Mobilidade diária das crianças, comuna de Santiago, Santiago, Chile

Conteúdo do artigo principal

Susana Cortés-Morales, Ph. D.
Alejandra Guerra Ruttimann
Alejandro Vega Muñoz, Ph. D.
Walter Imilan, Ph. D.

Resumo

A mobilidade diária de crianças e adolescentes constitui um desafio significativo para seu bem-estar, especialmente em áreas urbanas com alta motorização, insegurança e planejamento centrado no adulto. Neste artigo, apresentamos um estudo qualitativo realizado em Santiago, Chile, com a participação de duas escolas públicas e aproximadamente 35 crianças e adolescentes, a maioria de origem migrante. Foram realizadas tecnicas ludicas e fotoelicitação. Os resultados contribuem para
caracterizar os padrões de mobilidade desse grupo e para problematizar aspectos experienciais da perspectiva das crianças e adolescentes: embora gostem de caminhar ao lado de outras pessoas, praticar esportes, brincar e comer enquanto o fazem, identificam a sujeira, os medos dos pais e os perigos do trânsito como obstáculos para uma mobilidade segura, autônoma e prazerosa. Com base nesses resultados, propomos recomendações para o planejamento urbano e políticas públicas aplicáveis a diferentes escalas e dimensões.

##plugins.themes.bootstrap3.displayStats.downloads##

##plugins.themes.bootstrap3.displayStats.noStats##

Detalhes do artigo

Seção

Segunda Sección: Estudios e Investigaciones

Biografia do Autor

Susana Cortés-Morales, Ph. D., Universidade Central do Chile, Chile

Professora Assistente no Centro de Pesquisa em Arquitetura, Urbanismo e Paisagem da Universidade Central do Chile. Doutora em Educação pela Universidade de Leeds, Reino Unido. 0000-0003-3920-5743. Ramal 5: 10. E-mail: susana.cortes@ucentral.cl

Alejandra Guerra Ruttimann, Pesquisador independente, Chile

Pesquisadora independente. Antropóloga social, Universidade do Chile. 0009-0001-9295-7875. H5: 0. E-mail: aleguerrar@gmail.com

Alejandro Vega Muñoz, Ph. D., Universidade Central do Chile, Chile

Pesquisador Acadêmico, Centro de Pesquisa em Educação de Qualidade para a Equidade, Universidade Central do Chile. Faculdade de Ciências Empresariais, Universidade Arturo Prat. Doutor em Ciências Empresariais, Universidade Antonio de Nebrija (Espanha). 0000-0002-9427-2044. H5: 34. E-mail: alejandro.vega@ucentral.cl

Walter Imilan, Ph. D., Universidade Central do Chile, Chile

Professor Associado do Centro de Pesquisa em Arquitetura, Urbanismo e Paisagem da Universidade Central do Chile. 0000-0002-2478-8176. H5: 18. E-mail: walter.imilan@ucentral.cl

Como Citar

Cortés-Morales, S., Guerra Ruttimann, A., Vega Muñoz, A., & Imilan, W. (2026). Mobilidade diária das crianças, comuna de Santiago, Santiago, Chile. Revista Latinoamericana De Ciencias Sociales, Niñez Y Juventud , 24(2), 1-28. https://doi.org/10.11600/rlcsnj.24.2.7224

Referências

Al-Mosaind, M. (2019). The effect of age & gender on children’s mobility in Riyadh’s neighborhoods. Heliyon, 5(3), e01327. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e01327

Brown, C., de Lannoy, A., McCracken, D., Gill, T., Grant, M., Wright, H., & Williams, S. (2019). Special issue: Child-friendly cities [Editorial]. Cities & Health, 3(1-2), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1080/23748834.2019.1682836

Calquín, C., Galaz, C., & Magaña, I. (2022). Intervención y familias migrantes: análisis crítico de la «vulnerabilidad» desde los/las profesionales. Revista Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Niñez y Juventud, 20(2), 1-23. https://doi.org/10.11600/rlcsnj.20.2.5326

Chile Actívate. (2022). Último reporte de notas. Autor.

Christensen, P., & Cortés-Morales, S. (2016). Children’s mobilities: Methodologies, theories, and Scales. En C. Ni Laoire, A., White, & T. Skelton (Eds.), Movement, mobilities, and journeys, (pp. 1-32). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-4585-93-4_17-2

Christensen P., & James A. (2000). Researching children and childhood: Cultures of communication. En P. Christensen, & A. James (Eds.), Research with children: Perspectives and practices. Falmer.

Clark, A. (2017). Listening to young children: A guide to understanding and using the mosaic approach. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

Clement, S., & Waitt, G. (2018). Pram mobilities: Affordances and atmospheres that assemble childhood and motherhood on-the-move. Children’s Geographies, 16(3), 252- 265. https://doi.org/10.1080/14733285.2018.1432849

Cooper, A., Andersen, L., Wedderkopp, N., Page, A., & Froberg, K. (2005). Physical activity levels of children who walk, cycle or are driven to school. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 29(3), 179-184. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2005.05.009

Córdoba-Calquin, C. A., Farris, M., & Rojas, K. (2017). Discutir la segregación socioeco-nómica escolar en términos territoriales: la in&uencia diferenciada de la fragmentación urbana y la movilidad cotidiana. Investigaciones Geográficas, (92). https://doi.org/10.14350/rig.5476

Córdoba-Calquin, C., Rojas-Patuelli, K., & González-Lagos, R. (2022). Segregación escolar de estudiantes migrantes en escuelas de Santiago, Chile. Magis. Revista Inter-nacional de Investigación en Educación, 15, 1-31. https://doi.org/q3kf

Cortés-Morales, S. (2020). Bracelets around their wrists, bracelets around their worlds: Materialities and mobilities in (researching) young children’s lives. Children’s Geographies, 19(3), 364-376. https://doi.org/10.1080/14733285.2020.1789559

Cortés-Morales, S., de Campos, G., & Acevedo-Rincón, J. (2021). Movilidades infantiles en pandemia: develando espacialidades invisibles de la niñez en Latinoamérica. Revista Desidades. Revista Electrónica de Divulgación Científica de la Infancia y la Juventud, 30.

Dodd, H., FitzGibbon, L., Watson, B., & Nesbit, J. (2021). Children’s play and independent mobility in 2020: Results from the British children’s play survey. International journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(8), 4334. https://doi.org/q3kp

Fyhri, A., & Hjorthol, R. (2009). Children’s independent mobility to school, friends and leisure activities. Journal of Transport Geography, 17(5), 377-384. https://doi.org/dn4v2

Fyhri, A., Hjorthol, R., Mackett, R. L., Nordgaard, T., & Kyttä, M. (2011). Children’s active travel and independent mobility in four countries: Development, social con-tributing trends and measures. Transport Policy, 18(5), 703-710. https://doi.org/fm63j7

Hermida, C., Naranjo, G., Peña, J., Quezada, A., & Orellana, D. (2021). Avances en el conocimiento de la relación entre la movilidad activa a la escuela y el entorno urbano. Revista de Urbanismo, (45), 182-198. https://doi.org/10.5354/0717-5051.2021.58168

Hernández, S. (2021). La casa, la escuela y el barrio: la movilidad peatonal independiente en las y los estudiantes de bachillerato del Instituto Luis Vives, Ciudad de México. Economía Creativa, (14), 75-115. https://doi.org/10.46840/ec.2020.14.04

Hillman, M., Adams, J., & Whitelegg, J. (1990). One false move: A study of children’s inde-pendent mobility. Policy Studies Institute.

Huertas-Delgado, F., Chillón, P., Barranco-Ruiz, Y., Herrador-Colmenero, M., Rodríguez- Rodríguez, F., & Villa-González, E. (2018). Parental perceived barriers to active commuting to school in Ecuadorian youth. Journal of Transport & Health, 10, 290-296. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2018.05.102

Humberto, M., Pizzol, B., Moura, F., Giannotti, M., & de Lucca-Silveira, M. P. (2020). Investigating the mobility capabilities and functionings in accessing schools through walking: A quantitative assessment of public and private schools in São Paulo (Brazil). Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, 21(2), 183-204. https://doi.org/gtpxs3

Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas. (2017). Censo de población y vivienda 2017. Autor.

