Introduction to the Special Issue
Cities as Playgrounds/Playgrounds as Cities: Rethinking Urban Play, Civic Engagement, and Socio-spatiality
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12496599 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hugh Davies (0000-0003-3060-166X, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, corresponding author), L Hjorth (0000-0002-4793-3233, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia), Sybille Lamme (0000-0001-8340-8412, Leiden University), Sybille Lammes (Leiden University) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 132-136 |
| Publication date | 2024-04-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Space and Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1206-3312 • E-ISSN: 1552-8308 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/12063312231159228 |
| OpenAlex | W4393902623 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 14 |
Cities have long been key sites for play. Play scholars, urban theorists, designers, and creative practitioners have explored and discussed the important role of city play and urban playgrounds. As organized locations of play, playgrounds stand as an important role in representing cultural and social mores, reflecting the relational, political, and psychological dimensions of the city. They expose how a city and its society views childhood, surveillance, control, leisure, freedom, design, and space. However, play in cities has a complex and uneven history
Civic engagement · Criminology · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Digital Games and Media · Law
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |