Re: [xmca] FW: Cultural History of Play

[mike cole <lchcmike@gmail.com>]

Seems to me that this is the sort of thing that needs to be done
collaboratively, including collaboratively with a journal or publishing
house editor. It could even be started as a few skype multi-party
discussions by key participants to see the extent to which they make sense
to each other.

I have done research with standard psychological tasks in the Yucatan in the
past, and clearly one issue in cross-cultural/cross-national research on
play and development is the issue of what constitutes legitimate data for
what kinds of claims (what kinds of warrants) should be part of the
discussion. But I suggest you start with Mary's contribution: There are some
things clearly important in those citations and there will be points of
disagreement, of course.

I see no need at the moment to fall into the neurosciences craze and wait
upon it. Viz a viz theory of mind there are summaries of existing data to be
had. Pentti's point about the difficulties of international communication
owing to different theoretical backgrounds, which have different traditions
for linking theory to data (e.g., different methodOLIGIES - principled
linkages between theory and data).

Pentti is in the best position of anyone interested in this topic I know of
for selecting something from Elkonin. (I didn't know anything other than
what appeared in the book and thought you could choose from there, but of
course, that would be up to you).

As in all such endeavors, does anyone want to play "take the lead" and
create such an activity? If not, we'll just putt along as we were. Great
topic, play, especially when it is considered allong with socioemotional
attachment, learning what your parents and the world have to teach you in
school and elsewhere, peer relations, and work(!). That is what makes work
such as Suzanne's so important; A series of contributions that worked
"outward" from her basic descriptions of her basic domains would be
enlightening.

Ah, summer, when for us privileged few, the summer is easy, (if hot,
sticky,oilspilled, and downright worrisome).
mike

On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 2:09 PM, Suzanne Gaskins
<suzanne.gaskins@gmail.com>wrote:

