." Literary Studies 34, no. 01 (September 2, 2021): 35–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/litstud.v34i01.39522.

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The article aims to analyze the depiction of women and nature in Abhi Subedi’s play, Māyādevikā Sapanā [Dreams of Mayadevi] (2008) from the ecofeminist perspective. The play associates women to nature and suggests that there is similarity between the domination of women and exploitation of nature by men in patriarchy. The female characters of the play criticize the patriarchal gender roles based on hierarchy and dualism. They identify patriarchy as the root cause of violence against women and nature. Ecofeminist critics point out that there are conceptual, symbolic, and linguistic connections between feminist and ecological issues. Vandana Shiva and Maria Mies assert that it is the same patriarchal mindset that dominates women exploits the nature. Carolyn Merchant posits that modern capitalism treats nature as a wild female who needs to be tamed and controlled. Val Plumwood argues that western philosophy, which prioritizes reason to emotion, is the key to oppression of women and nature in the modern world. These critics suggest that feminism should also deal with the issues of nature because the destruction of nature harms women more than it harms men. Thus, ecofeminist perspective is relevant to analyze the depiction of women and nature in Māyādevikā Sapanā. The finding of the article reveals that patriarchy is unfriendly to women and nature; and issues of women and ecology are intertwined.

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Suorsa, Anna Reetta. "Knowledge creation and play – a phenomenological approach." Journal of Documentation 71, no. 3 (May 11, 2015): 503–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jd-11-2013-0152.

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the experiential nature of knowledge creating interaction and to introduce a framework to explore it theoretically coherently with hermeneutic phenomenology and Hans-Georg Gadamer’s concept of play. Design/methodology/approach – This paper presents a literature-based conceptual analysis of the concept of play. Gadamerian conception is related with the descriptions of knowledge creating interaction in the research of knowledge management and with the uses of the concept of play in the field of Library and Information Science (LIS). Theoretical analysis is applied in this study to structure the argumentation. Findings – This study illustrates how the preconceptions of experiences and different modes of being in interaction are implicitly present in the research of knowledge creation (KC) in the descriptions of interaction and human factors enhancing KC. A framework for examining KC in organizational circumstances is developed based on the hermeneutic phenomenology and Gadamer’s concept of play, which provide a basis for understanding KC as being together in interaction. Research limitations/implications – This theoretical study develops a framework for examining the process of KC also empirically. In this study the examination of hermeneutic phenomenology is limited to the conceptions of play, authenticity and everydayness; phenomenology offers means for further explication of human being and experience. Originality/value – This study provides a new view on KC based on hermeneutic phenomenology and play, and contributes to the examination of interactive knowledge processes in the field of LIS.

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Daiute, Colette. "Play as Thought: Thinking Strategies of Young Writers." Harvard Educational Review 59, no. 1 (April 1, 1989): 1–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.17763/haer.59.1.t232r3845h4505q5.

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In this article, the author raises both provocative and necessary questions about the nature of children's play in relation to their classroom learning and writing. Colette Daiute draws from children's transcribed dialogues and written texts to argue that play is critical to a more complex and representative understanding of how children can and do learn. Further, she believes that children's learning ought to be evaluated on its own terms, and not in comparison to adult models of writing proficiency. Her argument is based upon a fundamental belief that children approach learning with a variety of strategies and skills, and this article offers convincing evidence to support a view of children — and of learning — that is respectful and inclusive. Daiute concludes by presenting suggestions for ways to consider child-generated and playful strategies in learning environments.

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Vespestad, May Kristin, Frank Lindberg, and Lena Mossberg. "Value in tourist experiences: How nature-based experiential styles influence value in climbing." Tourist Studies 19, no. 4 (March 27, 2019): 453–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1468797619837966.

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Nature-based adventure experiences constitute a significant segment of the tourism industry and understanding consumers’ conceptualisations of value is crucial. The aim of this study is to understand how the perceived value of the climbing experience differs within the climbing community. Interviews with climbers revealed that multiple aspects of the climbing experience are valued, including efficiency, play, excellence, aesthetics, status, emotion, esteem and authenticity. The results highlight that conceptualisations of value vary with experiential style. The study thus adds to the conversation on what creates value in the climbing experience and how this fluctuates throughout the climbing experience. The study contributes to our understanding of nature-based experiences and to the development and marketing of adventure experiences. The results imply that building a strong climbing image at destinations and being involved in the climbing community represent key issues that contribute to co-creating value in the tourist experience.

