International Day of Play celebration: Play, sustainability and transformation across Norway, Brazil, and beyond

What is play? What is the power of play? How can play be connected to sustainability? What can play mean across different cultural, pedagogical, and research contexts? What can play transform? 

This Barnkunne Knowledge Exchange brings together perspectives from Norway, Brazil, and beyond to explore play as a pedagogical, cultural, relational, and transformative force. This event also marks a belated celebration of the International Day of Play, inviting us to reflect on the meaning, power, and transformative possibilities of play across contexts.

Programme

13:30–13:40
Welcome and introduction: Czarecah Tuppil Oropilla

13:40–14:00
Gabriela Guarnieri de Campos Tebet: The power of children's play in socialization and social transformation*

14:00–14:20
Neide S. Campos Sampaio: Nurtured by the Forest: Traditional Play and Children's Connections with Nature in the Amazon*

14:20-14:30 Pause

14:30–15:00
Elin Eriksen Ødegaard: What does it mean to play?

15:00–15:30
Open forum and discussion

* These studies were financed in part by the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - Brasil (CAPES) - Finance Code 001