The Association for the Study of Play

About TASP TASP 2004 Conference Past Annual Meetings History of TASP Membership Forms & Dues TASP Executive Committee TASP Annual: Play & Culture Studies Play Links TASP Newsletter Archive     ANNOUNCEMENT OF 29TH ANNUAL MEETING  The Association for the Study of Play (TASP) February 18-22, 2004, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA Hotel: AmeriSuites Downtown, 330 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, GA     TASP is a multidisciplinary organization whose purpose is to promote the study of play, to support and cooperate with other organizations having similar purposes, and to organize meetings and publications that facilitate the sharing and dissemination of information related to the study of play.  TASP publishes a regular, extensive newsletter that includes book reviews, research updates in different disciplines, and other information.  TASP also publishes Play and Culture Studies on a regular basis.  Website: www.csuchico.edu/kine/tasp/             TASP’s broad focus includes many disciplines and scholarly interests, including animal behavior, anthropology, the arts and humanities, biology, communication, cultural studies, education, folklore, history, kinesiology, musicology, occupational science, philosophy, psychology, recreation, and sociology.             The theme of the 2004 conference is “Diverse Perspectives on Play.” Theory and research papers on any play topics are accepted. Proposals on the following topics are especially encouraged: play and recreation with all age groups, cross-cultural studies, play with diverse populations, therapeutic use of play, governmental/educational policies concerning play, and animal play. To guarantee consideration, submission of proposals for papers, panels, and symposia must be received by November 1, 2003. Proposals will be accepted after this date only if space is available. Acceptances will be sent out by Dec. 1.   Housing Information The conference meetings will be held at the Student Center on the Georgia State University campus, in downtown Atlanta. The conference hotel is the AmeriSuites Downtown, 330 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta, GA 30308. The opening reception and registration will be held at the hotel Feb. 18, 5:30-9:00.  Special housing rates have been arranged with the conference hotel. Hotel reservations may be arranged by calling toll-free at 1-800-362-5600 (outside Georgia) or 404-577-1980. Ask for reservations. Say “I am making a reservation into the GEORGIA STATE BLOCK. Reserve for the desired dates with a credit card. Cancellation with 48 hour notice. All accomodations are suites with kitchenettes. The room rate includes hot breakfast buffet and transportation to the conference site in the morning and return in the evening. The hotel is located 15 minutes walk from campus and one block from a rapid transit  (MARTA) stop. Parking is complementary for conference hotel guests. For those flying, take MARTA from the airport ($1.75) northbound to the Civic Center Station, Exit to West Peachtree St. Walk south one block to the hotel.  For more hotel information see www.amerisuites.com. The special rates are: $79.00 (single/double) $10.00 for each additional person (plus 14% tax). Some suites can accommodate up to four people if beds are shared.   For information about registration contact: Dr. Olga Jarrett, 2004 TASP Conference, Early Childhood Education, Georgia State University, University Plaza, Atlanta, GA 30303. Phone: 404-651-4509, Fax: 404-651-1495. E-mail: ojarrett@gsu.edu.   Conference Program February 18-21, 2004     Wednesday, February 18 – AmeriSuites Downtown Hotel 5:30-8:30 Registration Reception: Refreshments, games, get acquainted Thursday, February 19 – Georgia State University Student Center 8:30-9:00 Registration, second floor Student Center 9:00-10:15 Paper Session: What is play? [Sinclair Suite] The state of play in the Twenty-first Century Dorothy Sluss What is make-believe play? Preschool teachers’ perspectives Joanna J. Cemore Play definitions Olga Jarrett, Michelle Duckett-Hedgebeth, and Tiffany Coleman Roundtables: Childhood play, Reflections and Social Context [Lanier Suite] A Glimpse into Childhood different from my own: Culture, Gender, and Play