New Geographies of City Childhood: Wearable Computing Devices and Children's

This paper outlines exploratory research being undertaken by the ‘A New Sense of Place? ’ project in Bristol into the potential wireless mobile computing technologies has for enhancing urban children’s socio-spatial practices. The paper introduces the project and its overall aims and the nature of emerging mobile computing technologies. It then outlines the research activities and methodologies. Finally, it outlines the project’s findings and links these back to the project’s overall objectives