In the emergency of global forced displacement, the plight of urban refugee children is often ignored. Inclusive play can provide a solution.
Emergencies of forced displacement are prevalent across the globe, but research often ignores the plight of urban refugee children who have limited access to resources and rights within the built environment.
With Kitengela, a peri-urban town in Kenya as a case study, we’ll explore how play spaces can become significant places of safety, social integration and developmental progress.
Through the process of storytelling and digital mapping, we’ll look at the material and spatial characteristics which promote the naturally occurring play culture – while also foregrounding the issues that prevent both refugee Congolese children and host Kenyan children from accessing play in an inclusive, equitable manner.
This work has been developed by Marie Williams, based in the UCL Institute of Global Prosperity, through the process of co-design, in collaboration with local researchers and over 200 participants in 2020.
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