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SUMMARY:Australian Play Summit - Sydney
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  "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"><html><body><p><strong
 >"Exploring Play and Wellbeing and the Concept of 
 Spatial Justice". </strong><br />\n  </p>\n \n <p>
 <strong>Perth -  Thursday 15 October  9.30 till 12
 .30 pm   Venue: Guildford Grammar School</strong><
 /p>\n \n <p><strong>Melbourne  - Monday 19 October
 .    Venue: LIbrary at the Dock.  </strong></p>\n 
 \n <p><strong>Brisbane - Thursday 22 October. 9.30
  - 12.30pm    Venue: Griffith University\, Southba
 nk. </strong></p>\n \n <p><strong>Bathurst - Thurs
 day 22 October. 10.30 - 1.30pm   </strong><b>Venue
 :  Bathurst Childhood Early Intervention          
                                                   
                           Services\, Charles Sturt
  University\, Bathurst</b></p>\n \n <p><strong>Syd
 ney - Friday 23 October   Venue: TBC</strong></p>\
 n \n <p><strong>Some regional venues and other loc
 ations we are live streaming on Thursday 22nd Octo
 ber from Brisbane. Contact Info@playaustralia.org.
 au if you have a venue and would like to facilitat
 e a session.</strong></p>\n \n <p><strong>"Explori
 ng Play and Wellbeing and the Concept of Spatial J
 ustice". <br />\n Perth -  Thursday 15 October  9.
 30 till 12.30 pm   Venue: Guildford Grammar School
 </strong></p>\n \n <p><strong>Melbourne  - Monday 
 19 October.    Venue: LIbrary at the Dock.  </stro
 ng></p>\n \n <p><strong>Brisbane - Thursday 22 Oct
 ober. 9.30 - 12.30pm    Venue: Griffith University
 \, Southbank. </strong></p>\n \n <p><strong>Bathur
 st - Thursday 22 October. 10.30 - 1.30pm   Venue: 
  TBC</strong></p>\n \n <p><strong>Sydney - Friday 
 23 October   Venue: TBC</strong></p>\n \n <p><stro
 ng>Some regional venues and other locations we are
  live streaming on Thursday 22nd October from Bris
 bane. Contact Info@playaustralia.org.au if you hav
 e a venue and would like to facilitate a session.<
 /strong></p>\n \n <p><b>About Wendy</b></p>\n \n <
 p>Dr Wendy Russell is a Senior Research Fellow and
  an independent researcher. Her research into chil
 dren’s play focuses on the politics of space\, and
  playwork. She is a co-founder of the biennial int
 ernational Philosophy at Play conference and is on
  the editorial board of the International Journal 
 of Play.</p>\n \n <p>Critical cartography\, as dev
 eloped by Wendy\, treats mapping not as a way of r
 ecording places but as a way of revealing the rela
 tionships\, power dynamics and material conditions
  that shape opportunities for play. Through creati
 ve\, deliberately ‘inefficient’ mapping\, storying
  and diagramming\, Critical Cartography helps prac
 titioners to reflect on and reimagine play spaces\
 , supporting more equitable\, playful and responsi
 ve environments. <a href="https://www.glos.ac.uk/p
 lay-research-laboratory/#critical-cartography" rel
 ="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" title="http
 s://www.glos.ac.uk/play-research-laboratory/#criti
 cal-cartography">Read more…</a></p>\n \n <p>Wendy’
 s research into therapeutic playwork explores how 
 children\, playworkers\, materials\, animals and s
 paces come together to create conditions of safety
 \, joy and self-directed play within therapeutic s
 ettings. By combining creative mapping with non-li
 near evaluation methods\, it demonstrates the valu
 e of play as a relational\, process-based form of 
 care while providing meaningful evidence of its im
 pact beyond conventional outcome measures. <a href
 ="https://www.glos.ac.uk/play-research-laboratory/
 #therapeutic-playwork" rel="noreferrer noopener" t
 arget="_blank" title="https://www.glos.ac.uk/play-
 research-laboratory/#therapeutic-playwork">Read mo
 re…</a></p>\n \n <p>Wendy has played a leading rol
 e in developing the Play Sufficiency Duty in Wales
 \, creating practical\, relational tools that help
  local authorities assess and improve the conditio
 ns that enable children to play. Wendy has guided 
 play policy and practice in Wales and promotes pla
 y sufficiency internationally. <a href="https://ww
 w.glos.ac.uk/play-research-laboratory/#play-suffic
 iency" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" t
 itle="https://www.glos.ac.uk/play-research-laborat
 ory/#play-sufficiency">Read more…</a></p>\n \n <p 
 align="center"><b>Together\, in 2026\, we will cha
 rt a path forward for developing a comprehensive n
 ational agenda for play in Australia—one that reco
 gnizes children's right to play not as a luxury\, 
 but as essential to their health\, wellbeing\, and
  development.</b></p>\n \n <p> </p>\n \n <p align=
 "center">THIS PROJECT IS AN INITIATIVE OF PLAY AUS
 TRALIA.</p>\n \n <p align="center">WE APPRECIATE T
 HE SUPPORT OF DELEGATE REGISTRATION FEES IN FUNDIN
 G THIS INITIATIVE.</p></body></html>
DESCRIPTION:"Exploring Play and Wellbeing and the Concept of S
 patial Justice". \n \n  \n \n \n \n Perth -  Thurs
 day 15 October  9.30 till 12.30 pm   Venue: Guildf
 ord Grammar School\n \n \n \n Melbourne  - Monday 
 19 October.    Venue: LIbrary at the Dock.  \n \n 
 \n \n Brisbane - Thursday 22 October. 9.30 - 12.30
 pm    Venue: Griffith University\, Southbank. \n \
 n \n \n Bathurst - Thursday 22 October. 10.30 - 1.
