Making School Children’s Participation in Planning Processes a Routine Practice

Jenny Stenberg and Lasse Fryk
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Jenny Stenberg: Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, 412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden
Lasse Fryk: Department of Social Work, University of Gothenburg, 405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden

Societies, 2021, vol. 11, issue 1, 1-17

Abstract: Children’s participation in planning has been investigated to some extent. There are, however, unexplored topics, particularly concerning what is needed for children’s participation to become a regular process. Based on case studies in Sweden, this article draws some conclusions. It is quite possible to organize ordinary processes where children participate in community building, in collaboration with planners, as part of their schoolwork. The key question is how this can be done. Clearly, it needs to occur in close collaboration with teachers and pupils, however it also needs to be implemented in a system-challenging manner. Thus, rather than looking for tools with potential to work in the existing school and planners’ world, it is important to design research that aims to create learning processes that have the potential to change praxis. Hence, it is not the case that tools are not needed, rather that children need to help to develop them.

Keywords: children’s participation; planning; compulsory school; vulnerable/stigmatized neighborhood; regular process; system-challenging; change praxis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A13 A14 P P0 P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 Z1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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