How Space Shapes the Everyday School Experience of Students and Professors at Križanke












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            Abstract

            This article centres on place attachment and feelings of belonging of students and profess
            Secondary School for Design and Photography, Ljubljana (SŠOF). The school’s educational pr
            between two locations: Križanke, a medieval complex in the city centre; and Roška, a renov

            barrack on Ljubljana downtown’s periphery, which SŠOF shares with another school. Students
            in my research described Križanke as a “creative”, “free”, and “democratic” space where th
            they belong, especially in contrast to the second location. My objective here is to unders

            of a role the actual place has in shaping the relationships between school environments an
            (students, professors).

            In the article, I present the historical context of Križanke and SŠOF’s current spatial cr
            eviction from Križanke), followed by a “walk through Križanke” to examine students’ sensor
            of the building. This text analyses spatial elements like unique classroom set-ups, narrow

            the labyrinthine construction of Križanke. These elements produce more informal and dynami
            between students and professors at SŠOF, which consequently enhance the students’ feelings
            acceptance, and creativity. Finally, I conclude by examining how a complex interrelatednes

            of place, narration of place, and attachment to place in a school context impact the every
            experience at SŠOF and Križanke.


            Keywords: anthropology of place; place attachment; learning environment; Križanke; sensory

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