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Because the World Doesn\u2019t Exist in Neat Categories\u2026.<\/strong><\/p>\n

After two years of a global pandemic it’s definitely time to play! Join us for the 11th INTD concept course where we will be exploring the best and maybe even the worst of play. Can play be addictive? What does it mean to play war games? What is play anyway? We know animals play but when they play we call it ‘training for life’, we call it ‘evolutionary’. Is it the same for humans? How about plays? Funny word for theatre really. Here play becomes something more like pretend than practice. \u00a0In this case we will tackle one of the darkest and most tragic of the Greek classics – Medea – a woman whose apparent desire for power exceeded even her own wildest expectations. Five centuries after it was written we still have much to learn from this ‘play’ and indeed from all the ways in which play will accompany us throughout the year.\u00a0 Once again, we have an amazing line up of profs from Nipissing and beyond who will be joining us as we tease out connections between seemingly radically different ideas about just what we mean when we invoke the idea of play and as we practice doing this, playing, in the company of others.<\/p>\n

Michelann Parr\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Education<\/strong><\/p>\n

PLAY: It\u2019s more than just fun!<\/strong><\/p>\n

What is play? What does it look, sound, and feel like? If play is child’s work, how do we conceive of play across the lifespan? What purposes does play serve? Does it need to have a purpose? Come play with us! Bring an open and inquiring mind to explore and discover key theoretical concepts that will change the way you see play in the world, both for yourself and others. Play is powerful… so much more than just fun!!!<\/p>\n

Paul Monaghan\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Classics<\/strong><\/p>\n

Medea \u2013 A Killer Play<\/strong><\/p>\n

We are reading Medea together in this class. It\u2019s one of the most famous of the ancient Greek tragedies, written by Euripides and based on the myth of Jason and Medea. \u00a0It\u2019s a page turner, both the oldest of stories and yet still shocking. \u00a0Spoiler alert: Medea is the wife of Jason (he\u2019s the Jason of the Argonauts Jason) and he leaves her for a younger woman. She is angry and powerful and takes vengeance in a way that leaves audiences breathless. Not only does she exact revenge by killing Jason\u2019s new young wife, she also kills his children, who are also hers! We will spend the class reading this play together and the following Seminar working out what on earth was going on in this \u2018play\u2019.<\/p>\n

Pat Maher\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Dean of Teaching and Learning<\/strong><\/p>\n

Outdoor Play: Trials and Tribulation, Conundrums and Celebrations<\/strong><\/p>\n

Outdoor play is not a new idea; 40 years ago (in my childhood), it is just what was done \u2013 you got thrown outside for the day or after school and just came home for meals.\u00a0 Today\u2019s children have a screen time \u201cproblem\u201d, and as Richard Louv says, a \u201cnature deficit disorder\u201d.\u00a0 This class will unpack outdoor play as a concept \u2013 look at it in relation to other concepts: risky play, loose parts play, etc for children.\u00a0 We will also discuss outdoor play across the lifespan, and in relation to outdoor learning and outdoor teaching.\u00a0 Come prepared to go outside for a portion of the class \u2013 no matter what the weather is ????<\/p>\n

Renee Valiquette & Sal Renshaw\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Gender Equality & Social Justice<\/strong><\/p>\n

Playing with Gender<\/strong><\/p>\n

Increasingly we live in a word where traditional categories of gender are up for debate but also for experimentation and play. While the binary sex\/gender distinction also holds sway in many contexts Western Cultures are more accepting at least of the idea that gender might be more fluid than we have been led to believe. In this class, we will start with an engagement with the work of Kathryn Bond Stockton, Professor of English and Dean of the School for Cultural & Social Transformation\u00a0<\/a>at the University of Utah whose appearance on The Ezra Klein Show Podcast will form the stepping off point for our exploration of\u00a0 the ideas around playing with gender. The episode is called “Gender is Complicated for All of US. Let’s Talk about it”.<\/p>\n

Kevin Wamsley\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Nipissing University President\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0& Professor of Physical Education\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0focused on Sport History History<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Unplay: A Critical Conversation about Sport and Play\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

