Playgrounds
The Experimental Years
Seiten
2024
Reaktion Books (Verlag)
978-1-78914-947-0 (ISBN)
Reaktion Books (Verlag)
978-1-78914-947-0 (ISBN)
Shows how post-war pioneers reimagined what playgrounds could be.
In the decades following 1945 a new kind of playground emerged in Northern Europe and North America. Rather than slides, swings and roundabouts, the new playgrounds encouraged children to build shacks and invent their own entertainment. This book tells the story of how bombsites and waste ground were transformed into hives of activity by children and progressive educationalists. It shows how a belief in the imaginative capacity of children shaped a new kind of playground, and how designers and landscape architects reimagined what playgrounds could be.
Today, as we face unparalleled challenges, the enormous social ambition of these spaces is also an inspiring object lesson. Playgrounds offers a compelling account of pioneers, designers and charities over the decades, and is a testimony to the power of play.
In the decades following 1945 a new kind of playground emerged in Northern Europe and North America. Rather than slides, swings and roundabouts, the new playgrounds encouraged children to build shacks and invent their own entertainment. This book tells the story of how bombsites and waste ground were transformed into hives of activity by children and progressive educationalists. It shows how a belief in the imaginative capacity of children shaped a new kind of playground, and how designers and landscape architects reimagined what playgrounds could be.
Today, as we face unparalleled challenges, the enormous social ambition of these spaces is also an inspiring object lesson. Playgrounds offers a compelling account of pioneers, designers and charities over the decades, and is a testimony to the power of play.
Ben Highmore is Professor of Cultural Studies at the University of Sussex. He is the author of The Art of Brutalism: Rescuing Hope from Catastrophe in 1950s Britain (2017) and Lifestyle Revolution: How Taste Changed Class in Late 20th-Century Britain (2023).
Introduction: Not All Swings and Roundabouts
1 The Early Playground Movement
2 The Junk Playground
3 Adventure Playgrounds
4 Busy Roads and High-Rise Living
5 A World of Loose Parts
6 Aesthetics and Playscapes
7 Inclusive Playgrounds
8 Playgrounds and Politics
9 Repairing the Future
References
Selected and Further Reading
Acknowledgements
Photo Acknowledgements
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 18.09.2024 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 75 illustrations, 19 in colour |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Familie / Erziehung |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Vorschulpädagogik | |
| Technik ► Architektur | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-78914-947-9 / 1789149479 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-78914-947-0 / 9781789149470 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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