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Urban Renewal from the Inside Out: Spatial and Critical Literacies in a Low Socioeconomic School Community
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Comber, B and Nixon, H and Ashmore, L and Loo, S and Cook, J, Urban Renewal from the Inside Out: Spatial and Critical Literacies in a Low Socioeconomic School Community , Mind, Culture and Activity , 13, (3) pp. 228-246. ISSN 1074-9039 (2006) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.1207/s15327884mca1303-5
Abstract
This article focuses on how teachers worked to build a meaningful curriculum around changes to a neighborhood and school grounds in a precinct listed for urban renewal. Drawing on a long-term relationship with the principal and one teacher, the researchers planned and designed a collaborative project to involve children as active participants in the redevelopment process, negotiating and redesigning an area between the preschool and the school. The research investigated spatial literacies, that is, ways of thinking about and representing the production of spaces, and critical literacies, in this instance how young people might have a say in remaking part of their school grounds. Data included videotapes of key events, interviews, and an archive of the elementary students' artifacts experimenting with spatial literacies. The project builds on the insights of community members and researchers working for social justice in high-poverty areas internationally that indicate the importance of education, local action, family, and youth involvement in building sustainable and equitable communities.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | education, architecture, spatial literacy, belonging, community |
Research Division: | Built Environment and Design |
Research Group: | Architecture |
Research Field: | Architectural design |
Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
Objective Group: | Expanding knowledge |
Objective Field: | Expanding knowledge in built environment and design |
UTAS Author: | Loo, S (Professor Stephen Loo) |
ID Code: | 61446 |
Year Published: | 2006 |
Deposited By: | Architecture |
Deposited On: | 2010-03-03 |
Last Modified: | 2015-07-31 |
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