Exploring play experiences through a post-phenomenological approach

Jesper Falck Legaard

doi:10.1016/j.destud.2025.101315

Exploring play experiences through a post-phenomenological approach

Bidragets oversatte titel: En udforskning af lege oplevelser gennem en post-fænomenologisk tilgang

Jesper Falck Legaard

Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › peer review

Abstract

Med et primært fokus på genstande beregnet til leg præsenterer artiklen en tilgang til at forstå, hvordan artefakter former menneske-verden-relationer, ved at trække på fænomenologiske og postfænomenologiske forståelser af en legeoplevelse. Artiklen henter indsigt fra et legeeksperiment med 22 designstuderende, der fik til opgave at bygge en Rube Goldberg-inspireret kreation. Efter opgaven skrev de studerende personlige anekdoter, hvorfra centrale temaer og indsigter blev uddraget. Disse blev analyseret, først ved hjælp af fortolkende fænomenologisk analyse og derefter ved at anvende Ihdes ramme, der afspejler, hvordan genstande kan fungere som formidlere af menneske-verden-relationer. Artiklen bidrager til en forståelse af, hvordan design af genstande beregnet til leg kan forme menneske-verden-relationer, forklaret gennem et postfænomenologisk perspektiv.

Bidragets oversatte titel	En udforskning af lege oplevelser gennem en post-fænomenologisk tilgang
Originalsprog	Engelsk
Tidsskrift	Design Studies
Vol/bind	98
ISSN	0142-694X
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.destud.2025.101315
Status	Udgivet - maj 2025

Emneord

Design
Play
Phenomenology

Kunstnerisk udviklingsvirksomhed (KUV)

Nej

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10.1016/j.destud.2025.101315

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