Feeling the Nation through Exploring the City: Urban Pedagogy and Children’s Lived Experiences in Postwar Helsinki

Abstract In the post-1945 world, Finnish schools were appointed new task of fostering democratic values and educating peace-loving citizens. By exploring postwar art environmental education in Helsinki, understood as means to expand children’s emotional competences, Malinen Vahtikari provide a unique analysis ways educators, children urban space co-produced nation everyday (school) practices. show importance fully acknowledging spatial, material sensory aspects emotions when discussing formation historical manifestations nationalism. To illustrate adult-children co-creation different ideas, practices with respect national community, chapter uses two sets contemporary sources: educators’ writings drawings.