Journal article
Heroic play: Heroism in mindful, creative and playful participation
IM: Interactive Media, Vol.11
2016
Abstract
This article explores the presence of heroism in playful engagement with mobile, locative and social technologies, drawing on select ethnographies of Australian households. Heroic modalities in the data are examined in relation to mindful creative forms of play that can be collaborative or personal, socially conscious or acutely self-reflective, altruistic and non-altruistic. All modalities presented in this article, I argue, involve heroic leadership as a transformative and imaginative form of creative communication and engagement with modern technologies. The playful aspect subverts some of the more traditional views of the heroic imagination and heroic action, such as sacrifice and risk, resulting in novel and hybridised heroic modalities. As a new form of play, heroic play emerges as the height of transformative, mindful and creative playful participation, indicating the potential for the banality of playful heroism in the everyday.
Details
- Title
- Heroic play: Heroism in mindful, creative and playful participation
- Authors/Creators
- O. Efthimiou (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- IM: Interactive Media, Vol.11
- Publisher
- National Academy of Screen and Sound
- Identifiers
- 991005540808807891
- Copyright
- © 2016 IM/NASS
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Arts
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publisher URL
- http://nass.murdoch.edu.au/
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