{"product_id":"9783030599072","title":"Palgrave Games in Context: Ethnographies of Play and Creativity","description":"\u003ch1\u003ePalgrave Games in Context: Ethnographies of Play and Creativity\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eHjorth, Larissa; Richardson, Ingrid; Davies, Hugh; Balmford, William\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book directs critical attention to one of the most ubiquitous and yet under-analyzed games, \u003ci\u003eMinecraft. \u003c\/i\u003eDrawing on three years of ethnographic fieldwork into mobile games in Australian homes, the authors seek to take \u003ci\u003eMinecraft \u003c\/i\u003eseriously as a cultural practice. The book examines how \u003ci\u003eMinecraft \u003c\/i\u003eplayers engage in a form of gameplay that is uniquely intergenerational, creative, and playful, and which moves ambivalently throughout everyday life. At the intersection of digital media, quotidian literacy, and ethnography, the book situates interdisciplinary debates around mundane play through the lens of \u003ci\u003eMinecraft. \u003c\/i\u003eUltimately, \u003ci\u003eExploring Minecraft \u003c\/i\u003eseeks to coalesce the discussion between formal and informal learning, fostering new forms of digital media creativity and ethnographic innovation around the analysis of games in everyday life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2021-01-05\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783030599072\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-030-59908-9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210cm x148cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 189\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer International Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45385388687500,"sku":"9783030599072","price":98.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783030599072.jpg?v=1776021458","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783030599072","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}