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Play spaces as heterotopia: Seeking new ways to trouble the discourses and enactments of playwork.

Abstract

In 1966 Foucault bradcast a talk on French radio about ‘heterotopia’. These, he claimed, were institutional spaces which could be identified as being part of society, but at the same time outside contemporary social and political norms in their structure, discourses and iconography. The discourses and enactments of ‘playwork’ frequently occur in shared spaces, in which they come up against powerful conter-discourses, particularly those generated by educational institutions. A (re)turning to data collected in three primary schools and their partner nursery and out of school provision, revealed tensions and opportunities for playwork and playworkers during school playtimes and before and after school activities.

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Authors

Shaw, Linda J.

Oxford Brookes departments

School of Education

Dates

Year of publication: 2020
Date of RADAR deposit: 2020-06-05


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