> The Maya certainly have executive function (and for that matter they have
> most forms of play). What they don't have is fantasy play (non-realistic
> pretend play) and then, also, play is less dominant overall since they are
> busy doing lots of other things in their lives. We have mostly correlational
> data (at best) for the cognitive and social developmental functions of play,
> and there is no reason to think that kids don't get equivalent experiences
> for most of these through work or other everyday activities, including
> executive function, theory of mind, social skills, etc. We don't have any
> good evidence that I know of about such things, though, in a
> non-Euroamerican cultures. But I firmly believe that the reason they are
> correlated in the US is that children have such a limited range of
> experiences, play looms large, not that play has unique functions. (I tried
> for a couple of years to get funding to do a study in the Mayan village of
> both play and related skills, with Marjorie Taylor, but unsuccessfully. I
> plan to try again, though, when I get through with a large study of family
> learning in museums that is currently taking a lot of my time.)
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 3:55 PM, Pentti Hakkarainen <
> pentti.hakkarainen@oulu.fi> wrote:
>
>> Quoting mike cole <lchcmike@gmail.com>:
>> Mike,
>>
>> I think that in principle it is a good idea, but impossible
>> at the present editorial situation of US journals. We have
>> now worked for one year on one chapter of a TASP book. During
>> the process it has been necessary to reject almost all theoretical
>> ideas from the text and spend a lot of money to get the text simple
>> enough. MCA and other two journals have made the process more easy
>> with other texts by rejecting our offers right away. Peer review may be
>> good,
>> but when the peers do not know anything about your theoretical background
>> you cannot know what is evaluated. The same problem can be met here also,
>> but in Europe it is quite a common opinion that you cannot publish in
>> the US without working several years there. Perhaps a compromise can
>> be found? One possibility might be that the editorial work is not just
>> sending materials for peer reviews, but a joint elaboration of ideas (e.g.
>> What
>> cultural-historical approach to play might be?). For me a dilemma is
>> new findings from neuroscience. If executive functions are developed in
>> mature pretend play what happens with mayans if they do not have these
>> forms of play? No executive functions? Has neuroscience found some
>> universal
>> facts or not? Are there alternative developmental trajectories?
>> Suzanne what do you think?
>>
>> pentti
>>
>> PS Mike, do you mean "Psychology of play" or his
>>   rejected thesis? Do you have it?
>>
>>
>>
>>  I am beginning to wonder whether a new sort of special issue on play, or
>>> perhaps just some new articles, for MCA, would be a good idea. What do
>>> you
>>> all think? The articles could be of different genres, some summaries of
>>> other lit, some summaries of own work that has appeared in different
>>> places,
>>> all focused on cultural historical variation. We might include a chapter
>>> from Elkonin's Doktorat which has a huge lit review in it.
>>>
>>> ???
>>> mike
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 3:52 AM, Pentti Hakkarainen <
>>> pentti.hakkarainen@oulu.fi> wrote:
>>>
>>>  Quoting mike cole <lchcmike@gmail.com>:
>>>> Mike,
>>>>
>>>> In recordings there are some material from autumn
>>>> terms when children are playing "Small city" -play.
>>>> This is children's free play before our play world
>>>> projects begin and it is used for defining the goals
>>>> of the next play world. The play is different from year to
>>>> year, but I have not yet analyzed the time series if it
>>>> would be possible to see changes.
>>>>
>>>> But your question made me think about other experiences.
>>>> I forgot that my doctoral thesis compares historical forms
>>>> of shopping play. I collected earlier studies and documents
>>>> on shopping play as historical yard play and compared it
>>>> with the same play in day care institutions. Day care versions
>>>> were differed in two aspects: 1. shopping play is not any more
>>>> just preparing props for a shop, but rather a "small city" play
>>>> (in my case a shop, bank, library, hairdresser, police and jail).
>>>> 2. Robbers (mostly boys) are present in all play session and police is
>>>> arresting them and putting to the jail.
>>>>
>>>> I collected comparative and historical data in order to
>>>> find out motivation and change of motivation of play.
>>>> Sense making is central and can be observed partly in the
>>>> fact which Rubinshtein emphasized: in play motives and goals
>>>> cannot be different as in other activities and goals are
>>>> always sense oriented. My article in Engeström et al. 1999
>>>> book partly describes the logic of the thesis.
>>>>
>>>> My stay in San Diego in mid 90's revealed some cultural
>>>> differences between Finnish and American play culture or
>>>> how the cultural practices are reflected in children's play.
>>>> 1. Individualism in day care practices connected to negotiations
>>>> when some one insulted individual rights. Adults´ time was
>>>> mainly used to explain and set conflicts instead of organizing
>>>> joint play activities (Paley did not work in campus day care)
>>>> 2. The case of Tatu. This boy and their parents did not understand
>>>> cultural differences. After breakfast the boy with his uneducated peer
>>>> (living with his grandmother) left for the lagoon and promised to
