{"id":944,"date":"2015-01-23T15:26:15","date_gmt":"2015-01-23T14:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bijt.org\/wordpress\/?p=944"},"modified":"2015-03-04T22:14:46","modified_gmt":"2015-03-04T21:14:46","slug":"new-edited-volume-out-playful-identities-the-ludification-of-digital-media-cultures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bijt.org\/wordpress\/2015\/01\/23\/new-edited-volume-out-playful-identities-the-ludification-of-digital-media-cultures\/","title":{"rendered":"Book “Playful Identities: The Ludification of Digital Media Cultures\u201d now available as free pdf"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Edited volume “Playful Identities: The Ludification of Digital Media Cultures\u201d (2015). Image credit: Photograph of the game I\u2019d Hide You, Blast Theory, 2012 (courtesy of Blast Theory).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It is a pleasure to announce that the edited volume “Playful Identities: The Ludification of Digital Media Cultures<\/a>\u201d has been published by\u00a0Amsterdam University Press. The book will also be made available as a freely downloadable Open Access publication via\u00a0http:\/\/www.oapen.org\/search?identifier=524070<\/a>. Below the kind endorsements by Mathias Fuchs and Douglas Rushkoff, the\u00a0Table of Contents, and the cover.<\/p>\n

\u00a0“Playful Identities is an illuminating study on the increasing complexity of digital playgrounds, ludic media, ludic interfaces and technologies of the self. The book presents a variety of roles and identities such as: players, learners, gamblers, users, fans, role-players, theory crafters, cheaters, and digital savages.”<\/div>\n
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Mathias Fuchs<\/a>,\u00a0professor at the Centre for Digital Cultures at Leuphana University L\u00fcneburg.<\/p>\n

“What a brilliant, refreshing, and positively playful approach to the ludic imperative. In stark opposition to the business world’s cynical application of “gamification” to productivity or even the social do-gooders urger to make games “serious,” these essays reveal and reify play as the essence of human experience. Herein lies access to the truth: the play is the thing. These are the smartest, most articulate, and up-to-date essays on this subject, by the very people creating this field of study”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Douglas Rushkoff<\/a>, author of Present Shock<\/em>, Program or Be Programmed<\/em>, and Playing the Future<\/em>.<\/div>\n
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Contents<\/strong><\/div>\n
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1. Homo ludens 2.0: Play, media, and identity 9<\/div>\n
Valerie Frissen, Sybille Lammes, Michiel de Lange, Jos de Mul & Joost Raessens<\/div>\n
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Part I Play<\/div>\n
Introduction to Part I 53<\/div>\n
Valerie Frissen, Sybille Lammes, Michiel de Lange, Jos de Mul & Joost Raessens<\/div>\n
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2. Playland: Technology, self, and cultural transformation 55<\/div>\n
Kenneth J. Gergen<\/div>\n
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3. Spiritual play: Encountering the sacred in World of Warcraft 75<\/div>\n
Stef Aupers<\/div>\n
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4. Playful computer interaction 93<\/div>\n
Daniel Cermak-Sassenrath<\/div>\n
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5. Playful identity in game design and open-ended play 111<\/div>\n
Menno Deen, Ben Schouten & Tilde Bekker<\/div>\n
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6. Breaking reality: Exploring pervasive cheating in Foursquare 131<\/div>\n
Ren\u00e9 Glas<\/div>\n
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7. Playing with bits and bytes: The savage mind in the digital age 149<\/div>\n
Valerie Frissen<\/div>\n
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Part II Media<\/div>\n
Introduction to Part II 167<\/div>\n
Valerie Frissen, Sybille Lammes, Michiel de Lange, Jos de Mul & Joost Raessens<\/div>\n
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8. Location-based mobile games: Interfaces to urban spaces 169<\/div>\n
Adriana de Souza e Silva & Jordan Frith<\/div>\n
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9. The playful use of mobile phones and its link to social cohesion 181<\/div>\n
Rich Ling<\/div>\n
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10. Digital cartographies as playful practices 199<\/div>\n
Sybille Lammes<\/div>\n
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11. Ludic identities and the magic circle 211<\/div>\n
Gordon Calleja<\/div>\n
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12. Play (for) time 225<\/div>\n
Patrick Crogan<\/div>\n
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13. Playful identity politics: How refugee games affect the player\u2019s identity 245<\/div>\n
Joost Raessens<\/div>\n
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Part III Identity<\/div>\n
Introduction to Part III 263<\/div>\n
Valerie Frissen, Sybille Lammes, Michiel de Lange, Jos de Mul & Joost Raessens<\/div>\n
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14. Playing out identities and emotions 267<\/div>\n
Jeroen Jansz<\/div>\n
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15. Playing with others: The identity paradoxes of the web as social network 281<\/div>\n
Jeroen Timmermans<\/div>\n
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16. New media, play, and social identities 293<\/div>\n
Leopoldina Fortunati<\/div>\n
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17. Playing life in the metropolis: Mobile media and identity in Jakarta 307<\/div>\n
Michiel de Lange<\/div>\n
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18. The conflicts within the casual: The culture and identity of casual online play 321<\/div>\n
Frans M\u00e4yr\u00e4<\/div>\n
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19. Afterplay 337<\/div>\n
Jos de Mul<\/div>\n
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About the authors 347<\/div>\n
Index of Names 353<\/div>\n
Index of Subjects 359<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Edited volume “Playful Identities: The Ludification of Digital Media Cultures\u201d (2015).
Image credit: Photograph of the game I\u2019d Hide You, Blast Theory, 2012 (courtesy of Blast Theory).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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