Daydreaming of Ping-Pong Publics – The Rhythms, Sociality & Play around a Table

van Duppen, Jan (2021). Daydreaming of Ping-Pong Publics – The Rhythms, Sociality & Play around a Table. In: Christodoulidou, Marina; Savvides, Era; Vanezis, Evagoras and Varnavas, Nasios eds. Anachoresis: Upon Inhabiting Distances. Berlin: Archive Books, pp. 101–105.

Abstract

This text reflects on several instances of publics being constituted around table tennis tables in different social-spatial settings by making use of personal memory, ethnographic observation, and a photo book. Whilst looking forward to a pandemic reconfigured world, I hope that my dwellings on daydreams of ping pong publics spark us to relearn how to relate to others in the city and recuperate a sense of play in our daily environments.

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• 81306
• Item Type
• Book Section
• ISBN
• 3-948212-75-9, 978-3-948212-75-9
• Keywords
• play; sociality; public space; table tennis; Covid-19 pandemic; lock-down; London; creative city; rhythm; Kings Cross; urban redevelopment; Cyprus Pavilion, 17th Architecture Biennale in Venice; architecture; inhabiting distance
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• Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) > Engineering and Innovation
  Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
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• Design and Innovation
  OpenSpace Research Centre (OSRC)
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• Jan van Duppen