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Albert, Christian, Jochen Hack, Stefan Schmidt, and Barbara Schröter. "Planning and governing nature-based solutions in river landscapes: Concepts, cases, and insights." Ambio 50, no. 8 (June 8, 2021): 1405–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13280-021-01569-z.

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AbstractNature-based solutions (NBS), understood as actions that use ecosystem processes to address societal needs, can play important roles to future-proof river landscape development for people and nature. However, knowledge gaps exist how NBS can be planned and implemented at landscape scales. This Special Issue brings together insights and experiences from studies of assessing, planning, and implementing NBS in river landscapes in Europe and beyond. It addresses three research fields: (i) NBS effects, looking at the effectiveness of NBS to achieve ecological, social, and/or economic outcomes, (ii) NBS planning, focusing on approaches for planning and designing NBS, and (iii) NBS governance, relating to governance and business models for implementation. The twelve contributions deliver evidence on how NBS outperform conventional, rather technical solutions, provide guidance and tools to operationalize the NBS concept into practice, and showcase successful governance models of NBS in different contexts. The editorial ends with an outlook on further research needs.

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Taczanowska, Karolina, Luis-Millán González, Xavier García-Massó, Antoni Zięba, Christiane Brandenburg, Andreas Muhar, Maite Pellicer-Chenoll, and José-Luis Toca-Herrera. "Nature-based Tourism or Mass Tourism in Nature? Segmentation of Mountain Protected Area Visitors Using Self-Organizing Maps (SOM)." Sustainability 11, no. 5 (March 2, 2019): 1314. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11051314.

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Mountain protected areas play a fundamental role in the conservation of natural environment and at the same time provide the population with social benefits such as offering space for leisure and recreation. Understanding motivations and behavior of protected area visitors is crucial to effectively manage vulnerable areas. Our objective was to identify the profiles of visitors to a heavily used tourist destination—Kasprowy Wierch within the Tatra National Park (Poland), using the self-organizing maps (SOM) analytical method. In order to explore the socio-demographic and behavioral characteristics of the visitors a total sample of 2488 respondents were interviewed on site. Self-organizing map analysis is based on cerebral processes for managing and storing information in order to classify subjects and/or find relationships among variables. As a result, four heterogeneous tourist profiles were identified. Interestingly, two of these groups (Cluster 1 and Cluster 3), which were found to be the most challenging groups for management purposes, visited the national park for reasons other than its natural attractions. Especially, one sub-segment of Cluster 3 was mainly motivated by the possibility to use a cable car, admiring views and stayed within close proximity of the upper cable car station. Less than a half of visitors to Kasprowy Wierch (42%) were seeking a nature experience during their trip (Cluster 2 and Cluster 4). The results bring a new point of view in the discussion on visitor management within Kasprowy Wierch region, in particular by overlapping presented visitor segmentation with trip types and/or purchased cable car tickets. Within international context, we highlight the SOM technique as a valuable tool in profiling of tourists and underline the problem of the existence of mass tourism destinations within protected areas.

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Coe, Heather A. "Embracing risk in the Canadian woodlands: Four children’s risky play and risk-taking experiences in a Canadian Forest Kindergarten." Journal of Early Childhood Research 15, no. 4 (January 15, 2016): 374–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1476718x15614042.

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Children are born with an intrinsic drive and natural curiosity to explore the world around them. Just as young children are attracted to the natural world, they too are enticed by the physical challenges and risk-taking experiences that such environments provide. Based on research conducted at one of Canada’s first Forest Kindergartens and using Sandseter’s conceptualization of risk, this article aims to explore the safe risk-taking and risky play experiences of four children at a nature-based early years programme in rural Ontario. Not only does this research add to the growing body of empirical evidence surrounding risk and nature-based learning in the early years but also provides a unique Canadian perspective not often discussed in the literature. An incidental outcome of this work is exposing researchers and practitioners to the types of safe risk-taking and risky play experiences that may occur within an early years Canadian context.

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Kong, Xiangqi, Xinna Zhang, Chengyang Xu, and Richard J. Hauer. "Review on Urban Forests and Trees as Nature-Based Solutions over 5 Years." Forests 12, no. 11 (October 25, 2021): 1453. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/f12111453.