Assignment Lynn Hartle Children’s Reflections on Play Materials and How They Change over Time Michael M. Patte Play in the Context of Social Practice Vidya Thirumurthy 10:15-10:45 Coffee break – Child Development Center 10:45-12:00 Panel Discussion: Creating Positive Environments for Populations at Risk [Sinclair Suite] Clinical Approaches for Achieving Positive Environments with Suicidal Aboriginal Adolescents Melanie MacNeil Encouraging Play with Health Care Providers for Young Children with Disabilities Shelley Smith and Ann Marie Guilmette Alternative Strategies for Addiction Services in Creating Positive Communities Ann Marie Guilmette Roundtables: Play in School and Community [Lanier Suite] Parent-Child Communication in a School-based Parent Education Program Dana Gross, Kate Horst, Barbara Kyle Life is not a Game…Or is it? Improving Problem Solving Ability in Children by Playing Games Wayne Wu Our work is Child’s Play: Erasing the Play Space Deficit Georgia Gillette 12:00-1:00 Lunch on your own – TASP leadership meeting (executive committee and board) 1:00-2:15 Paper Session: Computer Technology/ Television/Video [Sinclair Suite] The Effect of Technology on Students’ Perceptions of Instruction: Work or play: Part Two F. LeAnna Bryant Understanding Television: A Child’s Perspective Virginia B. Wilcox The Universal Language: Children’s Play as Seen Through Video Kristin Brenneman Eno Roundtable Discussion: Imaginative Play Outside the Logical [Lanier Suite] Sue Knox Cheryl Ecker Lauri Fitz-Simmons 2:30-3:45 Papers: Play and Cultural Happenings! [Sinclair Suite] Elvis Chapin: Play, Race, and Ethnicity in Guatemala City Douglas G. White “Life upon the wicked stage:” Play and darkness in the musicals of Oscar Hammerstein II. David Kuschner Italian federalism as role-playing game Paola De Sanctis Ricciardone Roundtables Sociodramatic Play [Lanier Suite] Girls at War Play: Preschool Girls’ Narrative Construction in their Play with Superhero Replica Figures Matthew J. Caulfield Promoting Sociodramatic Play in the Block Center Janie Heisner Effects of Social Dramatic Play on Early Literacy Learning of Taiwanese Kindergarteners in the United States Wen-Chun Wang The Use of Duplicate Toys to Improve Nonverbal Communication for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders Donna Alaimo 4:00-5:15 Workshop: Play Therapy [Sinclair Suite] JoAnna White, Kay Draper, Elizabeth Willingham, Kelli Ritter, Caroline Mashburn Solis Paper Session: Child’s Play [Lanier Suite] What do children do in the sand pit? A look at gender, age, and materials Stacey French-Lee, Olga Jarrett, Nermin Bulunuz, and Mizrap Bulunuz What happens when Scruffy wants to play? Children’s bonds with Animals Sarah Bexell Play for English as a Second Language (ESL) Children Jessica Bailor 5:30-7:00 Reception and discussion with past presidents on play research: past, present, and future Evening TASP leadership meeting, continued if necessary. Friday, February 20, Georgia State University Student Center 8:30-9:00 Registration, second floor Student Center 9:00-10:15 Paper Session: Child-Toy Interactions [Sinclair Suite] Communicative Actions and Language Narratives in Preschoolers Play with “Talking” and “Non-talking” Rescue Heroes Doris Bergen Traditional toys: Preference of children in a kindergarten Judite Cruz, Vania Pereira, Beatriz Oliveira Pereira Traditional and Modern Toys in the Playground of Portuguese Nursery Schools Beatriz Oliveira Pereira, Luisa Peixoto, Judite Cruz Paper Session: Play in Diverse Cultures [Lanier Suite] Games and Songs of the Border John Sutterby, Regina Linck, Angelina Arrona, Sandra Murillo Traditional Play: Chinese and Turkish Examples Riza Ulker and Wei Gu Perception of Play in Turkish Culture Aynur Oksal 10:15-10:45 Coffee Break – Child Development Center 10:45-12:00 Paper Session: Child/Adult/Family Playfulness [Sinclair Suite] Play as a Means of Parent-Child Interaction Aynur Oksal Family Fun as Reported by Rural Low-Income Women Susan Churchill Childhood Playfulness as a Predictor of Adult Playfulness and Creativity: A longitudinal study Aleysha Casas Rieser and Cosby Steele Rogers Paper Session: Sports [Lanier Suite] Race, Class, Sex, and the Whole Nine Yards Vera Stenhouse Playing at Work and Working at Play: Experiential