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Dr Yinka Olusoga very moving opening talk at #sheffieldliteracies about her work on black history for children - forging ‘hope’, the work it takes! @drjenrowsell Play Observatory

Dr Yinka Olusoga outlines the ways in which we tried to work with ‘hopeful methodologies’ in Play Observatory throughout our work. The story of our project is here play-observatory.com/blog/whats-in-… Dr Kate Cowan Julia Bishop #sheffieldliteracies @drjenrowsell

Dr Yinka Olusoga starting to map entanglements in some of our Play Observatory contributions from the Home School Kids. Brilliant talk #sheffieldliteracies Julia Bishop @drjenrowsell

Young V&A congratulations to all involved in Young V & A! It looks amazing! Lots of thought has gone into it ❤️open to the public this Saturday July 1st Play Observatory Dr Kate Cowan Valerio Signorelli Julia Bishop Dr Yinka Olusoga Michelle Cannon @cathbannister1 V&A ReMAP

I have an essay in a new book from KU Leuven on Francis Alÿs brilliant 'The Nature of the Game' -on now @WIELS_Brussels until January 2024 Play Observatory Dr Yinka Olusoga Julia Bishop Dr Kate Cowan #francisalys #childrensgames ReMAP Open Access: lup.be/products/211112

Play Observatory in IOE Research Impact Stories 2023 Thanks to the team! Dr Kate Cowan Dr Yinka Olusoga Valerio Signorelli Julia Bishop @cathbannister1 Michelle Cannon Thanks to Young V&A Episod Studio - Race for the Arctic Education@Sheffield Economic and Social Research Council IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education & Society UCL Knowledge Lab ReMAP ucl.ac.uk/ioe/research/e…

Delighted that the Play Observatory has been featured as an IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education & Society Impact Story - showcasing and celebrating the impact of the project and our partnerships discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1018…

Honoured to be speaking today at symposium and launch of the book on 'The Nature of the Game' @WIELS_Brussels (Hoping to get another look at the wonderful games) Play Observatory IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education & Society UCL Knowledge Lab ReMAP Dr Yinka Olusoga Julia Bishop wiels.org/en/events/symp…

‘Children’s production of place and (third) space during Covid 19: den building, filmmaking and the postdigital in the Play Observatory’ new open access John Potter 💙 Michelle Cannon Dr Kate Cowan SAGE Global Studies of Childhood more from the team soon IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education & Society IOE Research Education@Sheffield journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/20…

Our next Open Access article from the Pandemic Play themed issue of SAGE Global Studies of Childhood Dr Yinka Olusoga @cathbannister1 Julia Bishop on ‘Infection or inflection? Constructions of children’s play through the prism of the pandemic. Education@Sheffield IOE Research John Potter 💙 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/20…

‘I danced along the road to the Macarena song which felt a bit naughty’ Affective entanglements and the wayfaring pandemic child.Out now Dr Yinka Olusoga’s new open access article in themed issue@SAGE_GSC ! Education@Sheffield IOE Research John Potter 💙 @cathbannister1 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/20…

A new report from Play Observatory led by John Potter 💙 with Economic and Social Research Council funding highlights the power of play to boost children’s agency, resilience and mental health. The research highlights children's resourcefulness when navigating disruption to their lives. ucl.ac.uk/ioe/news/2024/…

‘Pandemic Playthings: A multimodal perspective on toys and play in the time of COVID-19’ New open access in themed issue of SAGE Global Studies of Childhood from Dr Kate Cowan with theo van leeuwen and Staffan Selander IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education & Society UCL Knowledge Lab Education@Sheffield UCL Centre for Multimodal Research John Potter 💙 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/20…

From our forthcoming Pandemic Play themed issue of SAGE Global Studies of Childhood @lomaxhelen and Kate Smith on ‘…attentive, playful arts-based methodology with children’ University of Huddersfield John Potter 💙 Dr Yinka Olusoga IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education & Society Education@Sheffield Open Access out now journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/20…

Our pandemic play themed issue of SAGE Global Studies of Childhood is out as a complete volume. Dr Yinka Olusoga Julia Bishop @cathbannister1 Valerio Signorelli Dr Kate Cowan Michelle Cannon John Potter 💙 Young V&A IOE Research @LomaxHelen Education@Sheffield The Play Observatory was funded by Economic and Social Research Council journals.sagepub.com/toc/GSC/current

What a treat to get to John Potter 💙’s inaugural professorial lecture tonight. A research megamix of greatest hits including Playing the Archive and Play Observatory. A pleasure and privilege to have collaborated with John on these, and lovely to see so many familiar faces #IOELectures

Happy International Day of Play! Great new initiative from Centre for Young Lives Sign up & learn about (or give evidence on) the Right To Play, Learning Through Play and more … Tim Gill Dr Kate Cowan Play Observatory Julia Bishop @DARECOLLABORATE Dr Yinka Olusoga centreforyounglives.org.uk/play-commissio…

Great to see this commission asking important questions like how we make more time and space for play and the potentials of digital technology. Look forward to giving evidence and urge other play people to share and do the same!

On the International Day of Play… take a look at our exhibition of children’s play in the pandemic, co-curated with Young V&A #internationaldayofplay

Congratulations Young V&A #musemoftheyear Art Fund from all your friends at the Play Obsevatory John Potter 💙 Dr Kate Cowan Julia Bishop Dr Yinka Olusoga @cathbannister1 Valerio Signorelli Michelle Cannon Amazing Achievement! CatherineRitmanSmith Helen Charman Sophie Sage 👏👏👏😌