miasto dla dzieci | placemaking
When my children heard I would speak on a conference in Paris, they immediately asked me if I was going to visit Disneyland. I said ‘no’. But now, upon my return home to Warsaw, when I sat down to wrap up events of the week of IMCL conference in France, I realised that I actually had visited it.
In 2022 I will present in: Paris (Le Plessis-Robinson), Corfu and Dublin.
This event will not be solely devoted to children but to all of us. This year theme is “The Person-Space Continuum”.
During Walk Bike Places conference (Indianapolis & Online, 15-18.06.2021) our Placemaking Europe KIDS working group will present itself during our own session “Let children rule the streets!”. I will talk about a book that I write with and for children. Join us!
That is how I talked of writing a book with and for children during “Kids & Cities – the World’s Children Day webinar” organised by Placemaking Europe KIDS.
My article entitled “Barriers and Pleasures of the Urban Space for Children” has been published in Conscious Cities Anthology 2020: To Shape and Be Shaped, which is a part of Conscious Cities Festival.
My friend from the UK, who spends half of his life in Scandinavia corrected me once when I described children as less experienced users of a city. Children are not less experienced – they experience differently.
A speech during „City for everybody” session at Congress of Urban Policy, 2019
Personal summary of Placemaking Week Europe 2019 in Valencia
I have learnt to adapt. While moving on fixed routes around Warsaw I know how to switch off: I have big headphones with my favourite music for the route from work to home and e-book on my phone in case of longer trips on public transport. Sometimes, when I want a little change, I chose interaction with other people. Yet, my children exist here and now and they need to feed their need of being active here and now.
