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Demos Podcast: Seen and Heard
12:34pm Friday, 5th October 2007
Some people will tell you that "hoodies" are just another example of a youth cult scaring adults. For hoodie we might as well just read Teddy Boy, Rude Boy, Mod, Rocker, Skin-head, Casual and so on... But rather than being a specific style or cult, the hoody is an item of clothing worn by most children and mostly by children. It's not the visibility of a youth cult in public space that scares people - it's youth culture itself. This is fundamentally changing public space. 71% of adults played out on the street when they were children. Only 21% of today's children say they do. The forthcoming Demos pamphlet "seen and heard" argues that children have been written out of public space - they can stay inside, go to the park or basically they can forget it. In this podcast the report's authors Celia Hannon, Joost Beunderman and Peter Bradwell argue that rather than containing kids in playgrounds and skate parks, all public spaces should be made play-friendly. The pamphlet will be out soon - it just kind of depends if the impending media-blanket that would be a general election hits or not. In the meantime you can listen to the podcast...
1. By subscribing via feedburner
2. Listening via the Internet Archive
3. Downloading the file (13MB)
4. Listening below on the embedded player (you need quicktime),
1. By subscribing via feedburner
2. Listening via the Internet Archive
3. Downloading the file (13MB)
4. Listening below on the embedded player (you need quicktime),
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