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Tree Stumps, Manhole Covers and Rubbish Tins

The Invisible Play-Lines of a Primary School Playground

June Factor

Australian Centre, University of Melbourne, Parkville Victoria. 3052, Australia.j.factor{at}unimelb.edu.au

The physical features of a primary school playground – dimensions, textures, furnishings, etc. – are incorporated and adapted for their own purposes by children in their free play. Youngsters create an intricate network of usage, play-lines invisible but known to every child at the school. Unfortunately, the general adult indifference to children’s playlore often results in a lack of consultation with the playground’s users when well-meaning but ignorant ‘landscaping’ of a school playground is undertaken.

Key Words: children • folklore • games • play • playground • school

Childhood, Vol. 11, No. 2, 142-154 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/0907568204043049
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