New kids on the block: young people, the city and public pedagogies
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Article Title | New kids on the block: young people, the city and public pedagogies |
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ERA Journal ID | 200564 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Hickey, Andrew (Author) and Phillips, Louise (Author) |
Journal Title | Global Studies of Childhood |
Journal Citation | 3 (2), pp. 115-128 |
Number of Pages | 14 |
Year | 2013 |
Place of Publication | Oxford, United Kingdom |
ISSN | 2043-6106 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.2304/gsch.2013.3.2.115 |
Abstract | In March 2012, Contact Inc., a community cultural development organization based in Brisbane, Australia, launched the project 'Walking Neighbourhood: hosted by children'. This project sought to engage young people in the negotiation of a large urban space, as well as provoke an awareness of child actualization by challenging existing understandings of the role young people play as active citizens. By asking a group of children, aged between eight and twelve, to navigate their way through a large urban space and subsequently lead a curated tour of this space for groups of participant adults, Walking Neighbourhood unsettled existing notions of child safety, the place of children within the city and assumptions surrounding young people as cognizant, active citizens. This article will explore the implications of the Walking Neighbourhood project and how renewed understandings of young people's capacities to navigate urban spaces as active citizens might form. |
Keywords | child actualisation; agency; Brisbane; city; urban geography; public pedagogy |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 440699. Human geography not elsewhere classified |
330401. Community planning | |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | Faculty of Education |
University of Queensland | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q1zv1/new-kids-on-the-block-young-people-the-city-and-public-pedagogies
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