IAT 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Johan Huizinga, Roger Caillois, Homo Ludens
17 Mar 2016
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M21 culture 1: play, games and rituals. Johann huizinga, homo ludens: they invite one another to play by a certain ceremoniousness of aitude and gesture , all play means something . Training for huning (physiological purpose), biological beneit, social interacion, development of body, tesing relex, etc. The magic circle (huizinga: a inite space within ininite possibiliies, either concretely (physically) or abstractly marks the boundary of the game space (ex. Tennis court: deines a space that is enclosed, separate and temporary, once inside the circle. Stepping outside of boundary, saying something you should not have), even worse. The game ends when the circle is broken. Characterisics of play: free acivity, not serious, no material interest, uncertain outcome. Garneau"s 14 form of fun: outside of life, immersive, bounded, fixed dictates. 2: problem solving, compeiion, social interacion, comedy, thrills/danger, physical acivity. A more formal structure: ariculated by roger caillois in man, play and games (1958)
