Insurgent Playing
@insurgentplaying.bsky.social
Insurgent Playing explores how communities reclaim public spaces through informal recreation, turning play into acts of belonging, agency, and resistance through recreation.
You can’t celebrate “the beautiful game” with these ugly signs. #InsurgentPlaying
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No Soccer Allowed—Welcome to the World Cup!
How LA’s “No Soccer” Signs Contradict Its Global Soccer Dreams
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July 31, 2025 at 5:26 PM
You can’t celebrate “the beautiful game” with these ugly signs. #InsurgentPlaying
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July 26, 2025 at 7:41 PM
A 'No ball games' and 'No cycling' double whammy near me.
(Signs obviously to be ignored!)
(Signs obviously to be ignored!)
March 18, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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“No Ball Games” signs make children unwelcome on their own doorstep, contributing to isolation and inactivity. It’s time for them to go. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Yes, ball games: drive to take down signs warning against play begins in London
Charity says thousands of signs on capital’s estates deter children from being active, and is covering some of them up
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March 18, 2025 at 8:54 AM
“No Ball Games” signs make children unwelcome on their own doorstep, contributing to isolation and inactivity. It’s time for them to go. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Playing together, whether on a formal team or in unstructured settings, created a sense of normalcy in an otherwise shattered reality.
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Community Healing through Sports After Tragedy
Play as a Path to Recovery
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January 21, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Playing together, whether on a formal team or in unstructured settings, created a sense of normalcy in an otherwise shattered reality.
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#InsurgentPlaying
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#InsurgentPlaying
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#BuenosDíasYBuenasNoticias
Rita Ebel, conocida como la 'Abuela LEGO', construye rampas con bloques de juguete en Hanau, Alemania, para mejorar la accesibilidad.
Su creatividad derriba barreras y nos recuerda que la inclusión es tarea de todo el mundo.
Esperemos un 2025 con menos barreras.
Rita Ebel, conocida como la 'Abuela LEGO', construye rampas con bloques de juguete en Hanau, Alemania, para mejorar la accesibilidad.
Su creatividad derriba barreras y nos recuerda que la inclusión es tarea de todo el mundo.
Esperemos un 2025 con menos barreras.
La historia de “la abuela LEGO”, la alemana que construye rampas con bloques de juguete
Desde diseños personalizados hasta soluciones prácticas, es un ejemplo de cómo la creatividad puede abrir puertas y cambiar mentalidades
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December 31, 2024 at 7:28 AM
#BuenosDíasYBuenasNoticias
Rita Ebel, conocida como la 'Abuela LEGO', construye rampas con bloques de juguete en Hanau, Alemania, para mejorar la accesibilidad.
Su creatividad derriba barreras y nos recuerda que la inclusión es tarea de todo el mundo.
Esperemos un 2025 con menos barreras.
Rita Ebel, conocida como la 'Abuela LEGO', construye rampas con bloques de juguete en Hanau, Alemania, para mejorar la accesibilidad.
Su creatividad derriba barreras y nos recuerda que la inclusión es tarea de todo el mundo.
Esperemos un 2025 con menos barreras.
December 30, 2024 at 7:03 PM
The concept of Insurgent Playing captures the essence of hydrant recreation. It is spontaneous, unplanned, and rooted in community needs. It defies the rigid frameworks of urban governance, offering a playful and profound model of urban resistance.
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December 30, 2024 at 5:30 PM
The concept of Insurgent Playing captures the essence of hydrant recreation. It is spontaneous, unplanned, and rooted in community needs. It defies the rigid frameworks of urban governance, offering a playful and profound model of urban resistance.
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"Planning policies and mandatory car parking construction have encouraged suburban sprawl, strip malls with more space for cars than people and the erosion of shared “third places” where Americans can congregate."
“The study doesn’t call for people to completely stop using cars but the solution could be in finding a balance. For many people driving isn’t a choice, so diversifying choices is important.”
