Jan 7, 2019 | Adventure Play at The Parish School, campference, Houston, interview, Jill Wood, playwork, Pop-Up Adventure Play
By ZanIn preparation for the first Playwork Campference in 2017, we interviewed US-based playworker and Director of Adventure Play at The Parish School, Jill Wood who we had invited to the event as a special guest. She was such a hit at the Campference that...
Nov 10, 2018 | adventure playground, Ali Wood, campference, children, children's rights, interview, photo, play, playwork, playworker, Pop-Up Adventure Play
By MorganAli Wood is a subtle but powerful force within the UK playwork scene, on par with magnets or the tides. In a field worryingly packed with macho posturing, she reminds everyone again and again to reflect, to listen with compassion, to think radically about...
Jun 22, 2016 | adventure play, adventure playground, campference, interview, photos, play, playwork
By MorganJill Wood is one of our favorite people. We first met her on the 2014 tour – she hugged us tight when we left, and has been a tremendous Friend to Pop-Ups ever since. Most recently, she put me up in her spare room for months while we worked...
Jun 6, 2016 | book, campference, interview, PhD, play, playwork, Professor Fraser Brown, Zan
By ZanAlthough we are both British, Fraser and I actually met in Atlanta, Georgia at the IPA/TASP conference in 2010. I presented about playrangers and he was one of the people who joined my audience. Soon after, I enrolled at Leeds Beckett University to study...
