ISCIA Seminar: Games and Play, Seminar 1, Humour as Play and the Politics of Social Cohesion, Jennalee Donian, March 6, 2026

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Prof Andrea Hurst


Professor of Philosophy

SARCHI Chair – ISCIA (Identities and Social Cohesion in Africa)

Nelson Mandela University

Office 103a, Eendrag Building (Bird Street Gallery) 

Bird Street Campus

Tel:  041-504 4848

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·                Please note that the sessions are automatically recorded and your participation in them indicates acknowledgement of this. Recordings will be uploaded to YouTube and archived on the ISCIA Website: https://isciachair.mandela.ac.za/

·                If you are not speaking, please switch your camera off and mute your microphone to cut out background noise.

·                Please post multiple short questions/comments rather than a long one.

·                The Chair will take note of comments and questions and will invite you to speak to them where feasible.

·                Please enable camera and microphone when invited to speak.

·                Please ensure that your mobile phone is on silent and that you are seated in a quiet area for the duration of the seminar.

 

Links to previous seminars in the series

Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 1: Humour as Play and the Politics of Social Cohesion https://youtu.be/jycbIbN7WMQ

 

 

 

 

Prof Andrea Hurst

Professor of Philosophy

SARCHI Chair – ISCIA (Identities and Social Cohesion in Africa)

Nelson Mandela University

Office 103a, Eendrag Building (Bird Street Gallery) 

Bird Street Campus

Tel:  041-504 4848

Email:  andrea.hurst@mandela.ac.za

Website: https://isciachair.mandela.ac.za/

 

 

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·                Please note that the sessions are automatically recorded and your participation in them indicates acknowledgement of this. Recordings will be uploaded to YouTube and archived on the ISCIA Website: https://isciachair.mandela.ac.za/

·                If you are not speaking, please switch your camera off and mute your microphone to cut out background noise.

·                Please post multiple short questions/comments rather than a long one.

·                The Chair will take note of comments and questions and will invite you to speak to them where feasible.

·                Please enable camera and microphone when invited to speak.

·                Please ensure that your mobile phone is on silent and that you are seated in a quiet area for the duration of the seminar.

 

Links to previous seminars in the series

Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 1: Humour as Play and the Politics of Social Cohesion https://youtu.be/jycbIbN7WMQ

Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 2: Somaterapia: an anarchist politics of infinite play https://youtu.be/sJkT948ITSQ



Prof Andrea Hurst

Professor of Philosophy

SARCHI Chair – ISCIA (Identities and Social Cohesion in Africa)

Nelson Mandela University

Office 103a, Eendrag Building (Bird Street Gallery) 

Bird Street Campus

Tel:  041-504 4848

Email:  andrea.hurst@mandela.ac.za

Website: https://isciachair.mandela.ac.za/

 

 

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·                Please note that the sessions are automatically recorded and your participation in them indicates acknowledgement of this. Recordings will be uploaded to YouTube and archived on the ISCIA Website: https://isciachair.mandela.ac.za/

·                If you are not speaking, please switch your camera off and mute your microphone to cut out background noise.

·                Please post multiple short questions/comments rather than a long one.

·                The Chair will take note of comments and questions and will invite you to speak to them where feasible.

·                Please enable camera and microphone when invited to speak.

·                Please ensure that your mobile phone is on silent and that you are seated in a quiet area for the duration of the seminar.

 

Links to previous seminars in the series

Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 1: Humour as play and the politics of social cohesion, Jennalee Donian https://youtu.be/jycbIbN7WMQ

Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 2: Somaterapia: an anarchist politics of infinite play, Aragorn Eloff https://youtu.be/sJkT948ITSQ

Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 3: Playfulness, education, and AI, Chris Kramer https://youtu.be/sJkT948ITSQ




Prof Andrea Hurst

Professor of Philosophy

SARCHI Chair – ISCIA (Identities and Social Cohesion in Africa)

Nelson Mandela University

Office 103a, Eendrag Building (Bird Street Gallery) 

Bird Street Campus

Tel:  041-504 4848

Email:  andrea.hurst@mandela.ac.za

Website: https://isciachair.mandela.ac.za/

 

 

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    • Please note that the sessions are automatically recorded and your participation in them indicates acknowledgement of this
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    • Please enable camera and microphone when invited to speak
    • Please ensure that your mobile phone is on silent and that you are seated in a quiet area for the duration of the seminar.

     

    Links to previous seminars in the series

    Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 1: Humour as play and the politics of social cohesion, Jennalee Donian https://youtu.be/jycbIbN7WMQ

    Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 2: Somaterapia: an anarchist politics of infinite play, Aragorn Eloff https://youtu.be/sJkT948ITSQ

    Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 3: Playfulness, education, and AI, Chris Kramer https://youtu.be/BgywaRFMiRE

    Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 4: Humanising medicine through creative play, Micaela Scholtz https://youtu.be/a2QTXNwyFac


     

     

    Prof Andrea Hurst

    Professor of Philosophy

    SARCHI Chair – ISCIA (Identities and Social Cohesion in Africa)

    Nelson Mandela University

    Office 103a, Eendrag Building (Bird Street Gallery) 

    Bird Street Campus

    Tel:  041-504 4848

    Email:  andrea.hurst@mandela.ac.za

    Website: https://isciachair.mandela.ac.za/

     

     

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      • Please note that the sessions are automatically recorded and your participation in them indicates acknowledgement of this
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      • Please enable camera and microphone when invited to speak
      • Please ensure that your mobile phone is on silent and that you are seated in a quiet area for the duration of the seminar.

