Mar 11, 2024 | playwork campference, Playwork Conference
By Pop-Ups Zan It is no understatement to say that we have worked with a lot of different people, from different places, all at different points in their lives. We are constantly inspired by these folks – their ability to interpret playwork, their passion for...
Nov 13, 2023 | campference
California, Texas, Online, Online… Istanbul! Close observers may have noticed our first announcements online, that the 2024 Campference will be hosted with our marvellous friends at Superpool in Istanbul. We wanted to talk a little bit about that choice and what...
Dec 31, 2022 | Reflections, Zan
We’ve come to the end of the year and it’s been a little more of a pensive year than usual. I’d like to reflect on the year for myself, and share a little about what’s been going on. Meeting Our Own Needs Pop-Up Adventure Play has spent the last 12 years working to...
Sep 8, 2022 | campference
We are very pleased to announce our keynote speakers for the Playwork Virtual Campference 2022. Below you will find introductions and bios from Aby, Zeynep and Sara – some lovely folks whom we have personally met and worked with! We can’t wait for you to...
Sep 8, 2022 | campference
We’re very pleased to announce that we are co-hosting the Playwork Virtual Campference 2022 on 15th October 2022 @12pm-4pm EST. Cost: $10-$50. Financial Assistance available. Registration form here. It’s good to ask yourself every so often, why are we doing...
Dec 7, 2021 | Morgan, Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds
I’ve struggled to write about Campference, both before and after it actually happened. I had ‘wheelbarrows full of potatoes’ written on a piece of card that I carried around for nearly a year. It was intended as the seed of a blog post on the most recent (and by far,...
Aug 12, 2021 | Pop-up Adventure Playgrounds
There are some scenes I will forever associate with Campference… talking around the fire, watching sparks fly up while people laughed. Pushing wheelbarrows full of potatoes around. Seeing folks who have been emailing for months or years, finally meet face to face. If...