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The library:A space for playfulness and
technology
CounterPlay: Playfulness is important everywhere & for all people!
Playful people might be better equipped to live in this world
CuriosityCourage
UnpredictabilityEmpathy
Imagination
Resilience
Subversiveness
“playful behaviour and playful thought can generate radically new approaches to challenges set by the physical and social environment”
(Bateson & Martin)
Playful people does not seek order or equilibrium, but embrace the constant
movement
In the library sector we need to consider how we can embrace playfulness as a strategy in the
transformation of libraries!
In the library sector we need to find out how we create libraries that to an even greater extent help people
become more playful.
The most important thing is not more games or playgrounds, but people, playful
services and attitudes
Maker Wednesdays
Experimenting in the library space
Playful school visits
NEXT Library play intervention
Mess and flexibility = play and activity
Idea development and design thinking
Building on Maker philosophy
Explore and experiment by themselves
Mixing materials and technologies
Curiousity across generations
Playing and discovering together
The volunteer corpse is essential
Coding Pirates and libraries
Creating social contexts
Developing staff skills
Open workshops in the library space
IT-creative workshops all over Denmark
Libraries can become more playful by incorporating playfulness in the organisation and services
Libraries can become more playful by partnering up with others like Coding Pirates and CounterPlay
Libraries can be a vital institution in spreading knowledge of tech, when they have a playful approach
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