       

      Links to previous seminars in the series

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 1: Humour as play and the politics of social cohesion, Jennalee Donian https://youtu.be/jycbIbN7WMQ

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 2: Somaterapia: an anarchist politics of infinite play, Aragorn Eloff https://youtu.be/sJkT948ITSQ

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 3: Playfulness, education, and AI, Chris Kramer https://youtu.be/BgywaRFMiRE

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 4: Humanising medicine through creative play, Micaela Scholtz https://youtu.be/a2QTXNwyFac


       

       

      Prof Andrea Hurst

      Professor of Philosophy

      SARCHI Chair – ISCIA (Identities and Social Cohesion in Africa)

      Nelson Mandela University

      Office 103a, Eendrag Building (Bird Street Gallery) 

      Bird Street Campus

      Tel:  041-504 4848

      Email:  andrea.hurst@mandela.ac.za

      Website: https://isciachair.mandela.ac.za/

       

       

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      ·       Please note that the sessions are automatically recorded and your participation in them indicates acknowledgement of this

      ·       Recordings will be uploaded to YouTube and archived on the ISCIA Website: https://isciachair.mandela.ac.za

      ·       If you are not speaking, please switch your camera off and mute your microphone to cut out background noise

      ·       Please enable camera and microphone when invited to speak

      ·       Please ensure that your mobile phone is on silent and that you are seated in a quiet area for the duration of the seminar.

       

      Links to previous seminars in the series

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 1: Humour as play and the politics of social cohesion, Jennalee Donian https://youtu.be/jycbIbN7WMQ

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 2: Somaterapia: an anarchist politics of infinite play, Aragorn Eloff https://youtu.be/sJkT948ITSQ

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 3: Playfulness, education, and AI, Chris Kramer https://youtu.be/BgywaRFMiRE

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 4: Humanising medicine through creative play, Micaela Scholtz https://youtu.be/a2QTXNwyFac

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 5: Games and freeplay: Ethical folly in an ambiguous world, Andrea Hurst https://youtu.be/TGkxuY7Vl-0?si=p6KJAhl2_LOmZEsZ

       

       

       

      Prof Andrea Hurst

      Professor of Philosophy

      SARCHI Chair – ISCIA (Identities and Social Cohesion in Africa)

      Nelson Mandela University

      Office 103a, Eendrag Building (Bird Street Gallery) 

      Bird Street Campus

      Tel:  041-504 4848

      Email:  andrea.hurst@mandela.ac.za

      Website: https://isciachair.mandela.ac.za/

       

       

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      ·       Please enable camera and microphone when invited to speak

      ·       Please ensure that your mobile phone is on silent and that you are seated in a quiet area for the duration of the seminar.

       

      Links to previous seminars in the series

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 1: Humour as play and the politics of social cohesion, Jennalee Donian https://youtu.be/jycbIbN7WMQ

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 2: Somaterapia: an anarchist politics of infinite play, Aragorn Eloff https://youtu.be/sJkT948ITSQ

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 3: Playfulness, education, and AI, Chris Kramer https://youtu.be/BgywaRFMiRE

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 4: Humanising medicine through creative play, Micaela Scholtz https://youtu.be/a2QTXNwyFac

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 5: Games and freeplay: Ethical folly in an ambiguous world, Andrea Hurst https://youtu.be/TGkxuY7Vl-0?si=p6KJAhl2_LOmZEsZ

       

       

       

      Prof Andrea Hurst

      Professor of Philosophy

      SARCHI Chair – ISCIA (Identities and Social Cohesion in Africa)

      Nelson Mandela University

      Office 103a, Eendrag Building (Bird Street Gallery) 

      Bird Street Campus

      Tel:  041-504 4848

      Email:  andrea.hurst@mandela.ac.za

      Website: https://isciachair.mandela.ac.za/

       

       

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      ·       Please enable camera and microphone when invited to speak

      LinLinks to previous seminars in the series

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 1: Humour as play and the politics of social cohesion, Jennalee Donian https://youtu.be/jycbIbN7WMQ

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 2: Somaterapia: an anarchist politics of infinite play, Aragorn Eloff https://youtu.be/sJkT948ITSQ

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 3: Playfulness, education, and AI, Chris Kramer https://youtu.be/BgywaRFMiRE

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 4: Humanising medicine through creative play, Micaela Scholtz https://youtu.be/a2QTXNwyFac

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 5: Games and freeplay: Ethical folly in an ambiguous world, Andrea Hurst https://youtu.be/TGkxuY7Vl-0?si=p6KJAhl2_LOmZEsZ

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 6: SDGs: Gaming x Gamification, GIlson Schwartz, https://youtu.be/Hl_LZ63Mq5Y




       

       

      Prof Andrea Hurst

      Professor of Philosophy

      SARCHI Chair – ISCIA (Identities and Social Cohesion in Africa)

      Nelson Mandela University

      Office 103a, Eendrag Building (Bird Street Gallery) 

      Bird Street Campus

      Tel:  041-504 4848

      Email:  andrea.hurst@mandela.ac.za

      Website: https://isciachair.mandela.ac.za/

       

       

