Finally, in ‘What Game Are We Playing? Narrative Work that Supports Gamblers’ (Ch12), Micaela Castiglioni and Carola Girotti trace the notion of play back to its philosophical origins, as a pursuit that is important to adults and children alike and made up of games of competition, chance, simulation and vertigo. Drawing upon European theorizations (from, for example, Huizinga and Caillois) gambling is clearly situated in the category of chance (Alea), as the authors explain, and this very act helps to reduce the associated stigma, as it becomes play gone wrong. The authors discuss the usefulness of narratives in capturing the essence of difficulties with recovering addicts in two Italian contexts, although they keep the actual narratives confidential in order to maintain anonymity.
Il contributo, in linea con il tema della conferenza (ESREA-Copenaghen) pone l'accento sui condizionamenti esercitati dalle narrazioni epocali, generazionali, sociali e culturali, ecc., dominanti. Quale il margine per l'adulto di oggi di inaugurare contro-narrazioni su di sè, gli altri e le esperienze che lo riguardano, dalle ricadute auto-educative? In particolare, l'attenzione è rivolta alle dipendenze dal gioco d'azzardo nella vita adulta: narrazione al tempo stesso, accettata e contrastata a più livelli e da più agenzie.
Castiglioni, M., Girotti, C. (2020). What game are we playing? Narrative work that supports gamblers [A che gioco stiamo giocando? Lavoro narrativo a sostegno dei giocatori d'azzardo]. In H.R. Wright, M. Hoyen (a cura di), Discourses We Live By Narratives of Educational and Social Endeavour [Discorsi che viviamo: narrazioni di sforzi educativi e sociali] (pp. 269-283). Open Book Publishers [10.11647/obp.0203.12].
What game are we playing? Narrative work that supports gamblers [A che gioco stiamo giocando? Lavoro narrativo a sostegno dei giocatori d'azzardo]
Castiglioni, M;
2020
Abstract
Finally, in ‘What Game Are We Playing? Narrative Work that Supports Gamblers’ (Ch12), Micaela Castiglioni and Carola Girotti trace the notion of play back to its philosophical origins, as a pursuit that is important to adults and children alike and made up of games of competition, chance, simulation and vertigo. Drawing upon European theorizations (from, for example, Huizinga and Caillois) gambling is clearly situated in the category of chance (Alea), as the authors explain, and this very act helps to reduce the associated stigma, as it becomes play gone wrong. The authors discuss the usefulness of narratives in capturing the essence of difficulties with recovering addicts in two Italian contexts, although they keep the actual narratives confidential in order to maintain anonymity.
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