• Title: Toy Theory: Technology and Imagination in Play
• Author(s) Seth Giddings
• Publisher: The MIT Press (November 5, 2024); eBook (Creative Commons Licensed)
• License(s): Creative Commons License (CC)
• Paperback: 286 pages
• eBook: PDF and PDF Files
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0262548216
• ISBN-13: 978-0262548212
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Book Description

A novel interpretation of the history and theory of technology from the perspective of toys, play, and play objects.

This book addresses the relationships between toys and technology in two distinct but overlapping ways: first, as underexamined cultural artifacts and behaviors with significant technical attributes and, second, as playful and toylike dimensions of technology at large.

• Seth Giddings teaches postdigital culture and creative technologies at Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton.

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