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      LinLinks to previous seminars in the series

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 1: Humour as play and the politics of social cohesion, Jennalee Donian https://youtu.be/jycbIbN7WMQ

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 2: Somaterapia: an anarchist politics of infinite play, Aragorn Eloff https://youtu.be/sJkT948ITSQ

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 3: Playfulness, education, and AI, Chris Kramer https://youtu.be/BgywaRFMiRE

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 4: Humanising medicine through creative play, Micaela Scholtz https://youtu.be/a2QTXNwyFac

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 5: Games and freeplay: Ethical folly in an ambiguous world, Andrea Hurst https://youtu.be/TGkxuY7Vl-0?si=p6KJAhl2_LOmZEsZ

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 6: SDGs: Gaming x Gamification, GIlson Schwartz, https://youtu.be/Hl_LZ63Mq5Y


      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 7: Playing all the way to self-transformation, Lydia Amir https://youtu.be/ZgriXWq1VBg

       



       

       

      Prof Andrea Hurst

      Professor of Philosophy

      SARCHI Chair – ISCIA (Identities and Social Cohesion in Africa)

      Nelson Mandela University

      Office 103a, Eendrag Building (Bird Street Gallery) 

      Bird Street Campus

      Tel:  041-504 4848

      Email:  andrea.hurst@mandela.ac.za

      Website: https://isciachair.mandela.ac.za/

       

       

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      Please note that the sessions are automatically recorded and your participation in them indicates acknowledgement of this.
      Recordings will be uploaded to YouTube and archived on the ISCIA Website: https://isciachair.mandela.ac.za


      LinLinks to previous seminars in the series

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 1: Humour as play and the politics of social cohesion, Jennalee Donian https://youtu.be/jycbIbN7WMQ

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 2: Somaterapia: an anarchist politics of infinite play, Aragorn Eloff https://youtu.be/sJkT948ITSQ

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 3: Playfulness, education, and AI, Chris Kramer https://youtu.be/BgywaRFMiRE

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 4: Humanising medicine through creative play, Micaela Scholtz https://youtu.be/a2QTXNwyFac

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 5: Games and freeplay: Ethical folly in an ambiguous world, Andrea Hurst https://youtu.be/TGkxuY7Vl-0?si=p6KJAhl2_LOmZEsZ

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 6: SDGs: Gaming x Gamification, GIlson Schwartz, https://youtu.be/Hl_LZ63Mq5Y


      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 7: Playing all the way to self-transformation, Lydia Amir https://youtu.be/ZgriXWq1VBg

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 8: Storytelling under the Stars, Erin Smith, https://youtu.be/bvXjmwdwbvE

       



       

       

      Prof Andrea Hurst

      Professor of Philosophy

      SARCHI Chair – ISCIA (Identities and Social Cohesion in Africa)

      Nelson Mandela University

      Office 103a, Eendrag Building (Bird Street Gallery) 

      Bird Street Campus

      Tel:  041-504 4848

      Email:  andrea.hurst@mandela.ac.za

      Website: https://isciachair.mandela.ac.za/

       

       

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      Please note that the sessions are automatically recorded and your participation in them indicates acknowledgement of this.
      Recordings will be uploaded to YouTube and archived on the ISCIA Website: https://isciachair.mandela.ac.za


      LinLinks to previous seminars in the series

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 1: Humour as play and the politics of social cohesion, Jennalee Donian https://youtu.be/jycbIbN7WMQ

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 2: Somaterapia: an anarchist politics of infinite play, Aragorn Eloff https://youtu.be/sJkT948ITSQ

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 3: Playfulness, education, and AI, Chris Kramer https://youtu.be/BgywaRFMiRE

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 4: Humanising medicine through creative play, Micaela Scholtz https://youtu.be/a2QTXNwyFac

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 5: Games and freeplay: Ethical folly in an ambiguous world, Andrea Hurst https://youtu.be/TGkxuY7Vl-0?si=p6KJAhl2_LOmZEsZ

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 6: SDGs: Gaming x Gamification, GIlson Schwartz, https://youtu.be/Hl_LZ63Mq5Y


      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 7: Playing all the way to self-transformation, Lydia Amir https://youtu.be/ZgriXWq1VBg

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 8: Storytelling under the Stars, Erin Smith, https://youtu.be/bvXjmwdwbvE

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 9: Playing in the Ocean Commons, Alex Lenferna, https://youtu.be/LDDit0_TopU
       



       

       

      Prof Andrea Hurst

      Professor of Philosophy

      SARCHI Chair – ISCIA (Identities and Social Cohesion in Africa)

      Nelson Mandela University

      Office 103a, Eendrag Building (Bird Street Gallery) 

      Bird Street Campus

      Tel:  041-504 4848

      Email:  andrea.hurst@mandela.ac.za

      Website: https://isciachair.mandela.ac.za/

       

       

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      Recordings will be uploaded to YouTube and archived on the ISCIA Website: https://isciachair.mandela.ac.za


      LinLinks to previous seminars in the series

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 1: Humour as play and the politics of social cohesion, Jennalee Donian https://youtu.be/jycbIbN7WMQ

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 2: Somaterapia: an anarchist politics of infinite play, Aragorn Eloff https://youtu.be/sJkT948ITSQ

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 3: Playfulness, education, and AI, Chris Kramer https://youtu.be/BgywaRFMiRE

