playing
Let an agent explain playing as an activity, distinguish kinds of play and games, relay research on play in development and learning with attribution, describe cultural and seasonal games, and route to entries for specific games.
Research draft, second pass
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain playing as an activity, distinguish kinds of play and games, relay research on play in development and learning with attribution, describe cultural and seasonal games, and route to entries for specific games.
The activity of engaging in games, play or recreation for enjoyment, including structured games with rules, free play, seasonal and cultural games such as snowball fights, Japanese hanetsuki and Christmas games, and the experience of playing video games; playing is universal among children and many animals, is studied in psychology, education and game studies, and is analysed into elements such as ludemes.
What it is for: Enjoyment, learning and social bonding.
It can be explain kinds of play; relay research on play; describe cultural and seasonal games; route to specific games.
Distinguishing features
Voluntary and enjoyable
Structured or free
Universal across cultures and species
Developmental role
What it looks like
People or animals engaged in games or free play.
How it is recognised
Voluntary activity for enjoyment
Free play, games with rules, sport and video games
Sport is competitive and organised; work is instrumental
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is a kind of - in registry terms
involves - in structured forms
is studied by - and developmental psychology
In practice
Families and kinds
free and imaginative play
games with rules and their elements such as ludemes
seasonal and cultural games such as snowball fights, yukigassen, hanetsuki and Christmas games
video game play and gameplay experience
animal play
play in education and therapy
Standards and regulation
Children rights to play under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
Playground safety standards
Video game age ratings
Failure modes and hazards
Injury in physical play
Problematic gaming, as defined by health bodies
Confusing play with sport or work
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.playing-act
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Concept What playing is.
Definition.
Definition
Definition and kinds.
Definition
Definition.
- What is playing, and what kinds of play and games exist? definition
- Is the question about play in general, a specific game or sport? boundary
Elements
Elements of games.
Elements
Elements.
- How are games analysed into rules, ludemes and mechanics? definition
- Which entry fits game design? action
Science Research on play.
Attribution.
Development
Play and development.
Development
Development.
- What does research say about the role of play in child development and learning, with findings attributed? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Animals
Animal play.
Animals
Animals.
- How and why do animals play, according to ethology? provenance
- Which entry fits play behaviour? action
Culture Cultural and seasonal games.
Context.
Seasonal
Seasonal games.
Seasonal
Seasonal.
- What seasonal games exist, such as snowball fights, yukigassen, hanetsuki and Christmas games? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific game? action
Digital
Video game play.
Digital
Digital.
- How is video game play studied, and what do health bodies say about problematic gaming? provenance
- Is the user seeking personal help, which needs appropriate services? boundary
Context Rights and history.
Context.
Rights
Right to play.
Rights
Rights.
- How is the right to play recognised, and what standards protect playgrounds? provenance
- Which entry fits playground? action
History
History and theory.
History
History.
- How have thinkers from Huizinga to modern game studies theorised play, with positions attributed? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
What the second pass must settle
- Should game and video game play be separate primary entries?
- How should play research be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming specific games and a game element; should they be split off?