Paper/Craft, Labour or Play and Ambiance: 6/6

In class today we got into group of which activities fitted into specific frameworks.

As monopoly deal is a game is come under the framework of Play.

Within the framework of play we then considered how ergonomics and affordances fit in to the activity we have chosen to use.

Games come under the occupation of Play. Huizinga (1949) believes that in play there is something "at play" which transcends the immediate needs of life and imparts meaning to the action. All play means something....

We also briefly covered Ambiance.

Ambiance  describes the feeling created by a particular nature of an activity when it is being done for itself. 
If I were to describe ambiance whilst playing monopoly deal I would say that I feel competitive, relaxed but aware of what I am doing and anxious to see what my apponents next move will be. After playing the game I gain a feeling on contentment for doing something that I enjoy (especially if I have won!).

These are some examples of comment I have made about of students activity blogs

Comment I made to Alex about her blog on Ergonomics

Comment I made to Paula about her blog on Affordances

                                        Comment I made to Kate about her blog on affordance:

                                        Comment I made to Laura about her blog on cooking as Labour

References used throughout the six blogs:



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