by Jinnie Templin | Oct 20, 2014 | MA Project, Research
Complexity and Emergence In Complexity: A Guided Tour, Melanie Mitchell defines a complex system as, “a system in which large networks of components with no central control and simple rules of operation give rise to complex collective behavior, sophisticated...
by Jinnie Templin | Oct 13, 2014 | MA Project, Research
What is play? There are many lenses through which play scholars have examined play. In his book, The Ambiguity of Play, Brian Sutton-Smith details what he has identified as the seven rhetorics of play that most play activities and behaviors can be categorized. He...
by Jinnie Templin | Oct 6, 2014 | MA Project, Research
Contemporary, “always-on,” US workforces have expressed frustrations with an increasingly disproportionate work-life balance. Building off of the concept of imaginative play, this project aims to address various “work tasks” in a more playful manner. Equipping the...
by Jinnie Templin | Oct 1, 2014 | MA Project, Research
This is the start of my mindmap about my thesis topic. As I’ve been reading and researching, I’ve been adding nodes and making new connections. I don’t think this is anywhere close to being “complete” (is a mindmap ever really complete?),...
by Jinnie Templin | Oct 1, 2014 | MA Project, Research
Here’s the working draft of the timeline for my MA thesis project. I’m using Timeline JS, which runs off of a Google spreadsheet doc and automatically updates the timeline when I add new line items to the spreadsheet. There’s also the capability to...
by Jinnie Templin | Sep 22, 2014 | MA Project, Research
Some preliminary brain storming on variations of possible thesis statements, based on my research questions and the research I’ve done so far: With the increasing use of technology in/as the workplace, the way that adults exhibit play behavior has changed....
