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SUMMARY:Australian Play Summit - Bathurst: Live Stream
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  "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"><html><body><h2>This s
 eminar in Bathurst will be a "Live Stream" from th
 e Brisbane Play Summit</h2>\n \n <h2>Round 3 Summi
 ts – 14-23 October 2026  </h2>\n \n <h2>with Dr We
 ndy Russell </h2>\n \n <h2>"Exploring Play and Wel
 lbeing and the Concept of Spatial Justice". </h2>\
 n \n <p><b>Perth -  Thursday 15 October  9.30 till
  12.30 pm   Venue: Guildford Grammar School</b></p
 >\n \n <p><b>Melbourne  - Monday 19 October.    Ve
 nue: LIbrary at the Dock.  </b></p>\n \n <p><b>Bri
 sbane - Thursday 22 October. 9.30 - 12.30pm    Ven
 ue: Griffith University\, Southbank. </b></p>\n \n
  <p><b>Bathurst - Thursday 22 October. 10.30 - 1.3
 0pm   Venue:  Bathurst Early Childhood Interventio
 n                                                 
                                      Service\, Cha
 rles Sturt University\, Bathurst</b></p>\n \n <p><
 b>Sydney - Friday 23 October   Venue: TBC</b></p>\
 n \n <p><b>Some regional venues and other location
 s we are live streaming on Thursday 22nd October f
 rom Brisbane. Contact Info@playaustralia.org.au if
  you have a venue and would like to facilitate a s
 ession.</b></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 c
 hildren’s play focuses on the politics of space\, 
 and playwork. She is a co-founder of the biennial 
 international Philosophy at Play conference and is
  on the editorial board of the International Journ
 al of Play.</p>\n \n <p>Critical cartography\, as 
 developed by Wendy\, treats mapping not as a way o
 f recording places but as a way of revealing the r
 elationships\, power dynamics and material conditi
 ons that shape opportunities for play. Through cre
 ative\, deliberately ‘inefficient’ mapping\, story
 ing and diagramming\, Critical Cartography helps p
 ractitioners to reflect on and reimagine play spac
 es\, supporting more equitable\, playful and respo
 nsive environments. <a href="https://www.glos.ac.u
 k/play-research-laboratory/#critical-cartography" 
 rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" title="h
 ttps://www.glos.ac.uk/play-research-laboratory/#cr
 itical-cartography">Read more…</a></p>\n \n <p>Wen
 dy’s research into therapeutic playwork explores h
 ow children\, playworkers\, materials\, animals an
 d spaces come together to create conditions of saf
 ety\, joy and self-directed play within therapeuti
 c settings. By combining creative mapping with non
 -linear evaluation methods\, it demonstrates the v
 alue of play as a relational\, process-based form 
 of care while providing meaningful evidence of its
  impact beyond conventional outcome measures. <a h
 ref="https://www.glos.ac.uk/play-research-laborato
 ry/#therapeutic-playwork" rel="noreferrer noopener
 " target="_blank" title="https://www.glos.ac.uk/pl
 ay-research-laboratory/#therapeutic-playwork">Read
  more…</a></p>\n \n <p>Wendy has played a leading 
 role in developing the Play Sufficiency Duty in Wa
 les\, creating practical\, relational tools that h
 elp local authorities assess and improve the condi
 tions that enable children to play. Wendy has guid
 ed play policy and practice in Wales and promotes 
 play sufficiency internationally. <a href="https:/
 /www.glos.ac.uk/play-research-laboratory/#play-suf
 ficiency" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank
 " title="https://www.glos.ac.uk/play-research-labo
 ratory/#play-sufficiency">Read more…</a></p>\n \n 
 <p align="center" class="font-claude-response-body
 " style="text-align:center\;"><span style="font-si
 ze:12pt\;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Rom
 an'\, serif\;"><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></span></span></p>\n \n <p align=
 "center" class="font-claude-response-body" style="
 text-align:center\;"><span style="font-size:12pt\;
 "><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'\, ser
 if\;">THIS PROJECT IS AN INITIATIVE OF PLAY AUSTRA
 LIA.</span></span></p>\n \n <p align="center" clas
 s="font-claude-response-body" style="text-align:ce
 nter\;"><span style="font-size:12pt\;"><span style
 ="font-family:'Times New Roman'\, serif\;">WE APPR
 ECIATE THE SUPPORT OF DELEGATE REGISTRATION FEES I
 N FUNDING THIS INITIATIVE.</span></span></p></body
 ></html>
DESCRIPTION:This seminar in Bathurst will be a "Live Stream" f
 rom the Brisbane Play Summit\n \n \n Round 3 Summi
 ts – 14-23 October 2026  \n \n \n with Dr Wendy Ru
 ssell \n \n \n "Exploring Play and Wellbeing and t
 he Concept of Spatial Justice". \n \n \n Perth -  
 Thursday 15 October  9.30 till 12.30 pm   Venue: G
 uildford Grammar School\n \n \n \n Melbourne  - Mo
 nday 19 October.    Venue: LIbrary at the Dock.  \
 n \n \n \n Brisbane - Thursday 22 October. 9.30 - 
 12.30pm    Venue: Griffith University\, Southbank.
