American Journal of Play
The American Journal of Play is an interdisciplinary journal written for a diverse international readership.
View every issue of the American Journal of Play—beginning with its inaugural issue in 2008—for free.




The American Journal of Play is an interdisciplinary journal written for a diverse international readership.
View every issue of the American Journal of Play—beginning with its inaugural issue in 2008—for free.
The third issue of volume 14 of the American Journal of Play features an interview with distinguished educator Jackie Marsh, who discusses her career and groundbreaking research on children’s play practices in the digital age. The issue also includes articles that explore the collaborative creative gathering called jamming, nonplay at Norwegian early childhood education and care institutions, playing with G.I. Joe action figures, and idleness as a form of play and leisure.
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