 30pm   Venue:  Bathurst Childhood Early Interventi
 on                                                
                                       Services\, C
 harles Sturt University\, Bathurst\n \n \n \n Sydn
 ey - Friday 23 October   Venue: TBC\n \n \n \n Som
 e regional venues and other locations we are live 
 streaming on Thursday 22nd October from Brisbane. 
 Contact Info@playaustralia.org.au if you have a ve
 nue and would like to facilitate a session.\n \n \
 n \n "Exploring Play and Wellbeing and the Concept
  of Spatial Justice". \n \n Perth -  Thursday 15 O
 ctober  9.30 till 12.30 pm   Venue: Guildford Gram
 mar School\n \n \n \n Melbourne  - Monday 19 Octob
 er.    Venue: LIbrary at the Dock.  \n \n \n \n Br
 isbane - Thursday 22 October. 9.30 - 12.30pm    Ve
 nue: Griffith University\, Southbank. \n \n \n \n 
 Bathurst - Thursday 22 October. 10.30 - 1.30pm   V
 enue:  TBC\n \n \n \n Sydney - Friday 23 October  
  Venue: TBC\n \n \n \n Some regional venues and ot
 her locations we are live streaming on Thursday 22
 nd October from Brisbane. Contact Info@playaustral
 ia.org.au if you have a venue and would like to fa
 cilitate a session.\n \n \n \n About Wendy\n \n \n
  \n Dr Wendy Russell is a Senior Research Fellow a
 nd an independent researcher. Her research into ch
 ildren’s play focuses on the politics of space\, a
 nd playwork. She is a co-founder of the biennial i
 nternational Philosophy at Play conference and is 
 on the editorial board of the International Journa
 l of Play.\n \n \n \n Critical cartography\, as de
 veloped by Wendy\, treats mapping not as a way of 
 recording places but as a way of revealing the rel
 ationships\, power dynamics and material condition
 s that shape opportunities for play. Through creat
 ive\, deliberately ‘inefficient’ mapping\, storyin
 g and diagramming\, Critical Cartography helps pra
 ctitioners to reflect on and reimagine play spaces
 \, supporting more equitable\, playful and respons
 ive environments. Read more… (https://www.glos.ac.
 uk/play-research-laboratory/#critical-cartography)
 \n \n \n \n Wendy’s research into therapeutic play
 work explores how children\, playworkers\, materia
 ls\, animals and spaces come together to create co
 nditions of safety\, joy and self-directed play wi
 thin therapeutic settings. By combining creative m
 apping with non-linear evaluation methods\, it dem
 onstrates the value of play as a relational\, proc
 ess-based form of care while providing meaningful 
 evidence of its impact beyond conventional outcome
  measures. Read more… (https://www.glos.ac.uk/play
 -research-laboratory/#therapeutic-playwork)\n \n \
 n \n Wendy has played a leading role in developing
  the Play Sufficiency Duty in Wales\, creating pra
 ctical\, relational tools that help local authorit
 ies assess and improve the conditions that enable 
 children to play. Wendy has guided play policy and
  practice in Wales and promotes play sufficiency i
 nternationally. Read more… (https://www.glos.ac.uk
 /play-research-laboratory/#play-sufficiency)\n \n 
 \n \n Together\, in 2026\, we will chart a path fo
 rward for developing a comprehensive national agen
 da for play in Australia—one that recognizes child
 ren's right to play not as a luxury\, but as essen
 tial to their health\, wellbeing\, and development
 .\n \n \n \n  \n \n \n \n THIS PROJECT IS AN INITI
 ATIVE OF PLAY AUSTRALIA.\n \n \n \n WE APPRECIATE 
 THE SUPPORT OF DELEGATE REGISTRATION FEES IN FUNDI
 NG THIS INITIATIVE.\n \n 
CATEGORIES:Seminar
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DTSTAMP;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261023T093000
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261023T093000
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LOCATION:Sydney CBD venue tbc\n Sydney\, NSW 2000\n Austral
 ia\n 
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