Hybrid Play

Adriana de Souza e Silva is Professor of Communication at NC State University. Dr. de Souza e Silva works in the fields of mobile communication and internet studies, with a particular focus on how location-based technologies help us make sense of our interactions with public spaces and society. Ragan Glover-Rijkse is a Ph.D. student in the Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media program at NC State University. Her research considers the intersections between mobile media, infrastructures, and space/place.

• Introduction Understanding Hybrid PlayAdriana de Souza e Silva & Ragan Glover-RijksePart I: Hybrid MakingChapter OneYou Start It: A dialogue with Nick Tandavanitj from Blast TheoryRagan Glover-RijkseChapter TwoKeeping Coherence across Thresholds: A narrative perspective on hybrid gamesDavide Spallazzo & Ilaria MarianiChapter ThreeTraining Perceptions through Play: A case for building interactive autoethnographic experiences through TwineKristina Bell Chapter FourEn(Twine)d: A feminist software analysisSarah EvansPart II: Hybrid SubjectsChapter FiveThe Hybrid Agency of Hybrid PlayFrans MäyräChapter SixCasual Bodies are Hybrid BodiesShira ChessChapter SevenHybrid Play in Edutainment: A media archaeology approach to Math Blaster!Claire CarringtonChapter 8Subjectivation in the Making: The hybrid logics of productivity and play in the University MakerspaceJessica Elam & Stephen B. Crofts WileyPart III: Hybrid SpacesChapter NineHaptic Play: Understanding hybrid play through Pokémon GoLarissa Hjorth, Ingrid Richardson & Jordi Piera-JimenezChapter TenHow We Deal with Dark Souls: The aesthetic category as methodCameron KunzelmanChapter Eleven#HushHarbors: Get Out, memes, and twitterKatreena E. AlderChapter Twelve"You Broke Minecraft": Hybrid play and the materialization of game spaces through mobile MinecraftJoel Schneier