TOYS, PLAYING AND CHILDREN’S SOCIABILITY INSIDE AUTOMOBILES

This work aims to approach the situations happened inside the cars protagnized by children during different routes travelled. In order to understand the traffic and automobility system as a whole, like Eric Laurier (2008) proposes, we also must understand also the moments occurred inside the automobile’s space. Hence I present stories around the time lived inside the cars described by six middle class children’s (5-7 years old) from Florianópolis, southern Brazil. From situations like playing in the backseat and the trunk, singing with the parents, watching the traffic and using mobile devices, the analysis indicate the automobile as a coexistence space with sociabilities, consumption and playing moments adapted to car’s internal space. As conclusion I argued the automobile as a space of habitability and the time spent inside the cars not necessarily as a wasted time.