GPB Takes Center Stage at TASP Conference
Playship: A pathway for building sustainable and equitable playful spaces.
Can a playful activity like “I am a tree” make all the difference in a keynote presentation?
Well, our Executive Director Rita Ezenwa-Okoro showed us how at The Association for the Study of Play's (TASP) 2023 Conference.
Rita's presentation captivated educators and attendees as she shared the history, explorations, and future plans of GPB using the analogy of a ship in tandem with the theme of the conference “Playship: A pathway for building sustainable and equitable playful spaces."
It’s better experienced, so click below to watch the keynote presentation.
GPB brigadiers, Jeff Aron and Viviane Carrijo, also led a TASP workshop: "Global Play Brigade: Building a Planetary Playship Through Co-Creation, Cooperation, and Cross-Cultural Dialogue”.
Participants included academics, mental health and education professionals. We played “performance greetings” and "who is like me" as a way to introduce our conversation. The workshop also featured a short video in which Global Play Brigade leaders from India, Japan, China, Latin America, and Africa responded to the following prompts:
- How do you speak with others about the possibilities play offers for social transformation?
- What has it meant to you and those with whom you’re working to be creating a movement for play in your country and around the world?
The lively discussion focused on the challenges, experiences and excitement we all have had as advocates for the value of play.
