Currently reading this report by Prof @alisonstenning.bsky.social on the connection between street play & loneliness, which I will definitely use for my work in progress on proximity and affective scaffolding for the Moral Psychology of Loneliness collection #philsky playingout.net/wp-content/u... - ThreadSky

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affectinthecity.bsky.social • 23 days ago

Currently reading this report by Prof @alisonstenning.bsky.social on the connection between street play & loneliness, which I will definitely use for my work in progress on proximity and affective scaffolding for the Moral Psychology of Loneliness collection #philsky

https://playingout.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Tackling-Loneliness-with-Resident-Led-Play-Streets-Final-Report.pdf

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affectinthecity.bsky.social•23 days ago

I think I made a mess of the thread; see comments for more on street play & community, including some relevant philosophy.

affectinthecity.bsky.social•23 days ago

Philosophers are also starting to pay attention to the unjust treatment of children and young people in urban policy (see the post below by Nico Brando & @katepitasse.bsky.social), but the report shows how caring about children benefits the community at large

https://justice-everywhere.org/general/small-in-the-city/

affectinthecity.bsky.social•23 days ago

The report also helps addressing the question of why the creation of third places is not enough to create community, because often people just don’t go to them. I am trying to find the source, which seems to have fallen through my cascade of whatsapp messages and phone notes

calebw.bsky.social•23 days ago

Quill Kukla's book City Living talks a bit about this, about how purpose-built 3rd spaces often don't fulfill the needs of teenagers in particular

affectinthecity.bsky.social•23 days ago

Yes, they do! @liao.shen-yi.org has an excellent review&response to that part of City Living ⬇️ The thread got disrupted by trying to find the post I have lost on how individualism is a barrier to community that can’t be solved w 3rd places only

affectinthecity.bsky.social•23 days ago

I found it! This post argues that community also requires individual effort that sometimes might be uncomfortable. However, the report shows that street play initiatives make people less reticent to interact (saying hello, stopping to chat)—meaning that they can be effective tools of civic education

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