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 4: Humanising medicine through creative play, Micaela Scholtz https://youtu.be/a2QTXNwyFac

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 5: Games and freeplay: Ethical folly in an ambiguous world, Andrea Hurst https://youtu.be/TGkxuY7Vl-0?si=p6KJAhl2_LOmZEsZ

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 6: SDGs: Gaming x Gamification, GIlson Schwartz, https://youtu.be/Hl_LZ63Mq5Y


      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 7: Playing all the way to self-transformation, Lydia Amir https://youtu.be/ZgriXWq1VBg

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 8: Storytelling under the Stars, Erin Smith, https://youtu.be/bvXjmwdwbvE
      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 9: Playing in the Ocean Commons, Alex Lenferna, https://youtu.be/LDDit0_TopU
      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 10: Playing (with) Mom, Robin Crigler, Bimbo Fafowora, Nonhlanhla Ndlovu https://youtu.be/HuyKcdOfN88
       



       

       

      Prof Andrea Hurst

      Professor of Philosophy

      SARCHI Chair – ISCIA (Identities and Social Cohesion in Africa)

      Nelson Mandela University

      Office 103a, Eendrag Building (Bird Street Gallery) 

      Bird Street Campus

      Tel:  041-504 4848

      Email:  andrea.hurst@mandela.ac.za

      Website: https://isciachair.mandela.ac.za/

       

       

      Hurst, Andrea (Prof) (Summerstrand Campus South)

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      Please note that the sessions are automatically recorded and your participation in them indicates acknowledgement of this.
      Recordings will be uploaded to YouTube and archived on the ISCIA Website: https://isciachair.mandela.ac.za


      LinLinks to previous seminars in the series

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 1: Humour as play and the politics of social cohesion, Jennalee Donian https://youtu.be/jycbIbN7WMQ

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 2: Somaterapia: an anarchist politics of infinite play, Aragorn Eloff https://youtu.be/sJkT948ITSQ

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 3: Playfulness, education, and AI, Chris Kramer https://youtu.be/BgywaRFMiRE

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 4: Humanising medicine through creative play, Micaela Scholtz https://youtu.be/a2QTXNwyFac

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 5: Games and freeplay: Ethical folly in an ambiguous world, Andrea Hurst https://youtu.be/TGkxuY7Vl-0?si=p6KJAhl2_LOmZEsZ

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 6: SDGs: Gaming x Gamification, GIlson Schwartz, https://youtu.be/Hl_LZ63Mq5Y


      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 7: Playing all the way to self-transformation, Lydia Amir https://youtu.be/ZgriXWq1VBg

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 8: Storytelling under the Stars, Erin Smith, https://youtu.be/bvXjmwdwbvE
      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 9: Playing in the Ocean Commons, Alex Lenferna, https://youtu.be/LDDit0_TopU
      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 10: Playing (with) Mom, Robin Crigler, Bimbo Fafowora, Nonhlanhla Ndlovu https://youtu.be/HuyKcdOfN88
      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 11:  404: Artwork Not Found, Kylie van der Merwe,  https://youtu.be/0LsuCfhMr30


       



       

       

      Prof Andrea Hurst

      Professor of Philosophy

      SARCHI Chair – ISCIA (Identities and Social Cohesion in Africa)

      Nelson Mandela University

      Office 103a, Eendrag Building (Bird Street Gallery) 

      Bird Street Campus

      Tel:  041-504 4848

      Email:  andrea.hurst@mandela.ac.za

      Website: https://isciachair.mandela.ac.za/

       

       

      Hurst, Andrea (Prof) (Summerstrand Campus South)

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      Please note that the sessions are automatically recorded and your participation in them indicates acknowledgement of this.
      Recordings will be uploaded to YouTube and archived on the ISCIA Website: https://isciachair.mandela.ac.za


      LinLinks to previous seminars in the series

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 1: Humour as play and the politics of social cohesion, Jennalee Donian https://youtu.be/jycbIbN7WMQ

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 2: Somaterapia: an anarchist politics of infinite play, Aragorn Eloff https://youtu.be/sJkT948ITSQ

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 3: Playfulness, education, and AI, Chris Kramer https://youtu.be/BgywaRFMiRE

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 4: Humanising medicine through creative play, Micaela Scholtz https://youtu.be/a2QTXNwyFac

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 5: Games and freeplay: Ethical folly in an ambiguous world, Andrea Hurst https://youtu.be/TGkxuY7Vl-0?si=p6KJAhl2_LOmZEsZ

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 6: SDGs: Gaming x Gamification, GIlson Schwartz, https://youtu.be/Hl_LZ63Mq5Y


      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 7: Playing all the way to self-transformation, Lydia Amir https://youtu.be/ZgriXWq1VBg

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 8: Storytelling under the Stars, Erin Smith, https://youtu.be/bvXjmwdwbvE
      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 9: Playing in the Ocean Commons, Alex Lenferna https://youtu.be/LDDit0_TopU
      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 10: Playing (with) Mom, Robin Crigler, Bimbo Fafowora, Nonhlanhla Ndlovu https://youtu.be/HuyKcdOfN88
      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 11:  404: Artwork Not Found, Kylie van der Merwe  https://youtu.be/0LsuCfhMr30

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 12: Local Elections 2026 - The Games we Play, Gary Koekemoer https://youtu.be/-fH4lkVMU9A

