Playful Furniture : Breaching a Serious Setting With Interactive Seats
Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews (RGC: 21, 22, 62) › 21_Publication in refereed journal › peer-review
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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 301-321 |
| Journal / Publication | Games and Culture |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 May 2018 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Abstract
Are shaggy seats which make cute noises playful or disruptive in a conference setting? This article pushes the limits of game scholars’ lusory attitude by breaching an academic seminar with a playful experiment. Five MurMur Moderator seats, interactive and interruptive furniture prototypes, were set up at a game research seminar where they were used as ambient elements during the presentations. The experience was evaluated by observation, accompanied with seminar tweets, and by conducting a small survey after the seminar. The experiences of the participants varied from enthusiastically positive to strong negative feelings. Through this experiment, we were able to explore the important issue of polarized attitudes of adults toward play and provide some food for thought for the future design of adult play.
Research Area(s)
- adult play, ambient play, auditive play, breaching experiment, conference games, playful furniture
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Citation Format(s)
Playful Furniture : Breaching a Serious Setting With Interactive Seats. / Kultima, Annakaisa; Nummenmaa, Timo; Tyni, Heikki et al.
In: Games and Culture, Vol. 13, No. 3, 01.05.2018, p. 301-321.Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews (RGC: 21, 22, 62) › 21_Publication in refereed journal › peer-review
