#NCPH2015 Want to PLAY? Come to Ballroom 1-3 2:30-6:30 TODAY to play word, video & board games & share memories of play. #PlayNCPH @AbiPerk

— Mary Rizzo (@rizzo_pubhist) April 16, 2015

Share your play memories! #playNCPH @ncph pic.twitter.com/5rOnMb7bfG

— Mary Rizzo (@rizzo_pubhist) April 16, 2015

Playing underway! Join us in the exhibit hall. #playNCPH #ncph2015 pic.twitter.com/4x7QxXw5Wo

— Mary Rizzo (@rizzo_pubhist) April 16, 2015

#PlayNCPH here at the museum of the sexy 16th century… #ncph2015 pic.twitter.com/RT7B8oW8oC

— Mary Rizzo (@rizzo_pubhist) April 16, 2015

American Girl dolls divide #ncph2015… #PLAYNCPH #wmnhist pic.twitter.com/QDG6afX5Cd

— Monica L. Mercado (@monicalmercado) April 16, 2015

What are your memories of play? I'm SO PREDICTABLE. #PLAYNCPH #ncph2015 #histgender pic.twitter.com/jWvpVXPHNC

— Monica L. Mercado (@monicalmercado) April 16, 2015

Oh yeah, Molly (the person) continues to mix play and history! #playncph pic.twitter.com/62pghztvWR

— Molly Rosner (she/her) (@molly_rosner) April 16, 2015

The #PLAYNCPH pop-up is on. There are games! And madlibs! @FoodieAnthony do you know Timeline? #ncph2015 pic.twitter.com/onrhVlRk8U

— Monica L. Mercado (@monicalmercado) April 16, 2015

Totally!! #PLAYNCPH #ncph2015 pic.twitter.com/hIXzgnS9Fw

— Mary Rizzo (@rizzo_pubhist) April 16, 2015

Great afternoon at the #PLAYNCPH pop-up. What was the point? Come find out at tomorrow's working group on pub hist&play, 10:30am! #ncph2015

— Dr. Abigail Perkiss (@AbiPerk) April 17, 2015

"History has never been so superfluous." #playncph @sleonchnm @monicalmercado @publichistorian @cdc29 @rizzo_pubhist pic.twitter.com/czaLOPcRT3

— Sheila A Brennan (@SheilaABrennan) April 17, 2015

Next session: Working Group 5: Free, Separate, Uncertain; Can Public History Play? #playncph #ncph2015

— Evan Spencer (@EvanRSpencer) April 17, 2015

Excited for #playncph #ncph2015 starting shortly.

— Adina Langer (@artiflection) April 17, 2015

.@jhowardhistory is on this panel representing @mtsuhistory #playncph #ncph2015

— Evan Spencer (@EvanRSpencer) April 17, 2015

At the #playncph working group. About to start! Super excited. We are going to watch some drunk history.

— Maria Ross (@mariamoxie) April 17, 2015

Memory wall #playncph pic.twitter.com/TaJNo8alVh

— Molly Rosner (she/her) (@molly_rosner) April 17, 2015

Starting off #PlayNcph with a drunk history video #Ncph2015

— Evan Spencer (@EvanRSpencer) April 17, 2015

It is amazing watching drunk history with all these public historians #playncph

— Maria Ross (@mariamoxie) April 17, 2015

Now they are answering the question: what drunk history would you like to narrate #playncph

— Maria Ross (@mariamoxie) April 17, 2015

I'm taking notes on #WG5 Can Public History Play? Follow along http://t.co/qQ4uiVoqbh #ncph2015 #playncph

— Amelia T. Grabowski (@AmeliaTGrabow) April 17, 2015

The Strong, Museum of Play doubled their visitor count by changing their mission to include play. #playncph #ncph2015

— Evan Spencer (@EvanRSpencer) April 17, 2015

How about when Galileo was brought in front of the inquisition #playncph

— Maria Ross (@mariamoxie) April 17, 2015

What is "play" in Public History? #playncph #ncph2015

— Evan Spencer (@EvanRSpencer) April 17, 2015

#playncph #ncph2015 Definition #1: Simulation

— Adina Langer (@artiflection) April 17, 2015

@MikaelaMariaPHL collapse of the Weimar Republic, narrated by Matthew McConaughey #playncph #ncph2015

— Nicholas K. Johnson (@Tchoupitoulas89) April 17, 2015

#ncph2015 #playncph Can play be boring?

