PlayframesHow Do We Know We Are Playing? An exploration of how we know were playing and what happens when we dont. Playframes builds on the work of Gregory Bateson and Erving Goffman to take a deep dive into Batesons primary question: How do we know were playing? In this book, Celia Pearce addresses this question by building a comprehensive theory of the specific mechanisms that metacommunicate the message this is play. This big tent approach covers a broad