The American Journal of Play
What do the game Battleship, carnival clowns, patriotic country music, and gender in the Oregon Trail computer game have in common? They all were represented at the session I spoke at in Rochester, NY for the MAASA/GLASA conference on play at Strong Museum. This eclectic group of presenters approached play in many different ways something I’ve come to expect from American Studies. While there I got the scoop on a new quarterly publication from Strong whose first issue comes out this summer:
The American Journal of Play will feature articles on such disciplines as child development, education, psychology, anthropology, history, communications, and museology and is aimed at a general audience of educators, psychologists, play therapists, sociologists, anthropologists, historians, museum professionals, and others interested in children and the importance of play.
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