— Adina Langer (@artiflection) April 17, 2015

Play in Public History is simulation that evokes a response and a heightened consciousness. #playncph #ncph2015

— Evan Spencer (@EvanRSpencer) April 17, 2015

Seems like it takes the fun out of play if we try to strictly define it. #playncph #ncph2015

— Lauren Tilton (@nolauren) April 17, 2015

How do you define play? What about the functional definition? What qualities does play have? #playncph

— Maria Ross (@mariamoxie) April 17, 2015

#playncph #ncph2015 Play should be voluntary, social, encourages rule making (and breaking)– and maybe fun!

— Adina Langer (@artiflection) April 17, 2015

Play is difficult to define. Qualities: it's voluntary, generally social, fun, encourages rule-making #ncph2015 #playncph

— Evan Spencer (@EvanRSpencer) April 17, 2015

#ncph2015 #playncph Play should include anticipation, pleasure, understanding, poise

— Adina Langer (@artiflection) April 17, 2015

#playncph #ncph2015 Historicla research is a form of play because of the detective work and delight at your surprise

— Adina Langer (@artiflection) April 17, 2015

#playncph #ncph2015 Play creates exclusion and inclusion. Consumer culture exacerbates this.

— Adina Langer (@artiflection) April 17, 2015

Play has the ability to include and exclude #playncph

— Maria Ross (@mariamoxie) April 17, 2015

#playncph #ncph @rizzo_pubhist says play is a process and an attitude. Imagination is key.

— Adina Langer (@artiflection) April 17, 2015

#ncph2015 #playncph Play leads to empathy through letting go of reality.

— Adina Langer (@artiflection) April 17, 2015

What is the definition of play? Answer: play is fluid; it is made up of qualities #ncph2015 #playncph

— Sara Anne (@NYYanksFan19SAF) April 17, 2015

How beneficial is creating empathy through historical play? #ncph2015 #playncph

— Maggie McClain (@MaggieMcclain90) April 17, 2015

Ppl let go of reality- imagine themselves in historical shoes- and become empathetic through play, says @jhowardhistory #playncph #ncph2015

— Evan Spencer (@EvanRSpencer) April 17, 2015

My favorite definition of play: it is a process! Play is anticipation, surprise, pleasure, and understanding #PlayNCPH #ncph2015

— Sara Anne (@NYYanksFan19SAF) April 17, 2015

#playncph #ncph2015 Can't prolong play event without empathy and sympathy

— Adina Langer (@artiflection) April 17, 2015

"Empathy and sympathy are built into play." #ncph2015 #playncph

— Maggie McClain (@MaggieMcclain90) April 17, 2015

I argue that play is a process that is facilitated through inquiry based learning #PlayNCPH #ncph2015

— Sara Anne (@NYYanksFan19SAF) April 17, 2015

#ncph2015 #playncph Question — does play have to be challenging in order to be fun?

— Adina Langer (@artiflection) April 17, 2015

Play can internalize historical knowledge. #ncph2015 #playncph

— Maggie McClain (@MaggieMcclain90) April 17, 2015

Lots of adjectives being thrown around here. #playncph #ncph2015

— Evan Spencer (@EvanRSpencer) April 17, 2015

Immersing students in historical activities helps them empathize with the past and recognize contingency #PlayNCPH #NCPH2015

— Evan Spencer (@EvanRSpencer) April 17, 2015

@AbiPerk ; pedagogy of reacting to the past. Role-playing with objectives — leads to historical understanding. #ncph015 #playncph

— Adina Langer (@artiflection) April 17, 2015

Utility of play: gets children to take on different roles and immerses them #playncph

— Maria Ross (@mariamoxie) April 17, 2015

#ncph2015 #playncph Playing war is a part of childhood experience… Is play necessarily adversarial?

