Cross Currents; Symposium Titled Children's Toys and The Serious Business of Life
Description:
Fleming Museum in Burlington sponsored a symposium titled "Children's Toys and the Serious Business of Life". We hear two lectures from that symposium, this symposium was held in conjunction with an exhibition titled "Educational Toys in America, 1800 to the present". The first speaker, Brian Sutton-Smith, is introduced by Karen Hewitt of the Fleming Museum. Sutton-Smith was scholar of children's play and his lecture focused on the social science behind educational games. The second speaker was David Napier, who spoke about the dangerous nature of toys. Crosscurrents is a series of recorded lectures and public forums exploring issues of public concern in Vermont.