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How extreme car dependency is driving Americans to unhappiness
A car is often essential in the US but while owning a vehicle is better than not for life satisfaction, a study has found, having to drive too much sends happiness plummeting
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December 29, 2024 at 8:07 PM
"Planning policies and mandatory car parking construction have encouraged suburban sprawl, strip malls with more space for cars than people and the erosion of shared “third places” where Americans can congregate."
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From my old neighborhood in DC: Construction shuts down street to cars, residents’ sense of community, quality of life goes up. Makes you think about what we lose in optimizing everything in our lives to cars.
To these neighbors, the Albemarle Street closure is a “total delight” | Forest Hills Connection | News and Life in Our DC Neighborhood
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December 19, 2024 at 1:23 AM
From my old neighborhood in DC: Construction shuts down street to cars, residents’ sense of community, quality of life goes up. Makes you think about what we lose in optimizing everything in our lives to cars.
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Some work from my Urban Goals project. Started in May 2015, I continue to photograph this project UK wide and beyond today.
#photography #urbangoals #football #michaelkirkham
#photography #urbangoals #football #michaelkirkham
December 18, 2024 at 9:16 AM
Some work from my Urban Goals project. Started in May 2015, I continue to photograph this project UK wide and beyond today.
#photography #urbangoals #football #michaelkirkham
#photography #urbangoals #football #michaelkirkham
Thanks to a Prank, Sculptures Make Googly Eyes at Oregon Residents www.nytimes.com/2024/12/14/u...
Googly Eyes Placed on Sculptures Follow Residents in this Oregon City
The eyes were attached to eight installations, to the delight of residents. City officials, who lamented the cost of repairs, were less amused.
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December 15, 2024 at 7:56 PM
Thanks to a Prank, Sculptures Make Googly Eyes at Oregon Residents www.nytimes.com/2024/12/14/u...
December 13, 2024 at 7:07 PM
"The playing of a soccer tournament in Rafah is an act of resistance—and even of survival." @edgeofsports.bsky.social #InsurgentPlaying
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Palestinians Stand Up to Israel Through Soccer
The American Friends Service Committee staged a youth soccer tournament in Rafah, showcasing the joy that the sport can offer.
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December 13, 2024 at 4:29 PM
"The playing of a soccer tournament in Rafah is an act of resistance—and even of survival." @edgeofsports.bsky.social #InsurgentPlaying
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A component of #InsurgentPlanning - reclaiming public places through play and creativity.
December 12, 2024 at 8:19 PM
A component of #InsurgentPlanning - reclaiming public places through play and creativity.
Swim-ins and wade-ins transformed leisure into a demand for equality, challenging segregation at public pools. Activists turned play into protest, reclaiming spaces of exclusion. #InsurgentPlaying
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How beaches and pools became a battleground for US civil rights
The forgotten “wade-ins” that transformed the US.
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December 12, 2024 at 5:41 AM
Swim-ins and wade-ins transformed leisure into a demand for equality, challenging segregation at public pools. Activists turned play into protest, reclaiming spaces of exclusion. #InsurgentPlaying
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My 7 year old just coordinated an hour long pick up soccer game in a greenhouse with kids and adults that spoke 3 different languages using a discarded pumpkin at a potato festival.
He did like 1.5 seasons of little kid soccer when he was 5 and has otherwise shown little interest in the game.
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He did like 1.5 seasons of little kid soccer when he was 5 and has otherwise shown little interest in the game.
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December 12, 2024 at 1:46 AM
December 12, 2024 at 1:06 AM
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December 11, 2024 at 11:26 PM
Insurgent Playing
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Some work from my Urban Goals project. Started in May 2015, I continue to photograph this project UK wide and beyond today.
#photography #urbangoals #football #michaelkirkham
#photography #urbangoals #football #michaelkirkham
December 11, 2024 at 8:41 PM