SEMINAR
“Play and the Utopian Imagination”
Dr. Johan Siebers in conversation with artist, Steve Pool
with Kate Pahl, School of Education
10-11.30am Friday 13th May
Room 8.10 The Education Building
“The adventure playground is a kind of parable of anarchy, a free society in
miniature, with the same tensions and ever-changing harmonies, the same diversity
and spontaneity, the same unforced growth of co-operation and release of
individual qualities and communal sense, which lie dormant in a society whose
dominant values are competition and acquisitiveness.” (Colin Ward).
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The Adventure Play Movement finds its origin within a utopian vision,
a hope that personal renewal and a more just social order could emerge
through unregulated play.
This is an ARHC Connected Communities Utopia Festival funded
project between the School of Education and the School of Architecture
with Artist, Steve Pool, (The Poly-technic), Johan Siebers and Pitsmoor
Adventure Playground.
Dr. Johan Siebers is a philosopher, working on the historical and
systematic aspects of some of the classical questions of philosophy, in
reference to contemporary discussions and questions. He specializes in
the work of Ernst Bloch, author of ‘The Principle of Hope’.
COME AND DISCUSS PLAY, UTOPIAS AND ANARCHY
ALL WELCOME !!