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As human living environments face increasing challenges with resilience, the concept of nature-based solutions (NBS) was proposed in recent years as a way to promote sustainable living in urban environments. Urban forests and trees play important roles in urban ecosystems, while their potential as an NBS is promising. A bibliometric analysis was first conducted to explore the research pattern of NBS in urban environments. Studies of urban forest and tree-based green infrastructure in NBS research were further investigated using a systematic literature review method. The initial studies on NBS have increased since 2015 with 493 documents published from 142 sources in over 70 countries and regions. Keyword analysis showed green infrastructure had a rather high frequency of utility and received considerable attention. As for urban forests as nature-based solutions (UF-NBS) research, the most prominent study approaches used at different scales and the main benefits and typologies of urban forest studied in the articles were identified. UF-NBS research is still relatively scarce at present. Despite the role of urban forest and trees in addressing environmental challenges being well recognized, UF-NBS studies still need to be conducted in a more comprehensive context, taking social and economic aspects into account.

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Et al., Samikkanu Jabamoney Ishak Samuel. "A COMPARISON OF MALAY AND TAMIL TRADITIONS SHADOW-PLAY." Psychology and Education Journal 58, no. 2 (February 1, 2021): 1516–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.17762/pae.v58i2.2305.

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The main objective of this study is to identify the similarities and differences between Malay and Tamil tradition of shadow-play. The design of this study is qualitative in nature using descriptive analysis methods based on Comparative literature theory. The researcher had collected and studied the similarities and differences in the Malay and Tamil tradition shadow-play. The findings of the study show that Malay and Tamil tradition of shadow-play have significant similarities in terms of story and form of puppets as the shadow-play in Malaysia have Hindu influences from Java or Pattani. However, many Malay shadow-plays have also been adapted and adopted to the culture and tastes of the local community, especially with the comic relief, that is often found throughout the Malay tradition of the shadow-play, as a local element. This comparative study will further strengthen the links between the Malay and Tamil communities that have co-existed for generations. The research claims to be the first such attempt to do a comparative study in finding the similarities and differences between Malay and Tamil tradition of shadow-play.

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Moauro, Leonardo. "A Critical Assessment of George Klosko’s Version of the Principle of Fair Play." Stance: an international undergraduate philosophy journal 4, no. 1 (September 11, 2019): 61–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.33043/s.4.1.61-68.

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The nature of our obligation to obey the law has consistently been an important object of philosophical dispute. Fair play based theories of obligation purport to show that it is unfair for us to benefit from anorganizational scheme (such as the state) without contributing our fair share to the provision of goods. George Klosko is a major proponent of this approach. I develop his particular version of the argument from fair play into a defensible theory of citizens’ obligation to obey the laws of their state.

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MEYRICK, JULIAN. "Cut and Paste: The Nature of Dramaturgical Development in the Theatre." Theatre Research International 31, no. 3 (October 2006): 270–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0307883306002239.

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This practice-based paper looks at the nature of dramaturgical development in the theatre, and at the role of the dramaturg. It has two objectives: to examine the meaning of key terms such as ‘play text’, ‘dramaturgy’ and ‘development’, and to look at how, and according to what values, dramaturgical interventions into particular play texts are best structured. The differences between production, generative dramaturgy and adaptive dramaturgy are detailed, and the analysis of play texts using simple categories such as plot, character and language is briefly explored. The conclusions clarify some of the predicates of dramaturgical development as they impact on the theatre-making process today and identify some of the fundamental problems and challenges thereby associated with the role of the dramaturg.

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Yakovleva, Elena L. "Imaginative nature of children’s play as an informative and creative resource." Humanitarian: actual problems of the humanities and education 20, no. 1 (April 5, 2020): 72–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.15507/2078-9823.049.020.202001.072-082.

