Overview

This book presents an interplay of imaginative memoir-telling, action research data and future projection that reminds and inspires experiences academics, researchers, professionals, as well as a wider public to recognize the fundamental importance and the impellent need for more and better work in favour of true political and societal recognition of the needs and rights of children to play freely, to participate, to live fully and enjoy their neighbourhoods and cities, and to imagine and construct alternative futures, together with adults. The book's abundant spoken dialogue is, in effect, storytelling between children (and youth) on their own and with adults (especially the elderly). It conveys an appreciation of children’s special capacities to think critically about their everyday places—and the greater world around them—and to develop solutions (or ‘projects’) for the problems they identify. This book serves an effective catalyst for stimulating rich discussion of the theoretical and practical bases of the many themes, or areas of study, which are treated in the story.

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Author:   Raymond Lorenzo
Publisher:   Springer Verlag, Singapore
Imprint:   Springer Verlag, Singapore
Edition:   1st ed. 2022
Weight:   0.857kg
ISBN:  

9789811902994

ISBN 10:   9811902992
Pages:   438
Publication Date:   05 June 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Preface by Karen MaloneAuthor’s Introduction Introductory notes from the (fictional) curator Prologue as Epilogue (May, 2046)  Part 1. A New Home … awakening  Chapter 1. The Little Child - Microcosm in Expansion … asking why Chapter 2. The Old Man - Getting grounded … remembering why Part 2. A New Street … exploring and bonding Chapter 3. The Child - Free play, friendship and learning Chapter 4. The Old Man - Getting around … recovering commitment Part 3. A New Community … encountering, reflecting and taking part   Chapter 5. The Boy - Growing up and out into ‘a world beyond the hood’ Part 4. A New World … investigating, visioning, engaging and creating Chapter 7. The Young Man walking in the Shadows Chapter 8. The Old Man reaching for the Light Brief concluding ‘notes’ from the real author. Postscript by XXX?? General Bibliography Subject Index (keywords)

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Raymond Lorenzo is Community-based City Planner (Harvard GSD, 1975) with considerable experience in university teaching. These have included the City University of New York Graduate School, The Open University and various Italian Universities. At present, he teaches “Place Making and Sustainable Communities” at The Umbra Institute, American Study Abroad, in Perugia Italy.

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