Why do we work this much? Even hunters and gatherers had shorter work days than us. Play is the crucial ingredient for breakthroughs and new ideas, so why don't we do it more? This is the first in the series to deconstruct how we got here. Full series can be read on https://www.yourlocalanthropologist.com/

Why do we work this much? Even hunters and gatherers had shorter work days than us. Play is the crucial ingredient for breakthroughs and new ideas, so why don't we do it more? This is the first in the series to deconstruct how we got here. Full series can be read on https://www.yourlocalanthropologist.com/

Utopia of Play: in the beginning there was labour

Utopia of Play - an anthropological lens on the modern workplace - exploring play, work, and the worlds we can build when we stop to edit the script. 
Each episode weaves together personal experience, academic insight, and cultural analysis to trace how we resist invisible rules, reclaim agency, and begin to edit the scripts we’ve inherited.
For anyone who's ever felt slightly out of step with the world's rhythm and wondered if that's a place worth pursuing.

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Utopia of Play - an anthropological lens on the modern workplace - exploring play, work, and the worlds we can build when we stop to edit the script. Each episode weaves together personal experience, academic insight, and cultural analysis to trace how we resist invisible rules, reclaim agency, and begin to edit the scripts we’ve inherited. For anyone who's ever felt slightly out of step with the world's rhythm and wondered if that's a place worth pursuing.

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