>>>> return by sunset. Every evening a rescue patrol was sent after them
>>>> to explain that sunset is now.
>>>> 3. I never saw any yard play in the neighborhood and thought there
>>>> very little children living around. Halloween was a surprise when
>>>> hundreds of kids were demanding treat or trick.
>>>> 4. ABECEDERIAN reports reveal that the effects were attained by
>>>> an adult spending one hour with each child (boardgame, puzzle etc.)
>>>> No signs of children's joint play or play worlds.
>>>>
>>>> Sorry for a long text!
>>>> pentti
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  Hi Beth--
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> What nice, concrete, examples of kid-on-playground and expansion of the
>>>>> idea
>>>>> of playgrounds to included boat rides... and kids' VALUING of the
>>>>> playground. No fmri's need apply.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for the wonderful bibliography, Mary. The comments on political
>>>>> considerations putting cultural variations in play off limits in south
>>>>> africa seem an important reminder of sources channeling all human
>>>>> inquiry,
>>>>> "scientific, policy related research" included.
>>>>>
>>>>> Pentti-- Do you think your recordings over the past 11 year indicates
>>>>> shifts
>>>>> in play during that time in Finland?
>>>>>
>>>>> mike
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 2:45 AM, Pentti Hakkarainen <
>>>>> pentti.hakkarainen@oulu.fi> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>  Quoting mike cole <lchcmike@gmail.com>:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Sorry,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am writing about a different problem and know only
>>>>>> some research on history of play + have about 2000 hours of
>>>>>> digital video from playworld interventions since 1996 in
>>>>>> Finland.
>>>>>> pentti
>>>>>>
>>>>>> PS Thanks Suzanne for the texts! I am a member of TASP, but
>>>>>> did not know the connection
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  I am unsure, Pentti, that is why I asked about current ethnography
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> of play. Perhaps Corsarro's work is relevant? But it is American and
>>>>>>> not
>>>>>>> likely to help in quests for diversity of cases.
>>>>>>> mike
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 12:08 PM, Pentti Hakkarainen <
>>>>>>> pentti.hakkarainen@oulu.fi> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  Quoting mike cole <lchcmike@gmail.com>:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  Hei,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Just found a new text about smysl in a new book about
>>>>>>>> social epistemology in Russian. Also provoked Zinchenko
>>>>>>>> to collect his ideas from a psychologists point of view.
>>>>>>>> I try to connect these with play analyses. Seems that
>>>>>>>> the proposed mechanism of "smyslo-obrazovanie" is the same
>>>>>>>> as improvisation in advanced role-play. I think Gaskins-Goncu
>>>>>>>> comparative analysis of cultures is very relevant.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> In the 1980's there was a society doing ethnographic research
>>>>>>>> on play and publishing books. But I have not seen anything lately.
>>>>>>>> Perhaps it has died away?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Pentti
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  Hi Mary and Pentti--
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  Mary-- I have recently used Barbara Rogoff's book on culture and
>>>>>>>>> development. Barbara provides many examples of very young kids
>>>>>>>>> engaged
>>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>>> what American adults think of as work activity like walking a good
>>>>>>>>> distance
>>>>>>>>> to market on their own and selling stuff too. (Its not clear to me
>>>>>>>>> how
>>>>>>>>> "alone" they are in this whole process from the descriptions but i
>>>>>>>>> have
>>>>>>>>> not
>>>>>>>>> properly followed up the references. Certainly, the work of Gaskins
>>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>> Goncu emphasizes the diminished role of overt pretend play in 3-6
>>>>>>>>> year
>>>>>>>>> olds
>>>>>>>>> in many cultures relative to European/American/"modernized"
>>>>>>>>> cultural
>>>>>>>>> configurations of early childhood.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Are there any recent ethnographies of early childhood in the varied
>>>>>>>>> cultures
>>>>>>>>> of South Africa? I know there was considerable interest in this
>>>>>>>>> topic
>>>>>>>>> 100
>>>>>>>>> years ago. What has changed since colonial "Kiddish" times?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Pennti. It is easy to agree that play is sense making, at least for
>>>>>>>>> me.
>>>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>>>> have tried to figure out the different micro-hermeneutical
>>>>>>>>> processes
>>>>>>>>> (Achille's thought provoking way of talking about what we tend to
>>>>>>>>> think
>>>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>>> as micro-genesis) involved in the most recent New Yorker cover. The
>>>>>>>>> variety
>>>>>>>>> of paths of sense making is pretty amazing, just for this one
>>>>>>>>> playful
>>>>>>>>> object!! Have you checked it out?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Re brain/education/development. It would be interesting to assay
>>>>>>>>> what
>>>>>>>>> proportion of the articles in that journal are interested in
>>>>>>>>> brain-->differences in educational attainment processes and which
>>>>>>>>> proportion
>>>>>>>>> are interested in organization of setting-->brain
