'There is Nothing Here for Us..!' How Girls Create Meaningful Places of Their Own Through Movement

TY - JOUR

T1 - 'There is Nothing Here for Us..!' How Girls Create Meaningful Places of Their Own Through Movement

AU - Christensen, Pia Haudrup

AU - Mikkelsen, M.R.

PY - 2013/5

Y1 - 2013/5

N2 - This article focuses on how girls create places of meaning and opportunity through collective movement. It is based on an ethnographic study of the everyday experiences and mobility of 10-13 year old girls living in a suburb of Copenhagen, Denmark. The girls ventured for a sense of freedom and a 'place of their own' to pursue their interests and social relationships. For some girls the creation of places where they felt 'at home' would entail breaking rules and transgressing spatial boundaries set by adults.

AB - This article focuses on how girls create places of meaning and opportunity through collective movement. It is based on an ethnographic study of the everyday experiences and mobility of 10-13 year old girls living in a suburb of Copenhagen, Denmark. The girls ventured for a sense of freedom and a 'place of their own' to pursue their interests and social relationships. For some girls the creation of places where they felt 'at home' would entail breaking rules and transgressing spatial boundaries set by adults.

KW - semrap-2011-3

U2 - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1099-0860.2011.00413.x/abstract

DO - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1099-0860.2011.00413.x/abstract

M3 - Journal article

SN - 0951-0605

VL - 27

SP - 197

EP - 207

JO - Children and Society

JF - Children and Society

IS - 3

ER -