'Our Town.' Children as Advocates for Change in the City

Autor/in	Gallagher, Claire B.
Titel	'Our Town.' Children as Advocates for Change in the City
Quelle	In: Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 11 (2004) 2, S.251-262 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0907-5682
DOI	10.1177/0907568204043060
Schlagwörter	Urban Youth; Design; Neighborhoods; Neighborhood Improvement; Community Development; Intergenerational Programs; Children; Advocacy; Playgrounds; Urban Planning; Urban Renewal + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Urban area; Urban areas; Youth; Stadtregion; Stadt; Jugend; Neighbourhoods; Nachbarschaft; Community; Development; Entwicklung; Child; Kind; Kinder; Sozialanwaltschaft; Playground; Spielplatz; Stadtplanung; Stadtsanierung
Abstract	In the 'Our Town' project, 20 urban children designed and built an intervention in their neighborhood. The process involved extensive collaboration with the community at large and resulted in a park. This construction was developed in direct contrast to a more typical adult conception of a playground. Children's concerns in their design included issues of intergenerational interaction, safety, comfort and visual delight. The success of the project speaks to the depth of knowledge, and lack of political agenda, which may permit children to be designers and advocates for change in their neighborhoods. This article seeks to identify and address questions regarding the inclusion of children as effective and appropriate resources for input in design and advocacy for change in their built environment. (Author).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10