— Adina Langer (@artiflection) April 17, 2015

Collaborative vs. adversarial play #playncph #ncph2015

— Maggie McClain (@MaggieMcclain90) April 17, 2015

Historians can encourage students to play in a historical way. I.E. Students can DO history & think as hist. actors #ncph2015 #PlayNCPH

— Sara Anne (@NYYanksFan19SAF) April 17, 2015

As historians we can get students to empathize w/ past to understand how world issues unfold #playncph #ncph2015

— Sara Anne (@NYYanksFan19SAF) April 17, 2015

Digital historic preservation? @jhowardhistory discusses #playncph #ncph2015

— Evan Spencer (@EvanRSpencer) April 17, 2015

Alternative realities influencing preserv practices. How do we relate to our digital lives and play online? #ncph2015 #playncph

— Maggie McClain (@MaggieMcclain90) April 17, 2015

Considering mmorpgs to talk about how the preservation of a dead character's houses is similar to historic preservation #playncph

— Maria Ross (@mariamoxie) April 17, 2015

#ncph2015 #playncph Example of rebuilt Rosewood, FL in 2nd Life shows how play can be about alternative realities.

— Adina Langer (@artiflection) April 17, 2015

Playing with bereavement #ncph2015 #playncph

— Maggie McClain (@MaggieMcclain90) April 17, 2015

#ncph2015 #playncph You can play with heavy topics (like life expectancy) in order to get across a concept

— Adina Langer (@artiflection) April 17, 2015

You can play with a heavy topic in public history: Games can help engage with topics like death and mortality #playncph #ncph2015

— Evan Spencer (@EvanRSpencer) April 17, 2015

When we conceive of playful ways to engage audiences (kids&adults) we are much more successful in provoking conversation #playncph #ncph2015

— Evan Spencer (@EvanRSpencer) April 17, 2015

Public Historians can come up with Playful & academic ways to help students & adults connect w/ history #PlayNCPH #ncph2015

— Sara Anne (@NYYanksFan19SAF) April 17, 2015

Play vs playfulness. Does it have to be active or passive? Is chess playful? Play is voluntary. #playncph

— Maria Ross (@mariamoxie) April 17, 2015

#ncph2015 #playncph Playfulness vs. play. Passive experience can be playful, but play must be active.

— Adina Langer (@artiflection) April 17, 2015

Difference between play and playfulness? #ncph2015 #playncph

— Maggie McClain (@MaggieMcclain90) April 17, 2015

And play (like Chess, war games) is not necessarily playful. #ncph2015 #playncph

— Adina Langer (@artiflection) April 17, 2015

Is play necessarily "for its own sake?" Can there be ulterior motives in play and playing? There's a sliding scale #playncph #ncph2015

— Evan Spencer (@EvanRSpencer) April 17, 2015

#ncph2015 #playncph Brenda Romaro: If there is a system or structure– it can be turned into a game. http://t.co/ogHBAbJYR1

— Adina Langer (@artiflection) April 17, 2015

Discussing @br's work: "If there's a system, she can make a game out of it" #ncph2015 #playncph

— Evan Spencer (@EvanRSpencer) April 17, 2015

Discussion of Brenda Romero's ability to turn any system into a game. #playncph #ncph2015

— Maggie McClain (@MaggieMcclain90) April 17, 2015

#ncph2015 #playncph What is fun? Does play undermine serious history, or does play enhance it?

— Adina Langer (@artiflection) April 17, 2015

#ncph2015 #playncph In play, you can lose yourself and find yourself.

