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augusti 29, 2004
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I Theory of Play görs en genomgång av teorier kring lek/spel (eng. "play" alltså). Författare till texten är Matthew Didemus som google-tydligen är en musiker/filmmakare.
The concept of play is often overlooked and underestimated in philosophy. The following is a brief look at the idea of play in recent continental philosophy, its manifestation in the work of the Italian futurists, and its potential in electronic texts.
The following is an attempt to show the significance of play and to establish a working definition of the concept of play. In doing so we will examine three existing definitions of the concept play from that emerged in 20th century continental philosophy. Each of these three definitions belong to three respective theorists: 1) Huizinga, who attempts to map play’s presence and importance throughout the history of culture; 2) Gadamer, who drawing from Huizinga, attempts to define play in relation to the work of art; and finally 3) Derrida who attempts to link play to deconstruction.
Sista avsnittet handlar om spel/lek/skoj med elektroniska texter.
Electronics texts hold the potential to very playful for many reasons, but for our purposes we will be speaking of only two here: 1) They can operate separately from reality; and 2) They can and must be structured ground up, allowing them the potential to be structured in a playful manner. The first reason operates on several levels including: that they have there own time/space organization that is determined by the computer; and they are (in the sense that Gadamer speaks) always a (re)presentation of something. The second reason refers to the structures of computer programming. This means that all electronic texts are given rules within which they operate, but that these rules, because they are constructed ground up can either seek play or avoid it.
My project, which was created in conjunction with this paper, is an electronic text that was modeled after two rules established by Marinetti in several of the futurist manifestos.
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Posted by hakank at augusti 29, 2004 08:38 FM Posted to Diverse vetenskap