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The Power of Place in Play

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»There's nothing really fun about the park in winter!« – Christina Ergler is the first one to explore why ›play‹ resonates differently across urban localities and seasons. She draws on Bourdieu's t...
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»There's nothing really fun about the park in winter!« – Christina Ergler is the first one to explore why ›play‹ resonates differently across urban localities and seasons. She draws on Bourdieu's theory of practice and Gibson's affordance theory to show that determinants of seasonal outdoor play transcend modifiable barriers such as traffic and unsuitable play spaces as well as the inevitable issue of inclement weather. In contrast, seasonal play determinants are grounded in locally constituted beliefs about what is seasonally ›appropriate‹ children's activity. To foster a healthier and more sustainable life for children, outdoor play needs to become convenient all-year-round in all locations.
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Price: $55.00
Pages: 404
Publisher: transcript publishing
Imprint: transcript publishing
Publication Date: 14 July 2020
Trim Size: 8.86 X 5.83 in
ISBN: 9783837636710
Format: Paperback
BISACs:

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban
Christina R. Ergler is a lecturer in Social Geography at The University of Otago, New Zealand. Her research interests are at the intersection of geography, sociology and public health and centre on interdisciplinary approaches to health and wellbeing, socio-spatial health inequalities, experiential dimension of health and wellbeing, and participatory research methods.

Frontmatter 1
Table of contents 7
Abstract 11
Keywords 12
Acknowledgements 13
Prologue 15
1. 'Playing around' with children's outdoor play 19
2. 'Obesogenic landscapes' in children's geographies: mapping key debates and perspectives 39
3. A conceptual framework for understanding children's seasonal outdoor play: Bourdieu and affordances 71
4. 'Methodological principles': a Bourdieusian approach to unpack outdoor play 97
5. The research practice: procedural principles 115
6. Locating Auckland Central and Beach Haven 147
7. The social history of play: Auckland a city of managed childhood? 161
8. The inhabitation of Auckland Central and Beach Haven: a parental pursuit 177
9. 'Profits of localisation' for outdoor play in Auckland Central and Beach Haven 193
10. Spaces of points of view: the logics of outdoor play in summer and winter 225
11. Struggles in the 'field of play': five insights into understanding and explaining 'obesogenic landscapes' 263
12. Closing, refurbishing and re-opening the 'play grounds' of 'obesogenic landscapes' 305
References 323