Articles

Articles and papers

This is a list of published articles and papers, most of which are directly downloadable or linked to the download on the publisher's web site.

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CHAPTERS AND ARTICLES IN BOOKS:
• 'String Games in Australia' in Seal, G. & Gall, J. (eds), Antipodean Traditions: Australian Folklore in the 21st Century, Black Swan Press, Perth, 2011
• 'Digne de Respect: L'espace laisse au jeu enfantin', 'With Respect: Adult Contexts for Children's Play' (with Gwenda Beed Davey) in Arleo, A. & Delalande, J. (eds), Colloque Cultures Enfantines: Universalite et diversite, Presses Universitaires de Rennes (PUR) 2010
• Two articles - 'Jacks', 'Marbles' - in the Encyclopedia of Play in Today's Society, Rodney P. Carlisle (ed), SAGE publications, California, USA, 2009

PAPERS:
• The Hidden Heritage of the Schoolyard, paper presented to the international sumposium 'Classroom to Campus: the heritage of modern education', University of Melbourne, November 2012.
• Play Today, short paper to the National Folk Festival Play Forum, Canberra, A.C.T., 24 March 2008.
• With Respect: adult contexts for children's play (with Gwenda Beed Davey), paper presented to conference 'Children's Cultures: Universality & Diversity', University de Nantes, France, 15-17 March, 2007.

JOURNAL ARTICLES:
• 'From Playground to Patient: reflections on a traditional games program in a paediatric hospital' in the International Journal of Play, Vol. 2, No. 3, 2013
• 'Beach Bums, Bloodsuckers and Ice Cream Jellies' in Play and Folklore, No 59, April 2013
• 'From the Cradle to the Grave: Sister Lindsey and the Blind Babies' Nursery' in Communities of Memory, Journal of the Oral History Association of Australia, No. 34, 2012
• 'The Cat and Mouse Game' in Teacher, No 223, August 2011, Australian Council for Educational Research, Camberwell
• 'The Cat and Mouse' in Play and Folklore, No 55, April 2011
• 'Norwegian and Australian Clapping Rhymes' in Play and Folklore, No 54, November 2010
• 'Tops, Tales & Granny's False Teeth: Twenty Years On' in Play and Folklore, No 53, April 2010
• 'With Respect: Adult Contexts for Children's Play' (with Gwenda Beed Davey) in Play and Folklore, No 50, April 2008
• 'Small Mysteries of Life' in Folklife News, Vol 7 No 4, Summer 2001, reprinted in Play and Folklore, No 41, December 2001
• 'Rules and Steps for Jacks (Knucklebones)' in Folklife News, Vol 7 No 3, Spring 2001
• 'Two Toodlembucks' short article in Play and Folklore, No 40, July 2001
• 'Songs with Pictures' in Play and Folklore, No 40, July 2001
• 'Riddle-me-ree' in Folklife News, Vol 7 No 2, Winter 2001
• 'A POG By Any Other Name...' in Folklife News, Vol 7 No 1, Autumn 2001
• 'Peach, Pear, Plum: a game of our times?' in Play and Folklore, No 39, December 2000
• 'Kidspeak: an interview with Dr. June Factor' in Folklife News, Vol 6 No 4, Summer 2000
• 'Can I Have Your Autograph?' in Folklife News, Vol 6 No 3, Spring 2000
• 'Dipping Into Oral Tradition' in Folklife News, Vol 6 No 2, Winter 2000
• 'Elastics, Part 2' in Folklife News, Vol 6 No 1, Autumn 2000
• 'Play in Papua New Guinea', in Play and Folklore, No 37, December 1999
• 'Elastics, Part 1' in Folklife News, Vol 5 No 4, Summer 1999
• 'The Australian Children's Folklore Collection - A New Home' in Folklife News, Vol 5 No 3, Spring 1999
• 'Dibs, Dobs, Chucks and Snobs: the game of Jacks through the ages' in Folklife News, Vol 5 No 2, Winter 1999, reprinted in Play and Folklore, No 38, July 2000
• 'Fun And Games In Museum Victoria' (with Julie Stevens), in Play and Folklore, No. 36, July,1999
• 'Knuckling Down in the '90s', in Folklife News, Vol 5 No 1, Autumn 1999
• 'Just Mucking Around' in Folklife News, Vol 4 No 4, Spring 1998
• 'Aboriginal Children's Play Project' in Play and Folklore, No 34, July 1998
• 'Computer Games or Games on Computer?' in Play and Folklore, No 32, August 1997
• 'Playing in Thailand' in Australian Children's Folklore Newsletter, No 29, December 1995 (now Play and Folklore)
• 'Tops, Tales, and Granny's False Teeth: children's traditional play in a paediatric hospital' in Australian Children's Folklore Newsletter, No 18, July 1990 (now Play and Folklore)