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Title: Thinking and Creating Space with Children: A Terrestrial Perspective
Language: English
Authors: Laura Trafí-Prats (ORCID 0000-0002-3468-1073)
Source: Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education. 2026 47(2):219-232.
Availability: Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 14
Publication Date: 2026
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Descriptors: Childrens Attitudes, Cognitive Processes, Spatial Ability, Young Children, Workshops, Toys, Play, Freehand Drawing, Creativity, Weekend Programs, Thinking Skills
DOI: 10.1080/01596306.2025.2553757
ISSN: 0159-6306
1469-3739
Abstract: This study introduces a novel focus on children's spatial thinking by synthesising insights from posthuman childhood studies, research on spatial literacies, and collaborative methodologies in childhood research. It advances a Terrestrial perspective inspired by Bruno Latour's philosophy after Gaia, which foregrounds children's participation in urban design as embedded in their lived spatial experiences and attentive to limits, dependencies, and attachments. Such a focus offers a critical alternative to dominant urban policy frameworks that prioritise a humanistic ethos, often reducing children's participation to individualised expression not acknowledging complex anthropogenic relationalities. The study explores these ideas through workshops with nine-year-olds in a university Saturday School, where compositional methods -- such as block play and architectural drawing -- supported spatial negotiation and material agency through play and creativity.
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