— Adina Langer (@artiflection) April 17, 2015

Are certain subjects off limits? #PlayNCPH #NCPH2015

— Evan Spencer (@EvanRSpencer) April 17, 2015

Does your audience leaving in tears mean you went too far? #ncph2015 #playncph

— Maggie McClain (@MaggieMcclain90) April 17, 2015

Play allows students and adults to experiment w/ history and reimagine past from POV of hist. actors. #ncph2015 #playncph

— Sara Anne (@NYYanksFan19SAF) April 17, 2015

"Empathetic inequality" exists. Play can possibly balance the inequality out. #playncph #ncph2015

— Maggie McClain (@MaggieMcclain90) April 17, 2015

Play allows students to emphasize w/ past, but historians can't always assume empathy will be derived from play #playncph #ncph2015

— Sara Anne (@NYYanksFan19SAF) April 17, 2015

My cry for the weekend: http://t.co/ogHBAbJYR1 #ncph2015 #playncph

— Adina Langer (@artiflection) April 17, 2015

More on "Papers Please" http://t.co/g59SEbH4vL #ncph2015 #playncph

— Adina Langer (@artiflection) April 17, 2015

Traditional historians in academia struggle to accept the study of historical play, esp. in video games #playncph #ncph2015

— Maggie McClain (@MaggieMcclain90) April 17, 2015

#timeline as a topic of discussion. Now I have an excuse to buy so much timeline #playncph

— Maria Ross (@mariamoxie) April 17, 2015

Play is a powerful memory trigger #ncph2015 #playncph

— Adina Langer (@artiflection) April 17, 2015

Balancing work and play #playncph #ncph2015

— Maggie McClain (@MaggieMcclain90) April 17, 2015

Tapping into visceral memories of play allows Public Historians to connect across generations & history #ncph2015 #PlayNCPH

— Sara Anne (@NYYanksFan19SAF) April 17, 2015

#ncph2015 #playncph Play is intriguing to us because it is about negotiation

— Adina Langer (@artiflection) April 17, 2015

How do we get audiences to embrace both the "fun" and the serious "historical nature" of historical play? #playncph #ncph2015

— Evan Spencer (@EvanRSpencer) April 17, 2015

Ruining Assassin's Creed by making students think about it in historical context! Whoops. #playncph #ncph2015

— Maggie McClain (@MaggieMcclain90) April 17, 2015

Play, as an inquiry based hands on activity, allows students to make critical understanding w/ the past #playncph #ncph2015

— Sara Anne (@NYYanksFan19SAF) April 17, 2015

Too often, audience will embrace the idea of "fun" but doesn't expect to engage in critical historical thought. #ncph2015 #playncph

— Evan Spencer (@EvanRSpencer) April 17, 2015

Engaging play makes students better consumers of culture and knowledge #playncph #ncph2015

— Maggie McClain (@MaggieMcclain90) April 17, 2015

@politicalprof08 @NicoNolden You following this? #playncph #ncph2015

— Courtney Neaveill (@her_version) April 17, 2015

Game examples: Stanley Parable, Home Again, September 12. #ncph2015 #playncph

— Adina Langer (@artiflection) April 17, 2015

Tweaking existing games — using game mechanics makes more sense for #publichistory than creating a game from scratch #ncph2015 #playncph

— Adina Langer (@artiflection) April 17, 2015

We begin with wonderment or curiosity and then go from there. #ncph2015 #playncph

— Adina Langer (@artiflection) April 17, 2015

Going to #ncpph2015 is about rediscovering sources of intellectual wonderment. #playncph

— Adina Langer (@artiflection) April 17, 2015

Kids happening upon modern tech in historic homes thru play #playncph #ncph2015

— Maggie McClain (@MaggieMcclain90) April 17, 2015

Using scaffolding to facilitate intellectual playfulness in a museum edu setting #PlayNCPH #ncph2015

— Sara Anne (@NYYanksFan19SAF) April 17, 2015

Raising our children to the ethic of seeing all sides #playncph #ncph2015

— Maggie McClain (@MaggieMcclain90) April 17, 2015

#ncph2015 #playncph The process of unlearning — breaking down heuristics– is what leads to intellectual epiphanies.

