Physical activity in public space: insights from a global community of practice applying photovoice as a tool for digital participatory place analysis

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01A - Journal article
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Cities & Health
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Routledge
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Abingdon
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Physical activity in open spaces is a crucial topic of urban health around the globe. As cities and everyday life differ a lot in specific urban contexts, places for physical activity may vary in shape, perception and use by local people. A group of researchers from eight countries in Europe, South America and Asia used the same online-photovoice application to explore places in their cities regarding physical activity in public spaces. Using the same application in eight countries with diverse local participants, we collected a rich basis for a reflection on methodological issues, the usability of the online-photovoice application and determinants of physical activity in public spaces in contrasting cities. The paper aims to provide traceable documentation of a collaborative learning activity with an online-photovoice application. In doing so, results are presented from researchers’ self-reflection as a global community of practice on how the online-photovoice approach can be applied to place analysis for healthy urban development at different places with practitioners, communities, and scientists from diverse backgrounds. The paper contributes to a broader problem understanding of physical activity in public open spaces. As one result, we find that including aspects of safety and conflict in public space is highly relevant.
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physical activity, healthy urban development, knowledge co-production, public space, online photovoice
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610 - Medizin und Gesundheit
300 - Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Anthropologie
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2374-8834
2374-8842
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English
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Published
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Gold
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'https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/'
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KÖCKLER, Heike, Rehana SHRESTHA, Atif Bilal ASLAM, Tania BERGER, Susanne BÖRNER, Clement CHEUNG, Carlo FABIAN, Hiranmayi SHANKAVARAM, Reshma SHRESTHA, Sadichchha SHRESTHA und Daniel SIMON, 2024. Physical activity in public space: insights from a global community of practice applying photovoice as a tool for digital participatory place analysis. Cities & Health. 1 März 2024. DOI 10.1080/23748834.2024.2307739. Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.26041/fhnw-8642