Scope of the conference
The conference brings together people,
perspectives and practices from around the world on play, with a focus on the
Indian experience. Traditional societies have a rich heritage of games and
diverse cultural practices that provide opportunities for its members to
develop their intrinsic interests and competencies, learn social skills and behaviours, regulate and express their emotions, socialise and experience joy. In addition, several innovative play
initiatives have emerged in the area of child and youth development work,
especially in the context of living with poverty, marginalisation, conflicts and other adverse
conditions. Several other play-based initiatives seek to enhance learning
outcomes, social domain goals or bring about change using play and creative
mediums. While some of these people, perspectives and practices are well-known
and celebrated, a vast majority of them are not known. The objective of the
conference is to bring together these voices, to celebrate them, to learn from
them and to begin the path towards assimilating them to further the knowledge
on how play facilitates fuller lives, mediates active learning and better
change outcomes.
Conference details
Venue: Christ
University, Bengaluru, India
Date: April 7 & 8, 2017
Time: 09.30 a.m. to 06.00 p.m.
Registration details (Registration fee includes conference
kit, lunch and tea)
Early bird registration
(INR): Rupees 1000 (Early bird
registration closes on March 24, 2017)
On the spot registration
INR: Rupees 1500
Note: Discount of 50
percent is applicable for students on providing valid college ID proof
Details of bank account to pay the registration fees
Name
of the institution: CHRIST
UNIVERSITY
Name
of the bank: THE SOUTH INDIAN BANK
LTD.
Branch:
CHRIST UNIVERSITY
Type
of account: SAVINGS
Account No.: 0396053000015000
MICR code: 560059010
IFSC:
SIBL0000396
Swift code: SOININ55
Organising
committee
Dr. Naveen I. Thomas
Secretary,
Headstreams
Bengaluru – 560008, India
Email:
naveen@headstreams.org
Dr. Aneesh Kumar P.
Assistant
Professor, Department of Psychology,
Christ
University, Bengaluru – 560029, India
Email:
aneesh.kumar@christuniversity.in
Dr. Rajani M. Konantambigi
Professor,
School of Human Ecology
Tata
Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai – 400088, India
Email:
rajanimk@tiss.edu