Jirón, P., Imilan, W., & Barra, V. (2023). Moving, playing, storytelling: The uses of trayectopia to situate mobility experiences in urban design, planning, teaching, and re-search. Transfers, 13(3), 21-39. https://doi.org/10.3167/TRANS.2023.130304

Kemp, N., Josephidou, J., & Bolshaw, P. (2025). «Tiny humans» outdoors: Understanding the factors that mediate opportunities for babies and toddlers. Children’s Geographies, 23(2), 219-236. https://doi.org/10.1080/14733285.2025.2479683

Leventhal, T. (2018). Neighborhood context and children’s development: When do neigh-borhoods matter most? Child Development Perspectives, 12(4), 258-263. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdep.12296

Luttrell, W. (2020). Children framing childhoods: Working-class kids’ visions of care. Policy Press. https://doi.org/10.56687/9781447353324

Mackett, R., & Thoreau, R. (2015). Transport, social exclusion and health. Journal of Transport & Health, 2(4), 610-617. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2015.07.006

Margarit, D., & Galaz, C. (2018). Espacios barriales y convivencia: re&exiones sobre las concentraciones de población inmigrada y la territorialidad urbana. Rumbos TS, (17), 23-50.

Marques, E., Pizarro, A., Mota, J., & Santos, M. P. (2014). Independent mobility and the relationship with moderate to vigorous physical activity in middle-school Portuguese boys and girls. Journal of Physical Activity & Health, 11, 1640-1643. https://doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2013-0035

Marzi, I., & Reimers, A. K. (2018). Children’s independent mobility: Current knowledge, future directions, and public health implications. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15(11), 2441. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15112441

Ministerio de Desarrollo Social y Familia [Chile]. (2023). Síntesis de resultados Casen 2022: pobreza multidimensional. Gobierno de Chile. Movyt. (2021). Guía de aplicación. https://www.movyt.cl/sitio/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/TRAYECTOPIA-Guia-de-Aplicacion-1.pdf

Murray, L. (2009). Making the journey to school: The gendered and generational aspects of risk in constructing everyday mobility. Health, Risk & Society, 11(5), 471-486. https://doi.org/10.1080/13698570903183889

Murray, L., & Cortés-Morales, S. (2019). Children’s mobilities: Interdependent, imagined, relational. Palgrave Macmillan. Nansen, B., Gibbs, L., MacDougall, C. Vetere, F. Ross, N., & McKendrick, J. (2014). Children’s interdependent mobility: compositions, collaborations and compromises. Children’s Geographies, 13(4), 467-481. https://doi.org/10.1080/14733285.2014.887813

O’Brian, M., Jones, D., Sloan, D., & Rustin, M. (2001). Children’s independent spatial mobility in the urban public realm. Childhood, 7(3), 257-277. https://doi.org/dmvw2q

Observatorio Niñez. (2024). Primer Informe Nacional del Bienestar de la Niñez. Autor. Olsen, J., Mitchell, R., McCrorie, P., & Ellaway, A. (2019). Children’s mobility and environmental exposures in urban landscapes: A cross-sectional study of 10-11 year old Scottish children. Social Science & Medicine, 224, 11-22. https://doi.org/ghrz9q

Orellana, D., Hermida, C., Quezada, A., Andrade, J., & Ballari, D. (2024). Children’s active mobility to school: Evidence from two Andean cities. Sustainability, 16(7), 2745. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16072745

Orrmalm, A. (2020). The &ows of things — exploring babies’ everyday space-making. Children’s Geographies, 19(6), 677-688. https://doi.org/10.1080/14733285.2020.1866748

Palma, X., Chillón, P., Rodríguez-Rodríguez, F., Barranco-Ruiz, Y., & Huertas-Delgado, F. (2019). Perceived parental barriers towards active commuting to school in Chilean children and adolescents of Valparaíso. International Journal of Sustainable Transporta-tion, 14(7), 525-532. https://doi.org/10.1080/15568318.2019.1578840

Pain, R. (2016). Whose fear is it anyway? Resisting terror, fear and fear for children. En S. Smith (Ed.), Fear: Critical geopolitics and everyday Life (pp. 211-222). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315582054

Peach, L., Watson, D., Skeels, I., Ali, S., Bradley, P., Musse, S., & Allport, T. (2025). Multi-species encounters in the city: A more-than-human perspective on children’s arts-based exploration of urban natural spaces. Children’s Geographies, 23(2), 172-188. https://doi.org/10.1080/14733285.2025.2476429

