A possible thought exploration game idea..
Thanks to bluebison.net for this wonderful image
. The sketch above is my own rendition of my Dr Seussian game-space idea
Thinking about how to get people to playfully explore their thoughts together across many different locations...
one idea might be for participants to start by marking out a territory over a period of time - connecting certain ideas with certain places -ideally places they come across regularly, perhaps on their way to work.etc..(they can always change), but places to which they attach certain questions or ideas regarding their work - things that they find themselves mulling over frequently. These places are somehow associated with the chosen places of other students...perhaps these places are slightly determined - e.g. there might be a brainstorming place (I mean I think that's too general but that kind of idea), a critical space, a questioning space, a standing back at a distance space, a focussing space etc....or maybe more particular, a space that asks "what colour is the question you're thinking about", "what does your question look like from above".....
This scenario so far can be played out by an individual but then the game would somehow match spaces across distances so that on your journey, you might find yourself "bumping into" someone in the same space as yourself, in which case you have the opportunity to explore your ideas as a two person, rather than one person dialogue......it's possible that these interactions are asnchronous - because time will be difficult to tie together, in which case perhaps other students leave audio-recorded questions for you based on the notes and questions you've already left in a place or space....
the image that comes to my mind is slightly Dr Seussian...