Stunt Scooter and Educational Commons: A German Case Study

Abstract

The chapter focuses on the results of the German case studies dealing with the appropriation of public space through youth cultural practices. The focus of the German sub-project is on how children and young people move in public space with stunt scooters and utilize it for their own purposes. As in the SMOOTH project in general the approach of the educational commons serves as a theoretical frame of reference. In this chapter we will describe commoning practices that have emerged during the realized case studies. Besides the aspects of sharing and caring, there were also practices of cooperation and engaged citizenship. All these aspects have a political dimension, which became apparent in different ways in the case studies and in the researched field. Overall, the case studies have shown that the children and young people involved in joint political processes as commoners require a high degree of transparency on the part of the adults involved as to what scope the children and young people involved have for shaping these processes.