       



       

       

      Prof Andrea Hurst

      Professor of Philosophy

      SARCHI Chair – ISCIA (Identities and Social Cohesion in Africa)

      Nelson Mandela University

      Office 103a, Eendrag Building (Bird Street Gallery) 

      Bird Street Campus

      Tel:  041-504 4848

      Email:  andrea.hurst@mandela.ac.za

      Website: https://isciachair.mandela.ac.za/

       

       

      Hurst, Andrea (Prof) (Summerstrand Campus South)

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      Please note that the sessions are automatically recorded and your participation in them indicates acknowledgement of this.
      Recordings will be uploaded to YouTube and archived on the ISCIA Website: https://isciachair.mandela.ac.za



      LinLinks to previous seminars in the series

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 1: Humour as play and the politics of social cohesion, Jennalee Donian https://youtu.be/jycbIbN7WMQ

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 2: Somaterapia: an anarchist politics of infinite play, Aragorn Eloff https://youtu.be/sJkT948ITSQ

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 3: Playfulness, education, and AI, Chris Kramer https://youtu.be/BgywaRFMiRE

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 4: Humanising medicine through creative play, Micaela Scholtz https://youtu.be/a2QTXNwyFac

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 5: Games and freeplay: Ethical folly in an ambiguous world, Andrea Hurst https://youtu.be/TGkxuY7Vl-0?si=p6KJAhl2_LOmZEsZ

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 6: SDGs: Gaming x Gamification, GIlson Schwartz, https://youtu.be/Hl_LZ63Mq5Y


      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 7: Playing all the way to self-transformation, Lydia Amir https://youtu.be/ZgriXWq1VBg

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 8: Storytelling under the Stars, Erin Smith, https://youtu.be/bvXjmwdwbvE
      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 9: Playing in the Ocean Commons, Alex Lenferna https://youtu.be/LDDit0_TopU
      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 10: Playing (with) Mom, Robin Crigler, Bimbo Fafowora, Nonhlanhla Ndlovu https://youtu.be/HuyKcdOfN88
      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 11:  404: Artwork Not Found, Kylie van der Merwe  https://youtu.be/0LsuCfhMr30

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 12: Local Elections 2026 - The Games we Play, Gary Koekemoer https://youtu.be/-fH4lkVMU9A

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 13: Autoethnographic reflections of a researcher at play, Abigail Wiese https://youtu.be/xJ4DOXvOxwQ

       

      Prof Andrea Hurst

      Professor of Philosophy

      SARCHI Chair – ISCIA (Identities and Social Cohesion in Africa)

      Nelson Mandela University

      Office 103a, Eendrag Building (Bird Street Gallery) 

      Bird Street Campus

      Tel:  041-504 4848

      Email:  andrea.hurst@mandela.ac.za

      Website: https://isciachair.mandela.ac.za/

       

       

      Hurst, Andrea (Prof) (Summerstrand Campus South)

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      Please note that the sessions are automatically recorded and your participation in them indicates acknowledgement of this.
      Recordings will be uploaded to YouTube and archived on the ISCIA Website: https://isciachair.mandela.ac.za


      LinLinks to previous seminars in the series

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 1: Humour as play and the politics of social cohesion, Jennalee Donian https://youtu.be/jycbIbN7WMQ

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 2: Somaterapia: an anarchist politics of infinite play, Aragorn Eloff https://youtu.be/sJkT948ITSQ

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 3: Playfulness, education, and AI, Chris Kramer https://youtu.be/BgywaRFMiRE

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 4: Humanising medicine through creative play, Micaela Scholtz https://youtu.be/a2QTXNwyFac

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 5: Games and freeplay: Ethical folly in an ambiguous world, Andrea Hurst https://youtu.be/TGkxuY7Vl-0?si=p6KJAhl2_LOmZEsZ

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 6: SDGs: Gaming x Gamification, GIlson Schwartz, https://youtu.be/Hl_LZ63Mq5Y


      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 7: Playing all the way to self-transformation, Lydia Amir https://youtu.be/ZgriXWq1VBg

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 8: Storytelling under the Stars, Erin Smith, https://youtu.be/bvXjmwdwbvE
      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 9: Playing in the Ocean Commons, Alex Lenferna https://youtu.be/LDDit0_TopU
      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 10: Playing (with) Mom, Robin Crigler, Bimbo Fafowora, Nonhlanhla Ndlovu https://youtu.be/HuyKcdOfN88
      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 11:  404: Artwork Not Found, Kylie van der Merwe  https://youtu.be/0LsuCfhMr30

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 12: Local Elections 2026 - The Games we Play, Gary Koekemoer https://youtu.be/-fH4lkVMU9A

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 13: Autoethnographic reflections of a researcher at play, Abigail Wiese https://youtu.be/xJ4DOXvOxwQ

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 14: Choices & Voices: Video Games as the Embodied Thought-Experiment, Jade Claassen https://youtu.be/ZlCxGdAEB20

       

      Prof Andrea Hurst

      Professor of Philosophy

      SARCHI Chair – ISCIA (Identities and Social Cohesion in Africa)

      Nelson Mandela University

      Office 103a, Eendrag Building (Bird Street Gallery) 

      Bird Street Campus

      Tel:  041-504 4848

      Email:  andrea.hurst@mandela.ac.za

      Website: https://isciachair.mandela.ac.za/

       

