I wish we could get together: Exploring intergenerational play across a distance via a 'magic box'

Journal of Intergenerational Relationships

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 191-210

  Davis, Hilary ^a   Vetere, Frank ^b   Francis, Peter ^b   Gibbs, Martin ^b   Howard, Steve ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Children; Elderly; Intergenerational play; Playful interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 56449104334     PISSN: 15350770     EISSN: 15350932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15350770801955321     Document Type: Article

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