its focus is self-contained

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Does the highlighted section mean "focusing on the play spect is useful here, because leads us towards the ..."?

Though it would be a mistake to dismiss the play strain as ‘mere fun’, its focus is ‘self-contained’: towards the interactivity of participants typically engaging publicly in some kind of familiar game, such as playing tig in the Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris, to use one of McGonigal’s examples.

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Its focus is self-contained. Its focus is towards the iteractivity of participants ...

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@GPY I have provided the full context below. Does "though" here mean "although"?

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McGonigal’s paper differentiates importantly between two identifiable ‘strains’ of flash mob: the one of site-specific ‘play’ is intent on ‘fun’, whilst the other of site-specific ‘performance’ is more concerned, so it is implied, with instilling a deeper political or ethical consciousness. Or, I would suggest, in revealing the rich contradictions of agonistic urban space. Though it would be a mistake to dismiss the play strain as ‘mere fun’, its focus is ‘self-contained’: towards the interactivity of participants typically engaging publicly in some kind of familiar game, such as playing tig in the Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris, to use one of McGonigal’s examples. Clearly this may still emerge as ‘meaningful spectacle’, on account of its unauthorised commandeering of formalised public space alone, for instance.

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red appleDoes "though" here mean "although"?

Yes.

its focus is self-contained

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