Abstract
In this editorial, we provide a preliminary definition of ‘safe spaces’ before exploring how the collected authors have taken a fresh approach to understanding ‘safe spaces’ though a geographical lens. Until now, the material ‘location’ of safe spaces have remained under theorised, but by turning attention to how children and young people co-produce and bring safe spaces into being through their situated practices, this Special Issue provides rich ground for re-evaluating why places ‘matter’ in children’s lives. This editorial maps out those common threads that are uncovered across a diverse collection that spans playful protest in Johannesburg, family food struggles in Warsaw, to the theatrical parodies of second generation Somali youth in London.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 351-355 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Children’s Geographies |
Volume | 16 |
Issue number | 4 |
Early online date | 23 Jul 2018 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jul 2018 |