La serietà del gioco / The seriousness of ludicity
Lunghe vicende del sistema ludico / A long view of the ludic system
by Gherardo Ortalli
Fondazione Benetton Studi Ricerche-Viella
Treviso-Rome 2026
28 pages
1 illustration in colour
ISBN 979-12-5469-388-9
(Ludica Minima, 1)
When, in the mid-1980s, with Gaetano Cozzi, we discussed the ‘seriousness of the game’, the formula might have seemed like a play on words, almost a contradiction.
Instead, it was the first step of the Fondazione Benetton Studi Ricerche for a series of initiatives of high cultural commitment, which contributed decisively to overcoming ancient preconceptions in this field of studies. Proof of the ‘seriousness’ of the choice came in 2010 from the Accademia dei Lincei, with the invitation to Gherardo Ortalli to hold the Calamandrei Conference of that year on the theme of the Seriousness of the game. The text of that conference, unpublished until now, opens today “Ludica Minima”.
Contents
Presentazione
La serietà del gioco. Lunghe vicende del sistema ludico
Introduction
The seriousness of ludicity. A long view of the ludic system