Asphalt kids and the matrix city: reminiscences of children's urban environmental history

Existing research in urban environmental history is often characterized by a narrow viewpoint or limited material reflecting the rationalist approach typical of white, middle-aged, middle-class and educated men. This orientation risks overlooking the viewpoint of the majority of urban dwellers: ordi...

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Published in:Urban history 2011-08, Vol.38 (2), p.301-323
Main Author: LAAKKONEN, SIMO
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adults
barn urban miljö historia
Child labor
Childhood
Children
Children & youth
Children urban environment history
Cities
Culture
Dyos Prize
Environmental conditions
Environmental history
Historical Studies
Historiska studier
History
Males
Materials
Middle Aged Adults
Middle Class
Rats
Reminiscences
Sustainable cities
Urban Areas
Urban history
Whites
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Summary:Existing research in urban environmental history is often characterized by a narrow viewpoint or limited material reflecting the rationalist approach typical of white, middle-aged, middle-class and educated men. This orientation risks overlooking the viewpoint of the majority of urban dwellers: ordinary men, women, children, the elderly and different ethnic groups. The article focuses on the urban environmental history of children, because childhood forms the foundation for our relationship with nature. Environmental reminiscences offer fruitful material for the study of children's urban environmental history as well as children's contemporary relationships with the urban landscape. The article integrates aspects of urban history, environmental history and evolutionary psychology.
ISSN:0963-9268
1469-8706
1469-8706
DOI:10.1017/S0963926811000423