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Title
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A Framework for the Design and Analysis of Socially Pervasive Games
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Author
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Powell, Eve
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Date Created
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2012
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Subjects--Topical
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Computer science, Philosophy
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Description
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Pervasive games have the potential to create large social impacts on players and non-players alike. However, this can only happen when the game becomes integrated and accepted within a social community - or in other words, is socially adopted in i...
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SOARING WITH DRAGONS: FINDING PLAY AND INTIMACY IN CHILDREN'S AND YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE
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Author
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Williams, Joshua
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Literature, Philosophy, Philosophy and religion
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Description
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This thesis examines the way children’s and young adult literature deals with play and intimacy. Using Georges Bataille’s conception of intimacy, this thesis posits that intimacy, deriving from play, allows for a deeper understanding of self and a...
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The Playful Elements in Emily Gravett's and David Wiesner's Postmodern Picturebooks
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Author
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Warnsing, Abbey
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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English literature
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Description
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Emily Gravett and David Wiesner play with existing texts, narrative structures, visual elements and connectivity in their picturebooks using a variety of metafictive devices that also play with the story, characters, and readers. Both authors crea...