>>>>>>>>> differences<-->behavioral
>>>>>>>>> differences. And in allied journals as well.
>>>>>>>>> (in someone's free time!)
>>>>>>>>> mike
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 8:21 AM, Pentti Hakkarainen <
>>>>>>>>> pentti.hakkarainen@oulu.fi> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>  Quoting Mary van der Riet <vanderriet@ukzn.ac.za>:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>  Hi Mary and others,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> It is interesting what kind of evidence is changing people's
>>>>>>>>>> relation to early years education and play. Neuroscience and
>>>>>>>>>> relation between executive functions and play woke people up.
>>>>>>>>>> But I still think that Brian Sutton-Smith is right when he
>>>>>>>>>> says that people look for wrong effect, from wrong place and with
>>>>>>>>>> wrong methods in play research. The essence of play is that it is
>>>>>>>>>> sense making activity, but it may be impossible to open what this
>>>>>>>>>> means using English. It may be impossible to properly analyze
>>>>>>>>>> cultural history of play without analyzing play as sense making
>>>>>>>>>> activity.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> In Scandinavia there are some theses trying to reveal
>>>>>>>>>> the semiotics of space in day care institutions, not just yards.
>>>>>>>>>> In our faculty one doctoral student tries to analyze 4000 photos
>>>>>>>>>> from day care institutions trying to explain the superiority of
>>>>>>>>>> the Finnish system (in vain I think). There are some attempts to
>>>>>>>>>> change the principles how activities are spatially carried out
>>>>>>>>>> (we have a lot of ordinary houses used as day care centers and
>>>>>>>>>> they are not planned for this purpose).
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Best wishes
>>>>>>>>>> Pentti Hakkarainen
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>  Hi Mike
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>  World Cup wise yes it is a bit cold here, but then it is also
>>>>>>>>>> winter,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>  so
>>>>>>>>>>> 5 degrees at 8/30pm in Johannesburg is not unusual. This World
>>>>>>>>>>> Cup
>>>>>>>>>>> has
>>>>>>>>>>> been so full of suprises, but also great for South African
>>>>>>>>>>> nationalism
>>>>>>>>>>> (a rather tricky concept).
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> About the play podcast - someone referred it to me, and yes I
>>>>>>>>>>> assume
>>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>> text is the same as the podcast. I have an interest in the area,
>>>>>>>>>>> from
>>>>>>>>>>> my
>>>>>>>>>>> interest in children, rather than an academic specialization.
>>>>>>>>>>> There
>>>>>>>>>>> are
>>>>>>>>>>> a lot of differences between children across continents (and
>>>>>>>>>>> within
>>>>>>>>>>> South Africa) in terms of how much freedom and responsibility
>>>>>>>>>>> they
>>>>>>>>>>> have.
>>>>>>>>>>> In one area I worked in, it was not uncommon for 3 year olds to
>>>>>>>>>>> walk
>>>>>>>>>>> 1,5
>>>>>>>>>>> km home from preschool on their own. Their playground/play
>>>>>>>>>>> equipment
>>>>>>>>>>> was
>>>>>>>>>>> also relatively unsophisticated.
>>>>>>>>>>>  I was a bit disappointed that the podcast content was fairly
>>>>>>>>>>> superficial, but I suppose that is the nature of the form of
>>>>>>>>>>> media.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> regards
>>>>>>>>>>> Mary
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Mary van der Riet; School of Psychology; University of
>>>>>>>>>>> KwaZulu-Natal
>>>>>>>>>>> Private Bag X01, Scottsville, 3209
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> email: vanderriet@ukzn.ac.za
>>>>>>>>>>> tel: 033 260 6163;  fax: 033 2605809
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>  mike cole <lchcmike@gmail.com> 07/04/10 01:04 AM >>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>  Hi Mary--
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   Thanks for the tip on that story underneath the oil spill. I
>>>>>>>>>>>>> had
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>  not
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>  read
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> that far yet. I have read it now, though.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> There was a lot in that article that was new to me. (I assume the
>>>>>>>>>>> pod
>>>>>>>>>>> cast
>>>>>>>>>>> text was the same as the written text??)  I have never read about
>>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>> history of the playground movement and found it very interesting.
>>>>>>>>>>> It
>>>>>>>>>>> was
>>>>>>>>>>> also fascinating the stars in this current story were architects
>>>>>>>>>>> who
>>>>>>>>>>> had
>>>>>>>>>>> kids or were fascinated by the freedom of design that
>>>>>>>>>>> playgrounds,
>>>>>>>>>>> relatively speaking, allow.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> The link of play-as-educating-young-minds to the contemporary
>>>>>>>>>>> obsession
>>>>>>>>>>> with
>>>>>>>>>>> the brain is one I am more familiar with. Below I append the self
>>>>>>>>>>> promotional advertising associated with a journal that is
>>>>>>>>>>> squarely
>>>>>>>>>>> focused
>>>>>>>>>>> on this topic. I think that an immanent critique of this line of
>>>>>>>>>>> activity
>>>>>>>>>>> begging to be done from a CHAT perspective.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Is this a topic you would be interested in pursuing on XMCA?
>>>>>>>>>>> mike
>>>>>>>>>>> PS-- It looks cold down your way judging from the way World Cup
>>>>>>>>>>> players
