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Children’s geographies and the 'new wave' of childhood studies

Kraftl, P. and Horton, J. (2018) Children’s geographies and the 'new wave' of childhood studies. In: Spyrou, S., Rosen, R. and Cook, D. (eds.) Reimagining Childhood Studies. London: Bloomsbury. (Accepted)

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Abstract:
This chapter offers a critical engagement with a so-called ‘new wave’ of childhood studies. It begins by critically reviewing recent approaches to studying childhood that have been inspired by Actor-Network, new materialist and posthumanist philosophies. In doing so, we argue for greater attention to, and interdisciplinary collaboration with, research in children’s geographies, which has sought to attend to the nonrepresentational elements of children’s lives. The chapter then argues for a re-thinking of the relationship between the biological and the social (‘biosocial dualism’), in particular in how children maybe decentred recentred in social-scientific analyses. Finally, we outline how childhood studies scholars might further develop new wave approaches, via the key theme of construction and the empirical example of large, nationwide programmes of school-building. Writing as geographers, we weave arguments about space, place, scale and spatiality throughout the chapter.
Uncontrolled Keywords:
Space, place, scale, materiality, affect, new materialism and posthumanism, education, schools, architecture, construction
Subjects:
H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Women > HQ767 Children. Child development
Creators:
Kraftl, P. and Horton, J.
Editors:
Spyrou, S., Rosen, R. and Cook, D.
Publisher:
Bloomsbury
Faculties, Divisions and Institutes:
University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > Faculty of Education & Humanities > Education, Children and Young People
University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > Research Centre > The Centre for Children and Youth
Faculties > Faculty of Arts, Science & Technology > Environmental Science
Faculties > Faculty of Education & Humanities > Education, Children and Young People
Research Centres > Centre for Psychology and Social Sciences
Date:
23 January 2018
Date Type:
Acceptance
Title of Book:
Reimagining Childhood Studies
Place of Publication:
London
Language:
English
Media of Output:
Book
Status:
Accepted
Refereed:
Yes
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