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I began this research project carrying my one-year-old on my back: he now shaves, giving new meaning to the phrase longitudinal study. Along the way, many people have carried this project with me, providing support, humor, and encouragement for an offbeat, play-inspired major work. I am grateful to the University Press of Mississippi for taking on such an unusual multidisciplinary topic.
Initially supported by a Spencer Grant and a Mellon Award, the project blossomed at the University of Pennsylvania. A great player of ideas, Brian Sutton-Smith both challenged and encouraged this project. To him and to his colleagues, Roger Abrahams, Dan Ben-Amos, Frederick Erickson, Kenny Goldstein, Adam Kendon, and Robert Blair St. George, I offer my gratitude for their flexibility.
The University of the Arts supplied several faculty grants for digital equipment and art supplies that literally frame this study. My colleagues and my playful art students model many of the ideas in this book—the play of ideas is a serious art, and no one ever said it had to be boring.
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