In this class Kevin, Renee and Sal will explore the structural foundations of professional and competitive sport in the context of both historical and current applications. We will raise questions about how sport reproduces complex relations of power \u2013 both good and bad – with a key goal of inspiring intellectual curiosity around taken for granted assumptions about what sport is and can be. We anticipate that this will be a broad ranging conversation covering topics like the Olympics (Kevin\u2019s area of expertise and research), the commercialization of sport, cold war politics, gender, the historical and cultural origins of sport, racial justice and violence amongst many other topics.<\/p>\n

Stephen Connor\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0History<\/strong><\/p>\n

Serious\u00a0Play<\/span>: Conflict Simulation and History<\/strong><\/p>\n

War gaming, as a way to recollect and teach history sits at the centre of the science and art of the Western way of war. Games and simulations have long been an integral part of military training and preparation. In this class we will explore the history of conflict simulation and we will engage in an immersive exercise where we play what is known as a Matrix Game – one of the many games used by militaries in creating preparedness.\u00a0 Matrix Games have also been used by social service agencies and they have been used in psychotherapy and in education to teach history and creative writing.<\/p>\n

Wendy Peters\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Gender Equality & Social Justice<\/strong><\/p>\n

Playing Up \u201cAuthentic\u201d White Femininity in The Hunger Games<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The 2012 film\u00a0The Hunger Games<\/em>\u00a0\u201cplays\u201d with the source material\u2014dystopian novels written by author Suzanne Collins\u2014in ways that arguably centre Whiteness and feature racist tropes, including sacrificial, sidekick and servant roles for Black and multiracial characters.\u00a0People of colour are framed as \u201cgood,\u201d but they are also in inherently supporting roles, there to establish the character development of the White hero. While certain White feminine subjects are framed as excessive, too staged, too performative and inherently shallow (e.g. Effie Trinket), the White feminine protagonist is framed onscreen as authentic, natural, relatable, maternal, caring and noble. Via scholarly literature on reality TV, surveillance, authenticity, Whiteness and post-race discourse, we will consider how \u201cauthenticity\u201d is constructed and privileged onscreen as the hero \u201cperforms not-performing.\u201d\u00a0Arguably, the film \u201cplays\u201d with being \u201cprogressive\u201d by having a racially diverse cast\u00a0and<\/em>\u00a0a teen girl as its hero, while also recentering and flattering \u201cauthentic,\u201d White, maternal and \u201cbeautiful\u201d femininity.<\/p>\n

Leslie Shayer\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Math & Computer Science\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong>UBC Okanagan<\/strong><\/p>\n

Math Anxiety and how to Play with Numbers<\/strong><\/p>\n

So many people say they \u2018hate math\u2019 and that math is about as far from play as anyone can imagine. In this class, we are going to reflect both on this idea, that math is hard, and that only some people can \u2018do math\u2019 and we\u2019ll consider the many ways in which math permeates all our lives. We are excited to welcome Leslie Shayer who has been a Professor of Mathematics and Statistics at Okanagan College at UBC since 2006 where she has been teaching math education to those who love as well as those who hate math. \u00a0She is also a student\u00a0in the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in the Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies program where her research focuses on the impact of contemplative pedagogy\u00a0on math anxiety in post-secondary education.<\/p>\n

Sarah Winters & Gyllie Phillips\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0English Studies<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0Playing with Language \u2013 Enter the Jabberwocky<\/strong><\/p>\n

Poetry plays with sounds, words, and ideas.\u00a0 This lecture covers the play of poetry from the poetry of the playground, such of “Ring-a-Ring-a-Rosie” and “London Bridge is Falling Down” to the poetry of the avant-garde Dada-ists.\u00a0 Students play\u00a0to<\/i>\u00a0poetry and\u00a0with\u00a0<\/i>poetry.<\/p>\n

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Jonathon Collins\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Registered Psychotherapist \u2013 Community Counselling<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gaming Additions \u2013 The Darker Side of Play<\/strong><\/p>\n

Not all play is harmless and fun. Our increasingly complex, often addictive relationships with things like social media and gaming are revealing just how disruptive and sometime harmful \u2018play\u2019 can be. Game and social media designers are more than aware of the ways in which our brain chemistry, especially our pleasure chemistry, makes us vulnerable to addiction. Hijacking this reward system turns out to be lucrative for business but not always equally so for the rest of us. In this class we will explore the darker side of play with Jonathon Collins, a psychotherapist who treats clients with various kinds of addictions including social media and gaming.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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