20 November 2018: An inclusive, inspiring place to encourage play across one’s lifespan will be the focus of the third Play, Creativity and Wellbeing Symposium, on 22 and 23 November at the National Museum of Australia. Hosted by the Play, Creativity and Wellbeing Project at the º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ’s Centre for Creative and Cultural Research, and the , the symposium will be coordinated by founder Dr Cathy Hope, Assistant Professor at the University’s Faculty of Arts & Design. It has spiraled out of her research on the importance of play throughout one’s life. “The negative impacts of risk aversion, sedentary lifestyles, the commoditisation of pleasure, less time in nature, play deprivation in children, device-driven and mediated engagement, social isolation and an overworked society – all this has driven home the need for diverse, accessible forms of play for all ages, as a counter,” Dr Hope said. “Canberra is an ideal place to hold the symposium, because it’s undergoing such a huge evolution,” she said. “Play is all about enlivening the city, being inclusive, active and proactive, diverse, progressive and creative.” The symposium will feature a host of charismatic speakers from across the nation, including experts in place-making, play space design, the arts, parkour and ecology. “There will be a huge diversity and variety of ideas, concepts and specialisations at the symposium, and these ideas will bounce off each other, grow and change,” Dr Hope said. Here are some of the change-making speakers:
“At the symposium, we aim to reclaim and reconfigure our connections with places and people in more imaginative, all-seasons, sustainable and immersive ways,” Dr Hope said. “It’s going to be an exciting event full of possibilities.” The Play, Creativity and Wellbeing Symposium is sponsored by the City Renewal Authority, the ACT Government, and supported by the National Museum of Australia. for symposium details and the full program. Dr Cathy Hope is available for interview. Contact the º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ media team:
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