  \n \n \n \n Bathurst - Thursday 22 October. 10.30
  - 1.30pm   Venue:  Bathurst Early Childhood Inter
 vention                                           
                                            Service
 \, Charles Sturt University\, Bathurst\n \n \n \n 
 Sydney - Friday 23 October   Venue: TBC\n \n \n \n
  Some regional venues and other locations we are l
 ive streaming on Thursday 22nd October from Brisba
 ne. Contact Info@playaustralia.org.au if you have 
 a venue and would like to facilitate a session.\n 
 \n \n \n About Wendy\n \n \n \n Dr Wendy Russell i
 s a Senior Research Fellow and an independent rese
 archer. Her research into children’s play focuses 
 on the politics of space\, and playwork. She is a 
 co-founder of the biennial international Philosoph
 y at Play conference and is on the editorial board
  of the International Journal of Play.\n \n \n \n 
 Critical cartography\, as developed by Wendy\, tre
 ats mapping not as a way of recording places but a
 s a way of revealing the relationships\, power dyn
 amics and material conditions that shape opportuni
 ties for play. Through creative\, deliberately ‘in
 efficient’ mapping\, storying and diagramming\, Cr
 itical Cartography helps practitioners to reflect 
 on and reimagine play spaces\, supporting more equ
 itable\, playful and responsive environments. Read
  more… (https://www.glos.ac.uk/play-research-labor
 atory/#critical-cartography)\n \n \n \n Wendy’s re
 search into therapeutic playwork explores how chil
 dren\, playworkers\, materials\, animals and space
 s come together to create conditions of safety\, j
 oy and self-directed play within therapeutic setti
 ngs. By combining creative mapping with non-linear
  evaluation methods\, it demonstrates the value of
  play as a relational\, process-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 practical\, relational to
 ols that help local authorities assess and improve
  the conditions that enable children to play. Wend
 y has guided play policy and practice in Wales and
  promotes play sufficiency internationally. Read m
 ore… (https://www.glos.ac.uk/play-research-laborat
 ory/#play-sufficiency)\n \n \n \n Together\, in 20
 26\, we will chart a path forward for developing a
  comprehensive national agenda for play in Austral
 ia—one that recognizes children's right to play no
 t as a luxury\, but as essential to their health\,
  wellbeing\, and development.\n \n \n \n THIS PROJ
 ECT IS AN INITIATIVE OF PLAY AUSTRALIA.\n \n \n \n
  WE APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT OF DELEGATE REGISTRATIO
 N FEES IN FUNDING THIS INITIATIVE.\n \n 
CATEGORIES:Seminar
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
DTSTAMP;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261022T103000
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261022T103000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261022T133000
LOCATION:Bathurst Early Childhood Intervention Service (BEC
 IS)\n Building 1439 Charles Sturt University\n Pan
 orama Ave\n Bathurst\, NSW 2795\n Australia\n 
URL:https://www.playaustralia.org.au/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=639
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