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                 *****   ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS   *****

                             TASP 1993 - St. Paul, MN
                     The Association for the Study of Play
      April 22 - 24, 1993 * The St. Paul Hotel * St. Paul, Minnesota

   The Association For The Study of Play (TASP) will hold its 1993 annual meetin
gs in St. Paul, Minnesota.  The conference will begin Thursday and continue   un
til Saturday, April 24. There will be featured speakers, playshops, and forums f
or the discussion and presentation of   research papers on all aspects of play r
esearch, theory, performance and behavior.
    For the past twenty years TASP conferences have provided  a  mechanism by  w
hich  researchers in diverse fields have the opportunity to share ideas  and  in
teract  in  a friendly and collegial atmosphere.
   Papers and proposals for panel sessions or tutorials related to the broad  st
udy of play are invited.  Sessions include, but are not limited to:
 - Humor, laughter
 - Computer and cyperspace play
 - Folklore
 - Children's play behavior
 - Cross-cultural play
 - Body work and play art
 - Performance 
 - Anthropology of festive play
 - Sport
 - Literary playfulness

Deadline for submission of abstracts is February 5, 1993.

Send abstracts (100 word maximum), audio-visual needs, and registration fees  ($
60 professional and $20 student made payable to TASP) to:

Dr. Don Lytle
Department of Physical Education
California State University, Chico  95929-0330. 
Bitnet/E-Mail: DLYTLE@OAVAX.CSUCHICO.EDU; FAX: 916 898-4932; 
Phone: {916} 898-6617 or 898-6373 {message}