— Adina Langer (@artiflection) April 17, 2015

Tough to get students to have fun w/learning. It's b/c they're taught to learn for tests from kinder!!! #failededsystem #playncph #ncph2015

— Maggie McClain (@MaggieMcclain90) April 17, 2015

Need to help ppl "un-learn" their perceptions abt history that keep them skeptical of fun in historical learning process #playncph #ncph2015

— Evan Spencer (@EvanRSpencer) April 17, 2015

Reacting to the Past developers came from Dungeons and Dragons. https://t.co/qHGkYPOke0 #ncph2015 #playncph

— Adina Langer (@artiflection) April 17, 2015

Discussion getting dangerous: comparing D&D dice rolls to historical contingency.A comparison I'm not comfortable with. #playncph #ncph2015

— Evan Spencer (@EvanRSpencer) April 17, 2015

Awesome opening up of the discussion on how to incorporate ppl with disabilities to the learning enviro through games #playncph #ncph2015

— Maggie McClain (@MaggieMcclain90) April 17, 2015

Is there a greater awareness of accommodating people with disabilities in game design? #ncph2015 #playncph

— Adina Langer (@artiflection) April 17, 2015

Contingency doesn't mean things are completely random when they happen. Contingency means things weren't preordained #ncph2015 #playncph

— Evan Spencer (@EvanRSpencer) April 17, 2015

Games and disabilities as a discussion. The stimulation involved and the immersion of them in the community. #playncph

— Maria Ross (@mariamoxie) April 17, 2015

#playncph play and history having fun with connecting the dots to the past.

— ListenToBothSides (@Listen2_2Sides) April 17, 2015

Need for communication with new audiences when you bring in different gamer communities. #ncph2015 #playncph

— Adina Langer (@artiflection) April 17, 2015

Play can create communities of inquiry very quickly #playncph #ncph2015

— Maggie McClain (@MaggieMcclain90) April 17, 2015

it takes time to create immersive experiences, to engage with play. #ncph2015 #playncph

— Adina Langer (@artiflection) April 17, 2015

Also need to let people go for them to play. Don't micromanage. #ncph2015 #playncph

— Adina Langer (@artiflection) April 17, 2015

There is extra labor in a museum or pedagogical setting to allow for play! #ncph2015 #playncph

— Adina Langer (@artiflection) April 17, 2015

"Resist the instinct to equate buoyancy with gravity." #ncph2015 #playncph

— Maggie McClain (@MaggieMcclain90) April 17, 2015

"Buoyancy vs. gravity" metaphor. Stature should rise with buoyancy not just gravity. #ncph2015 #playncph

— Adina Langer (@artiflection) April 17, 2015

So much to say about what's being said right now. Our goal shouldn't be to engage our audiences in ahistorical thought #playncph #ncph2015

— Evan Spencer (@EvanRSpencer) April 17, 2015

Educators need justifications for changing curricula — need to hit standards #ncph2015 #playncph

— Adina Langer (@artiflection) April 17, 2015

How do you relate to play to learning standards? IMPORTANT TO SELL #playncph #ncph2015

— Maggie McClain (@MaggieMcclain90) April 17, 2015

Must work to support the spirit of play in Museums; not use play as a way to shrink from our duties to teach students #ncph2015 #playncph

— Sara Anne (@NYYanksFan19SAF) April 17, 2015

There's a difference btwn play as a means of engaging w/ historical thought & conflating historical fiction w/ history #playncph #ncph2015

— Evan Spencer (@EvanRSpencer) April 17, 2015

We can play by putting reenactment and other performances of history out of context. #ncph2015 #playncph

— Adina Langer (@artiflection) April 17, 2015

Subversive aspects of play are crucial. #ncph2015 #playncph

— Adina Langer (@artiflection) April 17, 2015

The #playncph working group was a huge success… Looking forward to the storify and getting together a final group product. #NCPH2015

— josh howard. (@jhowardhistory) April 17, 2015

For a recap of the Can Public History Play? Working Group at #ncph2015, check out #playncph.

— Dr. Abigail Perkiss (@AbiPerk) April 17, 2015