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Strings and figures. Photo credit: Josu Larrinaga Zugadi.
Play is a social activity which develops in moments of leisure. Playful activities for each generation and age group usually have differentiating features, conditioned by the environment or seasons of the year, sometimes, and regulated by the practice itself or based on singular rites, other times.
Toys are often used to play with. And both play and toys are essential for the socialization and educational methodology of individuals and groups (group dynamics, therapies, etc.), the use of toys for didactic purposes and the increasing application of gamification (a technique which uses game methodology) in academic and professional environments standing out as at least worthy of consideration.
School children. Zeanuri (Bizkaia), 1913. Felipe Manterola Collection. Labayru Fundazioa Photographic Archive.
Etniker Euskalerria Groups and Labayru Fundazioa together published in 1993 an extensive volume dedicated to children’s games in the Basque Country, featuring approximately a thousand pastimes. The work had a great reception, particularly among teachers and sportspeople, which led to a second edition in 2005. Besides, and due to the vast amount of information and data provided about the playful world of children, it served as a basis for subsequent studies, including a doctoral thesis presented at Paris-Sorbonne University, and furnished arguments for several television documentary scripts. (more…)
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