NOTE: This is a intro post - regular blog updates are below
Pat Kane, Director of The Play Ethic, writes: Below the fold is a sample of what we've gotten up to with the Play Ethic over the last few years.
Everything from literary reviews to scientific seminars, futurist curating to keynote speaking; both re-storying organisations in crisis, and facilitating celebrations of excellence.
If your institution, business or network needs to think more deeply about play, innovation, creativity and the future, please contact me at any of these addresses:
Mail: [email protected]. Twitter: @theplayethic. LinkedIn: Pat Kane.
Facebook: The Play Ethic. General website: patkane.global
2014-15 - A huge 18 months...
FUTUREFEST: my second lead-curator stint at the head of Nesta's festival of the future concluded with a triumphant weekend over 14-15 March, 2015 - full report here.
EUROPEAN TRAVELS: Facilitated and blogged for the HERA conference in Dubrovnik (see material here), and spoke at the Danube Institute's "The Future of the European Left" conference in Budapest (see agenda here)
YESSCOTLAND: I spent a good part of 2014 executing my campaign, cultural and strategic duties as a member of the advisory board for Yes Scotland, the main organisation advocating for a Yes vote in the Scottish referendum of 18th Sept, 2014. We didn't win... but an extraordinary learning experience about community engagement and use of social media. See my BBC essay for the cultural impact, and Thoughtland for other material.
...WHAT WILL 2015 BE LIKE?
Please dig into this site - there's a good decade of multi-media advocacy and exploration of the power and potential of play here! And don't hesitate to contact me from any of the addresses above, if you think I can help you out.
Best wishes, and play well,
Pat Kane
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2012/13 WAS--NONSTOP...
FUTUREFEST: a two-day London celebration of possibilities and forecasts heading towards 2050, hosted by Nesta. I was the lead curator of the event, working with CEO Geoff Mulgan from March 2012 to September 2013 (more here).
CREATIVE SCOTLAND's OPEN SESSIONS: a two-month public engagement process over March-April 2013, reconnecting disaffected Scottish artists and creatives with Scotland's government cultural agency, Creative Scotland. I designed the events, blogged them, and facilitated the public forums (more here).
CULTURAL ENCOUNTERS: I was event-designer, public blogger and a conference host at the Humanities European Research Area convention in Dubrovnik, Croatia, October 2013 (more here)
THOUGHT-LEADERSHIP IN PLAY, CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION:
"WHY WE PLAY" AT THE EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE FESTIVAL: I curated and hosted this event with Cambridge University's Patrick Bateson, playwork expert Wendy Russell, and play-games consultant Alex Fleetwood, in March 2013 (more here)
"THE PLAY ETHIC AND THE GOOD SOCIETY": My leading keynote at The Global Gathering for Early Childhood, Dublin, along with Stuart Brown, October 2013 (more here)
"RADICAL ANIMAL: PLAY, ECOLOGY AND HUMAN NATURE": My leading keynote at Quays Culture, Salford, October 2013 (more here)
"LUDDITES AND FOOLS": I spoke at How The Light Gets In, Hay-on-Wye's philosophy festival, on play and technology, June 2013 (more here)
"LOVE AND PLAY": I contributed to Radio3's "Nightwaves" programme, talking (and singing!) about links between play and love, with Esther Rantzen, A.L. Kenndey, and Dylan Evans (more here)
"THE STATE OF THE PLAY ETHIC": Interview with Dutch consumer trends magazine Viewpoint, end of 2012 (more here)
COMMENTARY ON SPORT ETHICS FOR THE GUARDIAN: on the poor play of the Chinese badminton team at the Olympics, and the intensities of Glasgow football rivalry
REVIEWING TECH & FUTURE BOOKS FOR THE INDEPENDENT: in 2012/13, I wrote about Evgeny Morozov and Jaron Lanier, Steven Johnson, Thomas Pynchon
...WHAT WILL 2014 BE LIKE?
Please dig into this site - there's a good decade of multi-media advocacy and exploration of the power and potential of play here! And don't hesitate to contact me from any of the addresses above, if you think I can help you out.
Best wishes, and play well,
Pat Kane
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