Fox Palaces: the playful occupation of a Johannesburg city park |
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Authors: | Dominique Santos Ntsiki Anderson Daniel Hutchinson |
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Institution: | 1. University of the Free State Anthropology Department, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africasantosdb@ufs.ac.za;3. Hummingbird Play Association, Johannesburg, South Africa |
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Abstract: | ABSTRACTThis paper explores the playful occupation of an inner-city park in Johannesburg, South Africa, by the Hummingbird Play Association. Playful occupation emerged as a strategy to create and demand spaces for children’s play, demonstrating through practice the possibilities for public play provision. Children’s play is read as a form of folklore, through which children’s and adult’s spatial experiences and imaginings of the city can be viewed. It considers how opportunities for play facilitated with Playwork Principles in mind can co-create safe spaces for children which could act as tools for social transformation and justice in the urban public realm. |
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Keywords: | Play safe spaces playwork spatial justice Johannesburg right to play |
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