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Hopscotch modernism: on everyday life and the blurring of art and social science

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posted on 2023-06-08, 06:53 authored by Ben HighmoreBen Highmore
From a remarkably innovative point of departure, Ben Highmore (University of Sussex) suggests that modernist literature and art were not the only cultural practices concerned with reclaiming the everyday and imbuing it with significance. At the same time, Roger Caillois was studying the spontaneous interactions involved in games such as hopscotch, while other small scale institutions such as the Pioneer Health Centre in Peckham, London attempted to reconcile systematic study and knowledge with the non-systematic exchanges in games and play. Highmore suggests that such experiments comprise a less-often recognised `modernist heritage¿, and argues powerfully for their importance within early-twentieth century anthropology and the newly-emerged field of cultural studies.

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  • Published

Journal

Modernist Cultures

ISSN

2041-1022

Publisher

Edinburgh University Press

Issue

1

Volume

2

Page range

70-79

Pages

10.0

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  • Media and Film Publications

Notes

Modernism and the Everyday special issue

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2012-02-06

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