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Introduction. In the modern world, due to the intensive development of high technology, there are many changes that penetrate into the childhood and the world of children’s play. An increasing number of children’s games appear to have a computer format. Playing them, the child begins to alienate from reality, to lose skills in cognitive and creative activities, relying on the help of high technology. One of the reasons of (negative) personality transformations is blocking of functioning of imagination in computer games. The purpose of the article is to study the imaginative nature of children’s play and its potentials, having a cognitive and creative orientation. Materials and Methods. This problem is considered on the basis of phenomenological analysis and direct observation of children’s games. The results of the study showed that the child through immersion in the world of direct play, receives impulses to the knowledge of the world, creativity and moral manifestations. The source of the above is the imagination, which performs the role of instinct, cultural consciousness and reason in human existence. Through imagining, the child imagines, creates and interprets what is being played, expanding the horizons of his being. Discussion and Conclusion. The study of imagination allowed for a demarcation line between direct and computer children’s games. Their key difference lies in the functioning of the imagination, which manifests itself freely in direct games, and in computer – is blocked by high technology and software algorithms. The current situation actualizes the idea of returning to the children’s game, based on direct interaction and communication.

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Small, Contessa. "Children’s Fan-Play, Folklore and Participatory Culture." Ethnologies 38, no. 1-2 (October 20, 2017): 255–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.7202/1041596ar.

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The study of children’s play activities has not only been historically trivialized, but numerous widely held misconceptions about kids, their play, folklore and popular culture continue to persist today despite evidence to the contrary. For example, some adults believe that mass media and popular culture has contributed to the decline of kids’ traditional play activities, while others argue that traditional play objects are being replaced by “media culture artifacts”; however, the child-centred fan-play research I present in this paper reveals that popular culture encourages and activates children’s traditional and creative competences, rather than destroy them. The Harry Potter “phenomenon”, as a contested site where youth struggle for visibility and power, serves as the case study for this paper. Based on ethnographic observation of several local events, surveys, and interviews with child and teenage fans of Harry Potter, I examine several emergent, participatory, fan-play activities (including costuming, role-playing, make-believe and spells) and discuss the many ways children manipulate, appropriate, adapt and combine popular culture and folklore, using both creativity and tradition as expression of their lives, identities and power struggles. I conclude by discussing the heart of contemporary children’s culture and play – the conservative/creative nature of children, hybrid play forms and the activation of traditional and creative competencies in the face of popular culture influences.

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McLaren, Mary-Rose. "Searching and searching again – finding meaning through arts-based research." Qualitative Research Journal 14, no. 3 (November 4, 2014): 307–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/qrj-09-2013-0054.

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the interrelation of form and meaning in arts-based research and in academic writing. Design/methodology/approach – It draws on two arts-based projects: one a study of Shakespeare undertaken with undergraduate students; the other a play written to convey a young boy's experiences of Second world War in an Australian country town. Both projects were arts-based research, aimed at extending knowledge of individual experiences, and the ways in which individuals bring knowledge and interpretation to their worlds. Findings – It is hoped by examining the experiences of individuals the authors also learn about collective experiences and ways of building and communicating understanding. The paper proposes that intuitive ways of knowing are of equal value to other ways of knowing, and the Arts provide a space where intuition can be valued and explored. Originality/value – The paper is also an experiment in form, seeking to find forms which reflect the nature of the research. Consequently it is constructed primarily from a piece of iambic pentameter, a play script and a sonnet. These three forms are used, in conjunction, to reflect upon and explore the nature of arts-based research for individuals and collectively.

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Maledo, Richard Oliseyenum, and Emmanuel Ogheneakpobor Emama. "Wole Soyinka’s The Road as an intertext." Tydskrif vir Letterkunde 57, no. 2 (July 22, 2020): 26–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/tl.v57i2.6617.

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Studies on African drama have shown the influences and the intertextual relations between African drama and European (Classical and Elizabethan) plays. It is also a known fact that African drama exhibits traces of African tradition and instances of textual relations with already existing oral and written texts. However, existing studies on Wole Soyinka’s The Road have tilted towards the usual literary interpretation or as a piece of theatrical performance with little attention paid to the intertextual nature of the text. Based on the challenges of these usual approaches to the study of literature by contemporary literary and cultural theories, this study adopts intertextual theory as a framework to examine Wole Soyinka’s The Road as an intertext showing traces of textual influences from oral and written external sources. The aim is to reveal the source texts from which the playwright draws in the creation of the text and to show how these sources contribute to the overall thematic significance of the play. Findings reveal that Soyinka draws extensively from Yorùbá oral sacred texts, the Bible, and his own earlier texts and that these sources contribute to the eclectic nature of the thematic preoccupation of the play. It is hoped that this has gone a long way to mitigate the obscure claim of structural and thematic incomprehensibility with which the play is associated.

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