Äntligen har antologin Playground Worlds kommit som pdf. Det är en ambitiös samling texter om levande rollspel, redigerad av radarparet Markus Montola / Jaakko Stenros. Det finns mycket att hämta. Själv skrev jag om lajv som en antimodern kultur utifrån Hannah Arendts Vita Activa.

Widing gives us this year’s application of “take philosopher X and apply his/her thoughts on larp”. This time its Arendt, and Gabriel indeed manages to deal with the points of social criticism, alienation and larp quite well. Given the subject matters of capitalism, individuality and temporary spaces, I nevertheless would have liked a few steps outside just one line of thought – for example, also referencing Deleuze & Guattari would have added a lot of strength to this article.

- J. Tuomas Harviainen

A deeply philosophical piece about modern life and the function of larp in it, drawing on the thought-provoking work of exiled Jewish-German philosopher Hannah Arendt. Discusses the value of larp as an antidote for the alienation of modern life in industrialised societies, and reminds me of a piece I read recently discussing the Harajuku Kids in Tokyo, who also dress up and create a social space away from "reality". An affecting article that may get you thinking about much more than larp.

- Ryan Paddy, RPG.net

Rekommenderar även Andies artikel "High Resolution Larping: Enabling Subtlety at Totem and Beyond" och J. Tuomas Harviainen "Kaprow’s Scions" om lajv som en sorts fortsättning på happeningkulturen (eller "händare", som det kallades i Sverige när det kom i början av sextiotalet).

I år ska Interacting Arts sätta ihop antologin till Knutpunkt.

/Gabriel Widing

Andra bloggar om lajv, Hannah Arendt, rollspel, larp, levande rollspel.