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This chapter begins with the suggestion that some of the formal discourses that permeate educational research are not the same as the discourses that circulate in the sites themselves, suggesting a need to develop different ways of approaching research sites. I introduce the club that formed the basis of this study, giving some historical context and introducing the players (human and non-human) who played a part in the club, using a series of comic-strip character sketches. I describe the video game Minecraft and ‘Banterbury’, the on-screen space created by the children. I consider my perspective as a researcher, ex-teacher and autistic person. I then detail the aims of the research project that form the basis of the book and describe its main contributions.
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Bailey, C. (2021). ‘Welcome to Banterbury’. In: Researching Virtual Play Experiences. Digital Education and Learning. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78694-6_1
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