Life Space of the Urban Child

Gunter Mey is professor of developmental psychology at the University of Applied Sciences Magdeburg-Stendal, Germany. Hartmut Gunther is professor of environmental psychology and director of the Institute of Psychology at the University of Brasilia, Brazil.

• Series Editor's ForewordObservational Phenomenology in the Making: Learningfrom Martha MuchowJaan ValsinerMuchow's Marks—An IntroductionGunter Mey and Hartmut GuntherPart I: BackgroundMartha Muchow and Hans Heinrich Muchow:The Life Space of the Urban Child—The Loss andDiscovery, Connections and RequisitesImbke Behnken and Jurgen ZinneckerMartha Muchow—A Life Devoted to EducationalEnlightenment and to the Scientific Foundationof Understanding Children's WorldsKurt KreppnerMartha Muchow's Life Space Study in the Context ofContemporary Childhood and Adolescent ResearchElfriede Billmann-MahechaPart II: The StudyThe Life Space of the Urban ChildMartha Muchow and Hans Heinrich MuchowAn Environmental Psychologist as Translator: SomePersonal Comments on The Life Space of the Urban ChildHartmut GuntherPart III: Theoretical FoundationsPersonalistic Undertones in The Life Space of the Urban ChildJames T. LamiellApplying Jakob von Uexkull's Concept of Umweltto Human Experience and DevelopmentLauri Linask, Riin Magnus, and Kalevi KullBeyond Methodological Dichotomy—MarthaMuchow's Methodological Foundations and TheirRelation to PhenomenologyPeter Faulstich and Hannelore Faulstich-WielandPart IV: PerspectivesMartha Muchow's Contribution to Developmentaland Ecological Psychology—Children's Places asContexts for Behavior and DevelopmentUrs FuhrerMartha Muchow's Methodological Heritage—Pioneering Qualitative ResearchGunter MeyChildren as Actors—Muchow's Life Space Studyand Its Implications for "New" Childhood StudiesBeatrice HungerlandChildren in the ClassroomGerold ScholzMedia.City.Spaces—Children's LifeworldsKristin WestphalContributorsIndex