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Birigtte Justiniano, Christina K. Albeck & Venka Simovska
Summary
This article discusses the fi ndings of a qualitative study which aimed to gene rate
knowledge about children’s perspectives on the possibilities and barriers for
physical activity in their local neighbourhood in the western part of Copenhagen.
The research focuses on children’s experiences related to the interplay between
physical and material features of the space, the cultural meanings they and their
families att ribute to the space, and the engagement, motivation and participation
in structured as well as non-structured activities in the children’s daily lives. The
study shows that children’s busy everyday life schedules and concerns about
safety are the main factors infl uencing their physical activity patt erns. Further,
in children’s views, the neighbourhood in question lacks spaces that are not overstructured
and loaded with rules and regulation that target certain activities and
certain groups of children. For many of the children that took part in the study,
rules and over-structured city space limits children’s self-organized activities, decreases
their motivation and reduces their creativity and opportunity to co-create
the physical space as well as activities within.
Birgitt e Justiniano
Ph.d. fra Forskningsprogrammet
for Miljø- og
Sundhedspædagogik.
Institut for Didaktik
DPU,
Aarhus Universitet.
Christina K. Albeck
Ph.d. stipendiat
Institut for Didaktik
DPU,
Aarhus Universitet.
chal@dpu.dk
www.dpu.dk/om/chal
Venka Simovska
Professor MSO, ph.d.
Institut for Didaktik
DPU,
Aarhus Universitet.
vs@dpu.dk
www.dpu.dk/om/vs