ethnography and self in bodybuilding subculture Anne Bolin Playing at Work and Working at Play: Transformations of self-Tri-ing to be Jane Granskog 12:00-1:00 Lunch (on your own) 1:00-2:30 Paper Session: Play, Teachers, and Teacher Education [Sinclair Suite] Is it fun? Air pressure experiments in a teacher education program Mizrap Bulunuz Student Teachers’ Intern Experiences of Applying Play Theory into Practice in Taiwanese Kindergartens Pei-Yu Chang American and Japanese Teachers’ Perceptions of Play Satomi Izumi Taylor, Cosby Steele Rogers, Arleen T. Dodd, Toshiko Kaneda, Iku Nagasaki, Yasuhiro Watanabe, Toru Goshiki Reflections on Playing with Ideas Judy Madewell and Ellen Biderman Panel: Animal Play [Lanier Suite] A Discussion of the Role of Play in the Socialization and Well-being of Captive Exotic Species Mollie Bloomsmith, Steven Ross and Susan Lambeth Michael Hoff Lisa Parr Megan Wilson Meredith Bashaw Terry Maple, Discussant 2:45-4:00 Symposium: The Theory and Practice of Play [Sinclair Suite] Brian Sutton-Smith and Joseph R. Loftin Issues in Play [Lanier Suite] Development of an Instrument for Measuring Treatment Fidelity of a Therapeutic Play-Based Intervention Diane Parham The Social Foundations of the Expressive: Comments on Emile Durkheim Tom Henricks When Play Hurts: The appropriation of Native American images and behaviors as good clean fun. Vera Stenhouse 4:15-5:45 TASP business meeting [Sinclair Suite] Business of the organization, announcements from other organizations committed to play, and presidential address. All are encouraged to attend whether or not they are members of TASP. Refreshments included. 7:00 Banquet, Mary Mac’s Tea Room (Cost $25) Family Style Southern Cooking – All you can eat “The Real Doc Hollywood salutes play” Speaker: Dr. Neil Shuleman, Emory University Medical School Door prizes and fun for all Saturday, February 21, Georgia State University Student Center 8:30-9:00 Registration, second floor Student Center 9:00-10:15 Active Play [Sinclair Suite] From Policy to Practice: Strategies for advocating rough and tumble play, outdoor recess, and active indoor learning environments for early childhood and elementary students Dee Stegelin and Tom Reed Outdoor Play: A thing of the past? Rhonda Clements Physical Activity Levels during Free Play and Physical Education John A. Sutterby, Pei-San Brown, Candra Thornton Play in Informal Settings [Lanier Suite] Key elements of UK’s Boredom Busters Play Days Anna-Marie Millbank A Unique after School Public Health Initiative in the Inner City Using Tutoring, Mentoring, and Structured Play for Middle School Children Walter R. Thompson, Jimmy Calloway 10:30-11:45 Symposium on Recess [Sinclair Suite] Panel on Recess Research, Advocacy, and Policy Rhonda Clements Deanna Ryan Sally Harrell Lisa Coronado Olga Jarrett Workshop: Play Around the World: Child-Made Toys [Lanier Suite] Sharon Mnich, World Play 12:00-1:30 Lunch discussions –Lunch buffet included Inner City children: What is happening to play? [Sinclair Suite] Panelists: Lucretia Peyton-Stewart (to be confirmed) Jimmy Calloway Stacey French-Lee Phillip Alexander-Cox Exhibit on Child-made Toys Around the World [Lanier Suite] Discussion with Sharon Mnich 1:30-2:30 Workshop: Exploring Perspectives Through the Wonder of Block Play [Lanier Suite] Walter Drew 1:30-5:00 Field trip on animal play to the Yerkes Primate Field Station in Lawrenceville, 45 minutes drive from downtown. The primates live in groups outdoors. They are breeding colonies and also used for research. Dress warmly. Price includes the minibus. ($12) Limited to 25 people. 2:30-5:00 Other Field trips to: Imagine It (Atlanta’s new children’s museum) $12 admission, a few blocks walk from the hotel) The Center for Puppetry Arts – exhibit of puppets around the world – ($5 for museum, $8 for museum and children’s puppet show, plus MARTA or taxi) SciTrek – science museum with a traveling exhibit on candy ($5.75 plus MARTA or a walk from the hotel) Botanical Gardens – includes a new children’s garden ($6 plus taxi) Sign up for field trips at registration (the earlier the better). Prices listed for the museums are half price tickets that we will purchase on Friday.   Printable Forms Organized Symposium/Panel Coversheet  TASP Conference Registration Form