>>>>>>>>>>> are
>>>>>>>>>>> bundled up
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>>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 11:55 PM, Mary van der Riet
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> <vanderriet@ukzn.ac.za>wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>  Indirectly related to your forwarded post Mike :  Rebecca Mead
>>>>>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>>>>>> how
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>  playground design affects children?s brains:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Mary
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Mary van der Riet; School of Psychology; University of
>>>>>>>>>>>> KwaZulu-Natal
>>>>>>>>>>>> Private Bag X01, Scottsville, 3209
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> email: vanderriet@ukzn.ac.za
>>>>>>>>>>>> tel: 033 260 6163;  fax: 033 2605809
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> >>> mike cole <lchcmike@gmail.com> 06/29/10 18:22 PM >>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks Rod. I know that several XMCA folks are interested in
>>>>>>>>>>>> this
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>  topic.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>   I think that publication of part of Elkonin's doktorat would
>>>>>>>>>>> be a
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>  contribution here.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> mike
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 1:31 AM, Rod Parker-Rees <
>>>>>>>>>>>> R.Parker-Rees@plymouth.ac.uk> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> > Dear all,
>>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>> > I thought some of you might be interested in this.
>>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>> > With best wishes,
>>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>> > Rod
>>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>> > -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>>>>>>> > From: Issues around children's play needs [mailto:
>>>>>>>>>>>> > PLAY-CHILDREN@JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Alice
>>>>>>>>>>>> Atkinson-Bonasio
>>>>>>>>>>>> > Sent: 29 June 2010 08:34
>>>>>>>>>>>> > To: PLAY-CHILDREN@JISCMAIL.AC.UK
>>>>>>>>>>>> > Subject: Cultural History of Play
>>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>> > Dear List Members,
>>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>> > I am currently conducting some preliminary research for an
>>>>>>>>>>>> edited
>>>>>>>>>>>> > collection of works addressing the cultural history of Play.
>>>>>>>>>>>>  We
>>>>>>>>>>>> are
>>>>>>>>>>>> > particularly interested in work that addresses and unpacks the
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>  meaning
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>   and
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>  > cultural importance of particular play phenomena in the past.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> This
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>  is
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>   not
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>  > about the objects and mechanics of play in and of themselves,
>>>>>>>>>>> but
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>  the
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>   way
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>  > that play as it happened in the past is connected to wider
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>  structures
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>   of
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>  > identity, power, pleasure, work and consumption practices,
>>>>>>>>>>> etc.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>> > We are aiming to gather material and a list of contributors
>>>>>>>>>>>> for a
>>>>>>>>>>>> symposium
>>>>>>>>>>>> > in 2011, with a planned date for publication around the end of
>>>>>>>>>>>> 2012.
>>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>> > If you have some material that might be appropriate or would
>>>>>>>>>>>> like
>>>>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>>>> be
>>>>>>>>>>>> > involved, please do get in touch as soon as possible. Equally,
>>>>>>>>>>>> if
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>  you
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>   are
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>  > unsure that your area of interest fits the above description,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> drop
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>  me
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>   a line
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>  > and I'll be happy to clarify things.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>> > Furthermore, if anybody has any suggestions of other email
>>>>>>>>>>>> groups
>>>>>>>>>>>> which
>>>>>>>>>>>> > might be relevant to this project, please do let me know.
>>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>> > Many thanks in advance for your help and I look forward to
>>>>>>>>>>>> your
>>>>>>>>>>>> responses.
>>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>> > All the best,
>>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>> > Alice Atkinson-Bonasio
>>>>>>>>>>>> > Research Assistant
>>>>>>>>>>>> > "Cultural History of Play" Project
>>>>>>>>>>>> > University of the West of England
>>>>>>>>>>>> > Alice.Atkinson-Bonasio@uwe.ac.uk
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