Jugar El Camino

Jugar el Camino is a project by Mi Calle, Nuestra Calle (MCNC) that explores play as a tool for resilience, emotional well-being, and social connection among children and adolescents experiencing migration. Through a mobile play laboratory, the project activates plazas, parks, and reception spaces as places to play, create, and imagine collectively.

The initiative brings together a mobile play station, participatory methodologies, and portable play kits that extend the experience beyond each encounter. Through play, creativity, and collaboration, Jugar el Camino seeks to transform the street from a space of transit and uncertainty into a shared territory that can also be inhabited, transformed, and enjoyed.

Methods: collaborative play, future scenario building, participatory methodologies, public space interventions

Pedagogies: play-based learning, participatory futures, co-creation, situated learning

Medium: mobile play laboratory, cargo tricycle, games, portable play kits, public space activations

Changes: emotional well-being, stronger social connections, children's participation, right to play and the city

Credits: Mi Calle, Nuestra Calle (MCNC), Sophia Arrazola, Jesica Bastidas, Mariana Navarro, Rómulo Romero Serrano, Ximena Hernández, Oliver Honey, La Nana ConArte A.C., Monserrat Padilla, Mariana Andrea Ruiz Pérez, Daniel Álvarez, Rosi Alvarez, and collaborators from CENTRO's Social Service Program.