ABSTRACT

A collaboration between the third sector and a university in Southwest England, the Good from Woods project investigated wellbeing outcomes of time spent in woodland through action research by a range of woodland practitioners. The research reported in this article explores relations between children aged 3–15 years and trees in an adventure playground set in woodland regrowth on an old municipal tip. The innovative arts-based methodology highlights playful, imaginative and affective place-based play. We examine the flows of activity amongst human and nonhuman in this environment and consider how this place and its materiality supported intra-play between trees and children, nonhuman and human inhabitants. Our analysis interweaves post-paradigmatic new materialism with ideas of cultureplaces leading us towards an understanding of place as children’s (unequal) partner in intra-play.

抽象的

第三部门与英格兰西南一所大学之间的合作，Good from Woods项目通过一系列林地从业者的行动研究，调查了在林地中度过的时间所带来的幸福感。本文报道的研究探索了一个3-15岁儿童与树木之间的关系，该树木位于一个旧市政区林地再生长中的冒险游乐场。创新的基于艺术的方法论突出了基于场所的嬉戏，富有想象力和情感的游戏。我们研究了在这种环境下人类与非人类之间的活动流，并考虑了这个地方及其重要性如何支持树木与儿童，非人类与人类居民之间的内部游戏。