Turning space into place: The place-making practices of school girls in the informal spaces of their high school

• Published in: Research in education (Manchester) Vol. 104; no. 1; pp. 24 - 42
• Main Authors: Fataar, Aslam, Rinquest, Elzahn
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.08.2019; Sage Publications Ltd
• Subjects: Biographies; Classroom communication; Classrooms; Diaries; Educational Environment; Elicitation; Environmental Influences; Ethnography; Females; Focus Groups; Foreign Countries; Girls; High School Students; Interaction; Lefebvre, Henri (1901-1991); Participant Observation; Photography; School Culture; Secondary school students; Secondary schools; Social Networks; Space; Space Utilization; Student Characteristics; South Africa (Cape Town); place identity; high school; Place-making; girls; school culture; space

This article explores the place-making and identifications practices of two high school girls in the out-of-classroom spaces of their school. We employ Henri Lefebvre's spatial triad, consisting of the interaction between the physical, social and mental dimensions of space, as the conceptual fo...