Year: 2024
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: This paper inves9gates how recrea9onal urban tree climbing is a playful ac9vity that 1 creates new ways of experiencing the city by transforming a liminal space, the canopy, into a play place.Tree climbing is the act of climbing trees in public urban areas for recrea9onal purposes.Cooke, a London-based climber, suggests it can be done alone or accompanied, and with or without equipment.(Cooke, 2016) Colloquial informa9on shows it is prac9ced in US and Northern European ci9es, but it remains largely undocumented .Curiosity towards this sport-like ac9vity led me to
Author: Julie Tremblay
Language: English
Subfield: Social Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: gold
OpenAlex ID: W4413514942