‘Where the rivers meet’: A study of urban belonging experienced by adolescents in the Confluence Park in Kaunas, Lithuania

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Šlapakauskaitė, Urtė (2024)

‘Where the rivers meet’: A study of urban belonging experienced by adolescents in the Confluence Park in Kaunas, Lithuania

Bachelor thesis | Urban Studies (BA)

The aim of this thesis is to identify the ways that the Confluence Park in Kaunas, Lithuania engenders a sense of (urban) belonging among the adolescent population, ages 19-22, in Kaunas. Confluence Park is a green area with recreational facilities within the centre of Kaunas, located in between the two rivers of Nemunas and Neris. By employing a qualitative research design in the form of online interviews, the study reveals a multitude of ways of how adolescents of Kaunas experience a sense of belonging through the park. The findings highlight that the Confluence Park, as a public space, its various places, engender belonging through diverse engagements with the environment and memories created with different social groups in the park.