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Playframes — How Do We Know We Are Playing? A Book Talk with Celia Pearce

Published: September 27, 2025; Aithor: Julia Sonrisa

When: September 30, 2025
Where: NYU Game Center

Address: 370 Jay Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201, United States

Phone: +1 646-997-0708

Web: https://gamecenter.nyu.edu/

Playframes (MIT Press) builds on the work of Gregory Bateson and Erving Goffman to take a deep dive into Bateson’s primary question: How do we know we’re playing? In this book, Celia Pearce addresses this question by building a comprehensive theory of the specific mechanisms that meta-communicate the message “this is play.” Join us for a book talk and discussion about Playframes with author, award-winning game designer, researcher, and professor Celia Pearce!

Time: 6:30 pm EDT

Free!

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