1. The document discusses different approaches to studying play and performance, including focusing on what people do during activities, integrating artistic practice into study, and using participant observation fieldwork methods. 2. It outlines Richard Schechner's framework for analyzing play, which examines the structure, process, experience, function, evolution, ideology, and framing of play acts. 3. The exercise asks participants to teach a childhood game to the group, then discuss the game's structure, rules, signaling of play, and whether the group found it enjoyable.

9. Game Design Workshop Play as Performance the game the player game play

10. Game Design Workshop Play as Performance the game the player game play the play actor & audience performance

11. Game Design Workshop Tuesday’s Exercise Teach the group how to play a game you used to play as a child. Don’t theorize but convey only what is required to play the game. After playing, discuss the structure of the game. Does it have a beginning, middle and end? How do you know when to stop? Are the rules stable? Or are they obscure and subject to change? What signals are used to send the message “this is play”? Did the group find the game enjoyable? Why or why not?

12. Game Design Workshop Wednesday’s Reading Chapter 4, Play The Joker in the Deck Performance Studies: An Introduction Richard Schechner