Artful play
Yrjö Hirn's aesthetic approach to children's play
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4485847 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Olli Sotamaa (0000-0003-2972-5657, Tampere University), Jaakko Stenros (0000-0003-0320-7042, Tampere University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 139-150 |
| Publication date | 2021-04-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Play (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2159-4937 • E-ISSN: 2159-4953 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/21594937.2021.1934948 |
| OpenAlex | W3167560192 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
Yrjö Hirn (1870-1952) was an early Finnish scholar of aesthetics. He was well-connected and widely travelled a century ago. In 1916 he published Barnlek in Swedish, a book on the play and games of children. This monograph draws on a wide array of sources and discusses children's play as both a herald of things to come and as a living museum of past tools and practices. Hirn's book was translated into Finnish, Italian, and French, but today it is mostly forgotten as it is not available in English. Yet this book shows the active debate around play taking place in Europe before Huizinga's Homo ludens. This article provides an overview of Hirn's life and thinking, discussed Barnlek and its reception at the time, and discussed the implications of Hirn's thinking for contemporary play and game studies
Aesthetics · Art · Art Education and Development · Education and Technology Integration · Literacy, Media, and Education · Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |