Ludica Journal

Directed by Gherardo Ortalli
The journal, published since 1995, aims to be a contribution to the reflection on the characters and values assumed by “things of the game” over the centuries, by that ludic dimension, precisely, ingrained with the human story, for a long time overshadowed and today finally recovered to the seriousness of studies. “Ludica” collects interventions of a varied nature, content, but above all for the multiple perspectives of observation, at the intersection of different fields of research, with particular attention to historical and social contexts. Even the choice of the centuries examined by the studies (including between late antiquity and the beginning of the 20th century) is intended to fill another gap in the field of reflection on the history of play, which has always been aimed at the investigation of classical ludi or contemporary sports.