The Other Side of Play: Fear and Frustration in the Design, Consumption and Use of Construction Sets
The Other Side of Play: Fear and Frustration in the Design, Consumption and Use of Construction Sets
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游戏的另一面：建筑套件的设计、消费和使用中的恐惧和沮丧
DOI：
10.1093/jdh/epaa029
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发表时间：
2020
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0.2
通讯作者：
Artemis Yagou
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作者：
Artemis Yagou
游戏通常被认为是一种非常愉快和无压力的活动;然而，玩具设计和对技术未来的恐惧之间存在着强烈但被忽视的联系。在19世纪末和20世纪初，中产阶级儿童生产和推广的科技玩具反映了成年人对新技术的巨大迷恋和对其影响的焦虑。不同类型的技术玩具不仅是玩具，而且是适应不断变化的社会和技术环境的工具。对孩子们来说，玩建筑玩具不仅是一种快乐，也是一种挫折。本文讨论了一系列与建筑玩具相关的负面情绪，并对迄今为止研究不足的游戏方面提供了见解。我们认为，技术性质的玩具提供了一个小规模和安全的环境，以测试与现代性的紧张和矛盾有关的做法和心态。
Play is typically considered to be a highly pleasurable and stress-free activity; nevertheless, there is a strong but neglected connection between toy design and the fear of a technological future. The production and promotion of technology-inspired toys for middle-class children in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries reflected both the great fascination of adults with new technology and their anxiety about its impact. Different types of technical toys were meant not only as playthings, but also as tools for coming to terms with a changing social and technological milieu. For children themselves, playing with construction sets could be a source not only of pleasure, but also of frustration. This essay discusses a range of negative emotions related to construction toys and offers insights into this hitherto under-researched aspect of play. We argue that toys of a technical nature offered a small-scale and safe environment for testing out practices and mentalities related to the tensions and contradictions of modernity.