Children are uniquely socially and biophysically exposed to the toxic and illegal air pollution plaguing many cities around the world. Scholars working in urban political ecology (UPE) and in children’s geographies have a significant opportunity to research these toxic metabolic flows and responses to them, though scholarship at the intersection of UPE and children’s geographies is scarce and falls behind the growing social movements involved in activism regarding air pollution in children’s urban spaces. Additionally, the intersection of children’s geographies and UPE presents a chance for significant pedagogical reflection in UPE, which, to date, has been nearly absent. To address these issues, this paper details a multi‐method and participatory action research project with undergraduates to locate and intervene in uneven and unequal urban metabolism of air pollution near a primary school in east London. It argues for the increasing relevance of air pollution for UPE scholarship, for further interdisciplinary work at the intersection of UPE and children’s geographies, and for the greater participation of undergraduates in urban environmental politics beyond the classroom.

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孩子们呼吸自己的空气：对孩子的地理位置，空气污染的城市政治生态的反思，以及正在进行的与东伦敦小学附近的大学生进行的参与式行动研究

儿童在社会和生物上有着独特的社会和生物素养，暴露于困扰着世界许多城市的有毒和非法的空气污染中。在城市政治生态学（UPE）和儿童地理领域工作的学者有很大的机会研究这些有毒的新陈代谢流及其对它们的反应，尽管在UPE和儿童地理相交处的奖学金很少，并且落后于参与激进主义的社会运动的发展关于儿童城市空间中的空气污染。此外，儿童地理和UPE的交集为UPE提供了重要的教学思想反思的机会，迄今为止，这种反思几乎不存在。为了解决这些问题，本文详细介绍了一个多方法，参与性的行动研究项目，该项目与大学生一起，对伦敦东部一所小学附近的空气污染中不均衡和不平等的城市新陈代谢进行定位和干预。它主张空气污染对UPE奖学金的重要性与日俱增，在UPE和儿童地理的交汇处开展进一步的跨学科工作，并要求大学生在课堂之外更多地参与城市环境政治。