Pinillos-Patiño, Y., Herazo-Beltran, Y., Tocora-Andrade, R., Aramendiz-Mejía, J., Bote-llo- Montero, Y., Vulardy-Armenta, J. & Bravo-Córdoba, R. (2022). Transporte activo: distancia entre el hogar y la escuela. Retos, 44, 364-369. https://doi.org/q3kg

Porter, G., Hampshire, K., Abana, A., Munthal, A., Robston, E., Mashiri, M. & Maponya, G. (2010). Where dogs, ghosts and lions roam: Learning from mobile ethnographies on the journey form school. Children’s Geographies, 8(2), 91-105. https://doi.org/dcmc5b

Razmilic, S. (2019). Inmigración, vivienda y territorio. En I. Aninat, & R. Vergara (Eds.), Inmigración en Chile: una mirada multidimensional (pp. 101-148). Fondo de Cultura Económica.

Romero, M., & Christensen, P. (2009). Is children’s independent mobility really indepen-dent? A study of children’s independent mobility combining ethnography and GPS/ mobile phones technologies. Mobilities, 4(1), 37-58. https://doi.org/b8nfsc

Schoeppe, S., Duncan, M., Badland, H., Oliver, M., & Curtis, C. (2013). Associations of children’s independent mobility and active travel with physical activity, sedentary behaviour and weight status: A systematic review. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 16, 312-319. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2012.11.001

Secretaría Comunal de Planificación. (2014). Antecedentes comunales de Santiago Centro. Ilustre Municipalidad de Santiago.

Shaw, B., Bicket, M., Elliot, B., Fagan-Watson, B., Macca, E., & Hillman, M. (2015). Children’s independent mobility: on international comparison and recommendations for action. Policy Studies Institute. https://www.nuffieldfoundation.org/sites/default/files/files/7350_PSI_Report_CIM_final.pdf

Smith, M., Amann, R., Cavadino, A., Raphael, D., Kearns, R., Mackett, R., Mackay, L., Carroll, P., Forsyth, E., Mavoa, S., Zhao, J., Ikeda, E., & Witten, K. (2019). Children’s transport built environments: A mixed methods study of associations between per-ceived and objective measures and relationships with parent licence for independent mobility in Auckland, New Zealand. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(8),1361. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16081361

Strandell, H. (2014). Mobile phones in children’s alter-school centres: Stretching of place and control. Mobilities, 9(2), 256-274. https://doi.org/10.1080/17450101.2013.802488

Tuñon, I. (2014). Derecho al juego: entre el tiempo escolar, los amigos y el espacio público. Niños/ as entre 5 y 17 años en la Argentina urbana. Serie del Bicentenario 2010-2016; boletín n.º 1. Observatorio de la Deuda Social de la Infancia. https://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/bitstream/123456789/8131/1/derecho-juego-entre-tiempo-escolar.pdf

Unicef. (2020). Niños, niñas y adolescentes en Chile. Autor. https://www.unicef.org/chile/media/3636/file/Cifras%20de%20infancia.pdf

Unicef. (2022). Ethical research involving children. Autor. https://childethics.com

Unicef. (2023). Child friendly cities initiative. Autor. https://childfriendlycities.org

Unicef. (2025). Los derechos de la infancia en las ciudades del mundo. Autor. https://www.unicef.es/publicacion/los-derechos-de-la-infancia-en-las-ciudades-del-mundo

Varvantakis, C., & Nolas, S.-M. (2019). Metaphors we experiment with in multimodal ethnography. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 22(4), 365-378. https://doi.org/10.1080/13645579.2019.1574953

Varvantakis, C., & Nolas, S.-M. (9 de noviembre de 2021). Picturing what really matters: How «photo-story» research can help make the personal, visible. The Sociological Review. https://doi.org/10.51428/tsr.mtsg8567

Viego, V., & Gayone, M. (2023). El camino a la escuela: distancias entre hogares y unida-des educativas en distintos estratos sociales. Análisis con microdatos georreferenciados de Bahía Blanca. Revista Latinoamericana de Políticas y Administración de la Educación, (18), 93-109.

Whittle, R. (2018). Baby on board: The impact of sling use on experiences of family mobi-lity with babies and young children. Mobilities, 14(2), 137-157. https://doi.org/gqwkz7

Whittle, R. (2021). Towards interdependence: Using slings to inspire a new understanding of parental care. Children’s Geographies, 20(5), 674-687. https://doi.org/q3kq

World Health Organization. (2018). Global status report on road safety 2018. Autor.