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CHILD-STE

Planning STreet Experiments for a CHILD-friendly city in London (CHILD-STE)

This project delves into the often-overlooked role of children and families as active contributors to the discourse surrounding post-car city visions in urban design. Traditional approaches to mobility and spatial planning tend to sideline vulnerable groups, excluding them from participating in decision-making processes. Engaging these groups necessitates a critical examination of the current role of knowledge production in sustainable urban transitions. A key issue is that the perspectives of younger citizens are rarely considered a valid source of knowledge.

The project included immersive art-based workshops in an underserved South London neighbourhood undergoing regeneration. Innovative mixed-qualitative methodologies—such as performance, enactment, drawing, and model-making—were employed to engage young participants (aged 6-11) and were complemented by semi-structured interviews and questionnaires with families and local stakeholders.

Dates: January 2024-July 2024

Funding: Wandsworth Arts Fringe Grant, the Royal College of Art, and the APEP Seed Fund 2024

Research Team:

  • Dr Caterina Villani,
  • Dr Krity Gera (RCA),
  • Dr Paula Russell

Link:

  • https://www.instagram.com/for.justmobilities/

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