       

      Hurst, Andrea (Prof) (Summerstrand Campus South)

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      Please note that the sessions are automatically recorded and your participation in them indicates acknowledgement of this.
      Recordings will be uploaded to YouTube and archived on the ISCIA Website: https://isciachair.mandela.ac.za


      LinLinks to previous seminars in the series

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 1: Humour as play and the politics of social cohesion, Jennalee Donian https://youtu.be/jycbIbN7WMQ

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 2: Somaterapia: an anarchist politics of infinite play, Aragorn Eloff https://youtu.be/sJkT948ITSQ

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 3: Playfulness, education, and AI, Chris Kramer https://youtu.be/BgywaRFMiRE

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 4: Humanising medicine through creative play, Micaela Scholtz https://youtu.be/a2QTXNwyFac

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 5: Games and freeplay: Ethical folly in an ambiguous world, Andrea Hurst https://youtu.be/TGkxuY7Vl-0?si=p6KJAhl2_LOmZEsZ

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 6: SDGs: Gaming x Gamification, GIlson Schwartz, https://youtu.be/Hl_LZ63Mq5Y


      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 7: Playing all the way to self-transformation, Lydia Amir https://youtu.be/ZgriXWq1VBg

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 8: Storytelling under the Stars, Erin Smith, https://youtu.be/bvXjmwdwbvE
      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 9: Playing in the Ocean Commons, Alex Lenferna https://youtu.be/LDDit0_TopU
      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 10: Playing (with) Mom, Robin Crigler, Bimbo Fafowora, Nonhlanhla Ndlovu https://youtu.be/HuyKcdOfN88
      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 11:  404: Artwork Not Found, Kylie van der Merwe  https://youtu.be/0LsuCfhMr30

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 12: Local Elections 2026 - The Games we Play, Gary Koekemoer https://youtu.be/-fH4lkVMU9A

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 13: Autoethnographic reflections of a researcher at play, Abigail Wiese https://youtu.be/xJ4DOXvOxwQ

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 14: Choices & Voices: Video Games as the Embodied Thought-Experiment, Jade Claassen https://youtu.be/ZlCxGdAEB20

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 15: The serious Man and the Mushroom: A Mycelial Ethics of Care, Anzel Loubser https://youtu.be/ASjpvQb_Mnk

      Prof Andrea Hurst

      Professor of Philosophy

      SARCHI Chair – ISCIA (Identities and Social Cohesion in Africa)

      Nelson Mandela University

      Office 103a, Eendrag Building (Bird Street Gallery) 

      Bird Street Campus

      Tel:  041-504 4848

      Email:  andrea.hurst@mandela.ac.za

      Website: https://isciachair.mandela.ac.za/

       

       

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      Recordings will be uploaded to YouTube and archived on the ISCIA Website: https://isciachair.mandela.ac.za


      LinLinks to previous seminars in the series

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 1: Humour as play and the politics of social cohesion, Jennalee Donian https://youtu.be/jycbIbN7WMQ

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 2: Somaterapia: an anarchist politics of infinite play, Aragorn Eloff https://youtu.be/sJkT948ITSQ

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 3: Playfulness, education, and AI, Chris Kramer https://youtu.be/BgywaRFMiRE

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 4: Humanising medicine through creative play, Micaela Scholtz https://youtu.be/a2QTXNwyFac

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 5: Games and freeplay: Ethical folly in an ambiguous world, Andrea Hurst https://youtu.be/TGkxuY7Vl-0?si=p6KJAhl2_LOmZEsZ

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 6: SDGs: Gaming x Gamification, GIlson Schwartz, https://youtu.be/Hl_LZ63Mq5Y


      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 7: Playing all the way to self-transformation, Lydia Amir https://youtu.be/ZgriXWq1VBg

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 8: Storytelling under the Stars, Erin Smith, https://youtu.be/bvXjmwdwbvE
      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 9: Playing in the Ocean Commons, Alex Lenferna https://youtu.be/LDDit0_TopU
      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 10: Playing (with) Mom, Robin Crigler, Bimbo Fafowora, Nonhlanhla Ndlovu https://youtu.be/HuyKcdOfN88
      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 11:  404: Artwork Not Found, Kylie van der Merwe  https://youtu.be/0LsuCfhMr30

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 12: Local Elections 2026 - The Games we Play, Gary Koekemoer https://youtu.be/-fH4lkVMU9A

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 13: Autoethnographic reflections of a researcher at play, Abigail Wiese https://youtu.be/xJ4DOXvOxwQ

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 14: Choices & Voices: Video Games as the Embodied Thought-Experiment, Jade Claassen https://youtu.be/ZlCxGdAEB20

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 15: The serious Man and the Mushroom: A Mycelial Ethics of Care, Anzel Loubser https://youtu.be/ASjpvQb_Mnk

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 16: Play in Making - Shifting Awareness, Vulindlela Nyoni https://youtu.be/ATdPjX2_ELc



      Prof Andrea Hurst

      Professor of Philosophy

      SARCHI Chair – ISCIA (Identities and Social Cohesion in Africa)

      Nelson Mandela University

      Office 103a, Eendrag Building (Bird Street Gallery) 

      Bird Street Campus

      Tel:  041-504 4848

      Email:  andrea.hurst@mandela.ac.za

      Website: https://isciachair.mandela.ac.za/

       

