01727nam a22001577a 4500 525790 525790 240415b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Noterman, Elsa and Blomley, Nicholas 51709 Children's legal geographies, and the “make-believe” of property Social & Legal Studies 33(2), Apr, 2024: p.236-253 What is a wall to a child? It may be an obstacle course, a balance beam, a “car,” a seat, a home for spiders and ladybugs, a place to play hide and seek, a support to lean on when learning to walk, a perch for cats, a musical instrument to be played with sticks and hands. Rather than just a barrier, the wall can also become an incitement to explore that which lies beyond it. So how does a wall become just a territorial marker—a designation of private property, an imposing boundary line that cuts through space, dividing mine and yours? And what can children's engagement with the boundary, and the legalized attempts to prevent and punish their boundary-crossing, tell us about the social work of private property? In addressing these questions, we aim to take seriously the iterative “why?” of small children when confronted with territorial rules and related violence.- Reproduced https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/09646639231171674 Wall, Child, Obstacle Course, Balance Beam, Car, Seat, Spiders, Ladybugs, Hide and Seek, Support, Learning to Walk, Perch for Cats, Musical Instrument, Barrier, Exploration, Territorial Marker, Private Property, Boundary Line, Social Work, Boundary-Crossing, Territorial Rules, Violence. 51710 Social & Legal Studies CHILD WELFARE AR 0 0 ddc 0 0 400844 IIPA IIPA 2024-04-15 33(2), Apr, 2024: p.236-253 AR131581 2024-04-15 AR