Digital piggybacking: materialised figuration across Roblox, with children hampered by adults

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de Rijke, V. and Yamada-Rice, D. 2025. Digital piggybacking: materialised figuration across Roblox, with children hampered by adults. in: McClure Sweeny, M. and Sakr, M. (ed.) Postdevelopmental Approaches to Digital Arts in Childhood Bloomsbury Publishing.
Chapter titleDigital piggybacking: materialised figuration across Roblox, with children hampered by adults
Authorsde Rijke, V. and Yamada-Rice, D.
Sustainable Development Goals10 Reduced inequalities
Middlesex University ThemeCreativity, Culture & Enterprise
Research GroupCentre for Education Research and Scholarship (CERS)
Book titlePostdevelopmental Approaches to Digital Arts in Childhood
EditorsMcClure Sweeny, M. and Sakr, M.
PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
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Print23 Jan 2025
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Accepted2024
Deposited24 Oct 2025
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