Working the Play: How a Card Game Negotiates Perceptions of Work and Productivity
Based on the ethnographic study of the card game Bela, this paper rethinks the intersections and interstices between game and non-game contexts, challenging the presumption that play is unproductive and non-materialistic. By embedding the rules of the game into its socio-cultural context, the paper...
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description | Based on the ethnographic study of the card game Bela, this paper rethinks the intersections and interstices between game and non-game contexts, challenging the presumption that play is unproductive and non-materialistic. By embedding the rules of the game into its socio-cultural context, the paper identifies a symbolic space of shared stories, emotions and personal interests that coexist with, modify and lubricate the rules of the game. By considering play as a way of engaging the world, rather than a categorically identified, bounded and thus inconsequential activity, I explore how the open-endedness of the card game relates to broader life experiences, and particularly how it shapes and influences perceptions of work and productivity. //ABSTRACT IN CROATIAN: Clanak se bavi granicama izmedu onoga sto se smatra ozbiljnim radom i igrom. Pocivajuci na etnografskoj studiji kartaske igre belota, clanak preispituje sjecista i meduprostore izmedu konteksta igre i ne-igre, dovodeci u pitanje postavku da je igranje neproduktivno i materijalno nemotivirano. Smjestajuci 'unutrasnjost' igre (strukturu i pravila) u siri drustveno-kulturni kontekst, rad otkriva simbolicni prostor zajednickih prica, emocija i osobnih interesa koji supostoje, mijenjaju i potpomazu sama pravila igre. Iako se taj prostor poklapa s konkretnim mjestom i vremenom kartaske igre, on prodire i mnogo dublje u svakodnevni zivot. Upravo se zbog toga rad, novac i produktivnost dinamicki povezuju s onim sto se zbiva za kartaskim stolom. Shvacajuci igru kao nacin odnosa prema svijetu, a ne kao kategoricki definiranu aktivnost, clanak istrazuje kakve drustvene odnose i simbolicne vrijednosti proizvode i konteksti igre i ne-igre. Postavlja se pitanje kako su otvorenost i nedefiniranost igre povezani sa sirim zivotnim iskustvima. Drugim rijecima, kako te znacajke igre utjecu na stavove i ideje o radu i produktivnosti. |
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