Re-interpreting Cities with Play Urban Semiotics and Gamification

Mattia Thibault

Interactivity, Game Creation, Design, Learning, and Innovation. 7th EAI International Conference, ArtsIT 2018, and 3rd EAI International Conference, DLI 2018, ICTCC 2018, Braga, Portugal, October 24–26, 2018, Proceedings

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Re-interpreting Cities with Play Urban Semiotics and Gamification

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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-030-06134-0_32,
    author={Mattia Thibault},
    title={Re-interpreting Cities with Play Urban Semiotics and Gamification},
    proceedings={Interactivity, Game Creation, Design, Learning, and Innovation. 7th EAI International Conference, ArtsIT 2018, and 3rd EAI International Conference, DLI 2018, ICTCC 2018, Braga, Portugal, October 24--26, 2018, Proceedings},
    proceedings_a={ARTSIT \& DLI},
    year={2019},
    month={1},
    keywords={Urban play Gamification Semiotics Parkour Flash mobs},
    doi={10.1007/978-3-030-06134-0_32}
}

Mattia Thibault
Year: 2019
Re-interpreting Cities with Play Urban Semiotics and Gamification
ARTSIT & DLI
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-06134-0_32

Mattia Thibault¹^,*

1: Tampere University of Technology

*Contact email: mattia.thibault@tut.fi

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 and flash mobs are analyses in order to test the efficacy of the approach.

Keywords: Urban play Gamification Semiotics Parkour Flash mobs

Published: 2019-01-31
Appears in: SpringerLink

: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-06134-0_32