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2019 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Re-interpreting Cities with Play Urban Semiotics and Gamification

Author : Mattia Thibault

Published in: Interactivity, Game Creation, Design, Learning, and Innovation

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

This paper aims to propose a semiotic perspective on how play can be used to change the citizens’ perception of the city. The paper propose a meaning-centered understanding both of play activities (seen as resemantisations of the surrounding environment) and of urban spaces (seen as complex meaning-making machines) and attempts to show how the first ones can be used to re-interpret the second ones. Finally, a few examples such as parkour and flash mobs are analyses in order to test the efficacy of the approach.

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Metadata
Title
Re-interpreting Cities with Play Urban Semiotics and Gamification
Author
Mattia Thibault
Copyright Year
2019
Book
Interactivity, Game Creation, Design, Learning, and Innovation

Print ISBN: 978-3-030-06133-3

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-06134-0

Copyright Year: 2019

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-06134-0_32

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