Growing-Up LocalYouth, Young People, and the Production of

the 'Local' in HackneyZed Nelson - Photographs from A Tale of Two Cities. http://www.zednelson.com/

Outline

•Defining Youth & Young people

•Research Proposal

•Youth/Education Data

•Educational Structure in •Hackney

•Maps (schools/nurseries/gangs)

•Methodology

•Research Questions

Zed Nelson - Photographs from A Tale of Two Cities. http://www.zednelson.com/

Youth

"The qualities of vigour, freshness, or

immaturity as associated with being young."

- OED

Young People

0 - 19 years old

Child Benefit Families, 2010

Hackney Central Hackney London

Total Number of Children

2530 60380 1831965

Total Number of Families Claiming Benefit

1480/1959 = 75%

31240/38192 = 81%

1028265/1602052 = 64%

SourceHer Majesty's Revenue and Customs

Last Updated13 April 2011

Data on Young People & Education

School Absence

(Sept 10 - Aug 11) Hackney London

Enrolments in All Schools

25,300 891,687

Overall % rate of absences (pupil half days)

5.5% 5.5%

Authorized Absences (pupil half days)

4.4% 4.3%

Unauthorized Absences (pupil half days)

1.2% 1.2%

Persistent Absentees (enrolments)

6.2% 5.6%

SourceDepartment for EducationLast Updated21 June 2012

Growing-Up Local

1.How can young people in Hackney learn to feel local through interacting with place?

2. How can the places of childhood in Hackney raise the voices of young people in the local community?

LEARNING LOCAL

PERFORMING LOCAL

GROWING-UP

LOCAL

HACKNEY EDUCATION

UK School Structure

Sure Start Age: 0-4

Primary Age: 4-11

Secondary 11-18

Middle/Upper

Fee-paying schools “PUBLIC”

10 years ago Hackney schools were amongst the poorest performers in the nation.

Hackney Learning Trust was formed to manage all education – outside of the control of the Local Authority.

Hackney Learning Trust takes a holistic approach, overseeing support and education from 0-19.

Several schools were closed, most schools were rebuilt.

Today, Hackney’s schools are amongst the best performers in the UK. This year the Local Authority has taken back their management.

“Academy”: secondary school that has opted out of Local Authority control so directly financed by central gov“Free School”: primary or secondary school formed by locals and directly funded by central gov

ORIGINWho is local,

who is an incomer?

SPACEWhere is the world of each age group in

Hackney?

PLACEWhat are the features of this world?

CHALLENGES

Is feeling local

working?

SOLVEWhat sort

of intervention

s could help?

Pre-School0-4

Primary5-11

Middle11-16

Upper16-18

Tools: census, interviews

Tools: kids maps, official maps

Tools: maps of official facilities, maps of kids own places, evaluation of places

Tools: interviews

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Pre-school

http://www.learningtrust.co.uk/map/

http://www.childcare.co.uk/search/Childminder/N16/1-miles

Hackney:22 Child Centres

64 Child-minders

Child Centres Map

Parent networks:● Official (NCT)● Spontaneous

Relational space and physical space together.

From parent meetings, playgrounds and childcare options.

MAPS

http://sites.google.com/site/londonstreetgangs/

MethodologyDesign for children: the spatial dimension● Schools layouts● Streets for children and accessibility proof● Playgrounds “design for play”● Project Faraday (http://www.goved.co.uk/projects/faraday) at fcbstudios

Social: the relational space● Young people networks● Parents networking● Security and safety:

● Police and crime statistics● Immigrant child detention (Nick Lessof): http://ecdn.org/category/child-detention/● Gangs map

Contacts in Hackney:● Mossbourne academy● Anna Fiorentini Drama School.● Interviews to children in a local house (Michaels)● School teachers and headteachers network● TED x Youth @ Hackney● Immigrants

TOOLS

● Qualitative Data (Census, OFSTED...) ● Mapping (official, mental maps, kids maps)● Interviews: adults and young people● Drawings, photos, “favourite place in

Hackney”● Informal talk

Street inventory

Exercise in Miraflores (Lima-Peru) 2011

(Re)building the Local City

How do young people figure into the future?

Growing Up Local - Growing The Local

Who is allowed to have an opinion on local change? What is the role of young people who will inhabit the local city of the future? Will they have a say in the future?Who is "selling" the local in Hackney, and who is being sold?...

Change...

Hackney “For Sale”: 1M+

Hackney “For Sale”: 250-300K

For whom are we making the city?

Planning for the different phases of life (Mumford, 1945)

If we build the city considering the children, then we have build a city that can work for everyone (Tonucci)

Children in an urban world – The State of the World Children

2012UNICEF

Frato / Tonucci

Thank you!

Mariana,Nick,

Emma, Michael