The Pandemic Play Project - documenting kids' culture during Covid-19

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ID4485926
AuthorsJudy Mckinty (The Folklore Society, corresponding author), Ruth Hazleton (The Folklore Society)
Year2022
Volume11
Issue1
Pages12-33
Publication date2022-01-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Play (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2159-4937 • E-ISSN: 2159-4953
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/21594937.2022.2042940
OpenAlexW4221033906
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited7

The Pandemic Play Project came about because of a moment in history shared by people around the globe, coupled with a recognition of the importance of play in children's lives. This project explored the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the play lives of Australian children. Because of coronavirus restrictions, it was carried out almost entirely online, during one of the longest and strictest lockdowns in the world. In 2020, some Australian children spent more time in lockdown than at school with their friends. This highlighted differences in play opportunities, based on where they lived. It also revealed the creative efforts that enabled children to stay playful at home during lockdown. In schoolyards around Australia, the coronavirus permeated children's play as they adapted their games, rhymes and songs to this new theme, and played according to new rules that were not of their own making, and therefore outside their control

2019-20 coronavirus outbreak · Coronavirus · Globe · Media studies · Pandemic · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · World Wide Web · Child Development and Digital Technology · Children's Rights and Participation · Computer Science · Early Childhood Education and Development · History · Medicine · Psychology · Virology

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