       

      Hurst, Andrea (Prof) (Summerstrand Campus South)

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      Recordings will be uploaded to YouTube and archived on the ISCIA Website: https://isciachair.mandela.ac.za


      LinLinks to previous seminars in the series

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 1: Humour as play and the politics of social cohesion, Jennalee Donian https://youtu.be/jycbIbN7WMQ

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 2: Somaterapia: an anarchist politics of infinite play, Aragorn Eloff https://youtu.be/sJkT948ITSQ

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 3: Playfulness, education, and AI, Chris Kramer https://youtu.be/BgywaRFMiRE

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 4: Humanising medicine through creative play, Micaela Scholtz https://youtu.be/a2QTXNwyFac

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 5: Games and freeplay: Ethical folly in an ambiguous world, Andrea Hurst https://youtu.be/TGkxuY7Vl-0?si=p6KJAhl2_LOmZEsZ

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 6: SDGs: Gaming x Gamification, GIlson Schwartz, https://youtu.be/Hl_LZ63Mq5Y


      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 7: Playing all the way to self-transformation, Lydia Amir https://youtu.be/ZgriXWq1VBg

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 8: Storytelling under the Stars, Erin Smith, https://youtu.be/bvXjmwdwbvE
      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 9: Playing in the Ocean Commons, Alex Lenferna https://youtu.be/LDDit0_TopU
      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 10: Playing (with) Mom, Robin Crigler, Bimbo Fafowora, Nonhlanhla Ndlovu https://youtu.be/HuyKcdOfN88
      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 11:  404: Artwork Not Found, Kylie van der Merwe  https://youtu.be/0LsuCfhMr30

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 12: Local Elections 2026 - The Games we Play, Gary Koekemoer https://youtu.be/-fH4lkVMU9A

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 13: Autoethnographic reflections of a researcher at play, Abigail Wiese https://youtu.be/xJ4DOXvOxwQ

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 14: Choices & Voices: Video Games as the Embodied Thought-Experiment, Jade Claassen https://youtu.be/ZlCxGdAEB20

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 15: The serious Man and the Mushroom: A Mycelial Ethics of Care, Anzel Loubser https://youtu.be/ASjpvQb_Mnk

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 16: Play in Making - Shifting Awareness, Vulindlela Nyoni https://youtu.be/ATdPjX2_ELc
      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 17: In Defense of Poetry: Writing as Play, Alexander Pennington, https://youtu.be/21nJ9nO8Ig4 



      Prof Andrea Hurst

      Professor of Philosophy

      SARCHI Chair – ISCIA (Identities and Social Cohesion in Africa)

      Nelson Mandela University

      Office 103a, Eendrag Building (Bird Street Gallery) 

      Bird Street Campus

      Tel:  041-504 4848

      Email:  andrea.hurst@mandela.ac.za

      Website: https://isciachair.mandela.ac.za/

       

       

      Hurst, Andrea (Prof) (Summerstrand Campus South)

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      Hurst, Andrea (Prof) (Summerstrand Campus South)

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      Sep 23, 2026, 9:02:28 AMSep 23
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      Friday, 2 October, ZA time, 14:30-15:30

      Please use this link to join the Zoom Meeting
      https://mandela.zoom.us/j/95014267536?pwd=ZC3X6F3hbXNuoTp6ahDbMDVGln9v8R.1
      Meeting ID: 950 1426 7536: Passcode: 331687



      Please note that the sessions are automatically recorded and your participation in them indicates acknowledgement of this.
      Recordings will be uploaded to YouTube and archived on the ISCIA Website: https://isciachair.mandela.ac.za


      LinLinks to previous seminars in the series

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 1: Humour as play and the politics of social cohesion, Jennalee Donian https://youtu.be/jycbIbN7WMQ

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 2: Somaterapia: an anarchist politics of infinite play, Aragorn Eloff https://youtu.be/sJkT948ITSQ

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 3: Playfulness, education, and AI, Chris Kramer https://youtu.be/BgywaRFMiRE

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 4: Humanising medicine through creative play, Micaela Scholtz https://youtu.be/a2QTXNwyFac

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 5: Games and freeplay: Ethical folly in an ambiguous world, Andrea Hurst https://youtu.be/TGkxuY7Vl-0?si=p6KJAhl2_LOmZEsZ

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 6: SDGs: Gaming x Gamification, GIlson Schwartz, https://youtu.be/Hl_LZ63Mq5Y


      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 7: Playing all the way to self-transformation, Lydia Amir https://youtu.be/ZgriXWq1VBg

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 8: Storytelling under the Stars, Erin Smith, https://youtu.be/bvXjmwdwbvE
      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 9: Playing in the Ocean Commons, Alex Lenferna https://youtu.be/LDDit0_TopU
      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 10: Playing (with) Mom, Robin Crigler, Bimbo Fafowora, Nonhlanhla Ndlovu https://youtu.be/HuyKcdOfN88
      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 11:  404: Artwork Not Found, Kylie van der Merwe  https://youtu.be/0LsuCfhMr30

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 12: Local Elections 2026 - The Games we Play, Gary Koekemoer https://youtu.be/-fH4lkVMU9A

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 13: Autoethnographic reflections of a researcher at play, Abigail Wiese https://youtu.be/xJ4DOXvOxwQ

