This study conveys how young adults reflect upon their childhood experiences and memories of outdoor play, friluftsliv and outdoor places. Inspired by a phenomenological approach, we conducted walking interviews in nature areas where they used to play as children, revisiting the same informants and places as in a research project 14 years earlier. Today the respondents emphasise the experience of freedom encompassing joy, wonder and communication with surrounding nature and people, associating it with autonomy and self-determination. Joy, wonder and communication in someone’s experience are subjective existential categories often used to characterise friluftsliv in outdoor education. Personally meaningful to the young adults, these experien...
This book explores the magic of spontaneous play self-organized by children. Outdoor play must be en...
Spending time outdoors and in nature is known to be beneficial for your mental health and physical w...
When outdoor recreational activities are restricted, where can we find solitude, exploration and sel...
This study conveys how young adults reflect upon their childhood experiences and memories of outdoor...
While a child’s sense of wonder is thought to come naturally, less is known about how adults foster ...
The goal of this study is to gain more knowledge about children's uses and experiences when playing ...
While outdoor experiences, particularly those involving risk and or activity, are highly valorised a...
Although the well-being effects of nature are increasingly recognized, the trend in urban societies ...
Where was your favourite place to play as a child? Chances are it was outdoors, and out of sight of ...
This research was a qualitative semi-participatory case study carried out over 14 weeks, in one earl...
The natural environment provides children with space in which they can move spontaneously without re...
In this paper we look at the ways in which the experience of the natural environment was made availa...
Being in touch with nature is essential for the development, health and well-being of children. Man...
Outdoor learning is recognised internationally as an essential part of a child’s holistic education ...
Outdoor play is considered an essential aspect of a ‘proper childhood’. However, unsupervised outsid...
This book explores the magic of spontaneous play self-organized by children. Outdoor play must be en...
Spending time outdoors and in nature is known to be beneficial for your mental health and physical w...
When outdoor recreational activities are restricted, where can we find solitude, exploration and sel...
This study conveys how young adults reflect upon their childhood experiences and memories of outdoor...
While a child’s sense of wonder is thought to come naturally, less is known about how adults foster ...
The goal of this study is to gain more knowledge about children's uses and experiences when playing ...
While outdoor experiences, particularly those involving risk and or activity, are highly valorised a...
Although the well-being effects of nature are increasingly recognized, the trend in urban societies ...
Where was your favourite place to play as a child? Chances are it was outdoors, and out of sight of ...
This research was a qualitative semi-participatory case study carried out over 14 weeks, in one earl...
The natural environment provides children with space in which they can move spontaneously without re...
In this paper we look at the ways in which the experience of the natural environment was made availa...
Being in touch with nature is essential for the development, health and well-being of children. Man...
Outdoor learning is recognised internationally as an essential part of a child’s holistic education ...
Outdoor play is considered an essential aspect of a ‘proper childhood’. However, unsupervised outsid...
This book explores the magic of spontaneous play self-organized by children. Outdoor play must be en...
Spending time outdoors and in nature is known to be beneficial for your mental health and physical w...
When outdoor recreational activities are restricted, where can we find solitude, exploration and sel...