1st Edition

The Life Space of the Urban Child Perspectives on Martha Muchow's Classic Study

328 Pages

by Routledge

326 Pages

by Routledge

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The heart of this book is the translation of The Life Space of the Urban Child , written in 1935 by Martha and Hans Heinrich Muchow. Life Space provides a fresh look at children as actors and how they absorb their city environments. It uses an empirical base connected with theories about the worlds in which children live. The first section provides historical background on Muchow's study and... Read more

Series Editor's Foreword
Observational Phenomenology in the Making: Learning
from Martha Muchow
Jaan Valsiner

Muchow's Marks—An Introduction
Gunter Mey and Hartmut Gunther

Part I: Background

Martha Muchow and Hans Heinrich Muchow:
The Life Space of the Urban Child—The Loss and
Discovery, Connections and Requisites
Imbke Behnken and Jurgen Zinnecker

Martha Muchow—A Life Devoted to Educational
Enlightenment and to the Scientific Foundation
of Understanding Children's Worlds
Kurt Kreppner

Martha Muchow's Life Space Study in the Context of
Contemporary Childhood and Adolescent Research
Elfriede Billmann-Mahecha

Part II: The Study

The Life Space of the Urban Child
Martha Muchow and Hans Heinrich Muchow

An Environmental Psychologist as Translator: Some
Personal Comments on The Life Space of the Urban Child
Hartmut Gunther

Part III: Theoretical Foundations

Personalistic Undertones in The Life Space of the Urban Child
James T. Lamiell

Applying Jakob von Uexkull's Concept of Umwelt
to Human Experience and Development
Lauri Linask, Riin Magnus, and Kalevi Kull

Beyond Methodological Dichotomy—Martha
Muchow's Methodological Foundations and Their
Relation to Phenomenology
Peter Faulstich and Hannelore Faulstich-Wieland

Part IV: Perspectives

Martha Muchow's Contribution to Developmental
and Ecological Psychology—Children's Places as
Contexts for Behavior and Development
Urs Fuhrer

Martha Muchow's Methodological Heritage—
Pioneering Qualitative Research
Gunter Mey

Children as Actors—Muchow's Life Space Study
and Its Implications for "New" Childhood Studies
Beatrice Hungerland

Children in the Classroom
Gerold Scholz

Media.City.Spaces—Children's Lifeworlds
Kristin Westphal

Contributors

Index