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 14: Choices & Voices: Video Games as the Embodied Thought-Experiment, Jade Claassen https://youtu.be/ZlCxGdAEB20

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 15: The serious Man and the Mushroom: A Mycelial Ethics of Care, Anzel Loubser https://youtu.be/ASjpvQb_Mnk

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 16: Play in Making - Shifting Awareness, Vulindlela Nyoni https://youtu.be/ATdPjX2_ELc
      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 17: In Defense of Poetry: Writing as Play, Alexander Pennington, https://youtu.be/21nJ9nO8Ig4 
      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 18: All the world's a stage, Belinda Du Plooy, https://youtu.be/ZDHWMjzmqPE 



      Prof Andrea Hurst

      Professor of Philosophy

      SARCHI Chair – ISCIA (Identities and Social Cohesion in Africa)

      Nelson Mandela University

      Office 103a, Eendrag Building (Bird Street Gallery) 

      Bird Street Campus

      Tel:  041-504 4848

      Email:  andrea.hurst@mandela.ac.za

      Website: https://isciachair.mandela.ac.za/

       

       

      Hurst, Andrea (Prof) (Summerstrand Campus South)

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      Oct 1, 2026, 2:47:59 AM (11 days ago) Oct 1
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      Friday, 2 October, ZA time, 14:30-15:30

      Seminar by UK Complexity Expert, Brian Castellani!

      Please use this link to join the Zoom Meeting
      https://mandela.zoom.us/j/95014267536?pwd=ZC3X6F3hbXNuoTp6ahDbMDVGln9v8R.1
      Meeting ID: 950 1426 7536: Passcode: 331687



      Please note that the sessions are automatically recorded and your participation in them indicates acknowledgement of this.
      Recordings will be uploaded to YouTube and archived on the ISCIA Website: https://isciachair.mandela.ac.za


      LinLinks to previous seminars in the series

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 1: Humour as play and the politics of social cohesion, Jennalee Donian https://youtu.be/jycbIbN7WMQ

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 2: Somaterapia: an anarchist politics of infinite play, Aragorn Eloff https://youtu.be/sJkT948ITSQ

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 3: Playfulness, education, and AI, Chris Kramer https://youtu.be/BgywaRFMiRE

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 4: Humanising medicine through creative play, Micaela Scholtz https://youtu.be/a2QTXNwyFac

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 5: Games and freeplay: Ethical folly in an ambiguous world, Andrea Hurst https://youtu.be/TGkxuY7Vl-0?si=p6KJAhl2_LOmZEsZ

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 6: SDGs: Gaming x Gamification, GIlson Schwartz, https://youtu.be/Hl_LZ63Mq5Y


      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 7: Playing all the way to self-transformation, Lydia Amir https://youtu.be/ZgriXWq1VBg

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 8: Storytelling under the Stars, Erin Smith, https://youtu.be/bvXjmwdwbvE
      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 9: Playing in the Ocean Commons, Alex Lenferna https://youtu.be/LDDit0_TopU
      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 10: Playing (with) Mom, Robin Crigler, Bimbo Fafowora, Nonhlanhla Ndlovu https://youtu.be/HuyKcdOfN88
      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 11:  404: Artwork Not Found, Kylie van der Merwe  https://youtu.be/0LsuCfhMr30

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 12: Local Elections 2026 - The Games we Play, Gary Koekemoer https://youtu.be/-fH4lkVMU9A

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 13: Autoethnographic reflections of a researcher at play, Abigail Wiese https://youtu.be/xJ4DOXvOxwQ

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 14: Choices & Voices: Video Games as the Embodied Thought-Experiment, Jade Claassen https://youtu.be/ZlCxGdAEB20

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 15: The serious Man and the Mushroom: A Mycelial Ethics of Care, Anzel Loubser https://youtu.be/ASjpvQb_Mnk

      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 16: Play in Making - Shifting Awareness, Vulindlela Nyoni https://youtu.be/ATdPjX2_ELc
      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 17: In Defense of Poetry: Writing as Play, Alexander Pennington, https://youtu.be/21nJ9nO8Ig4 
      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 18: All the world's a stage, Belinda Du Plooy, https://youtu.be/ZDHWMjzmqPE 

      Prof Andrea Hurst

      Professor of Philosophy

      SARCHI Chair – ISCIA (Identities and Social Cohesion in Africa)

      Nelson Mandela University

      Office 103a, Eendrag Building (Bird Street Gallery) 

      Bird Street Campus

      Tel:  041-504 4848

      Email:  andrea.hurst@mandela.ac.za

      Website: https://isciachair.mandela.ac.za/

       

       

      Hurst, Andrea (Prof) (Summerstrand Campus South)

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      Oct 7, 2026, 1:20:15 PM (4 days ago) Oct 7
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      Friday, 16 October, ZA time, 14:30-15:30
      Games and Play, ISCIA Seminar 19: Learning to Play: Building Expertise for Unfamiliar Problems, Brian Castellani and Corey Schimpf,



      Prof Andrea Hurst

      Professor of Philosophy

      SARCHI Chair – ISCIA (Identities and Social Cohesion in Africa)

      Nelson Mandela University

      Office 103a, Eendrag Building (Bird Street Gallery) 

      Bird Street Campus

      Tel:  041-504 4848

      Email:  andrea.hurst@mandela.ac.za

      Website: https://isciachair.mandela.ac.za/

       

       

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