78 research outputs found
Fifty years of Area: Taking stock, looking forward
The year 2018 marks Area's 50th anniversary. The past 50 years have witnessed profound shifts in the nature of higher education, in research practices and priorities, and in academic publishing. In this Editorial, we look both to the journal's past and to its future. Firstly, we examine some significant publishing trends in Area between 1998â2018. Secondly, we use these data â and the occasion of the journal's 50th anniversary â to map out possible future priorities for the journal and, indeed, for geography as a discipline. Looking forward, our vision is for a renewed focus on multiple forms of collaboration, coâproduction and the building of alliances as we seek to retain and sharpen our commitment to publishing cuttingâedge geographical research, and to hosting lively, provocative and generative debates about geography as a discipline
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The impact of COVID-19 on education, food and play-leisure and related adaptations for children and young people: international and national Overviews. PANEX-Youth WP2 full report
Introduction: Geographies, Histories and Practices of Informal Education
This extract is taken from the author's original manuscript and has not been edited. The definitive, published, version of record is available here: http://www.palgrave.com/gb/book/9781137027726#otherversion=978134943972
Educational archaeology and the practice of utopian pedagogy
This paper explores the idea, and some elements of the (potential) practice, of utopian pedagogy. It begins by outlining the general aims of âutopian pedagogyâ and notes the shift within contemporary writings away from the metaphor of the architect (armed with a utopian âblueprintâ) towards that of the archaeologist. The ontological underpinnings of educational archaeology are discussed before attention turns to a critical examination of the pedagogical process of excavation. The key questions here are (to labour the metaphor) where to dig and how to identify a utopian find. The paper argues that, without a substantive normative vision to serve as a guide, utopian archaeology is conceptually flawed and practically ineffectual, romanticising an endlessly open process of exploration. The final section suggests that the fears associated with utopian architecture (authoritarian imposition, totalising closure) are misplaced and that drawing up a âblueprintâ should be the aim and responsibility of utopian pedagogy
From Big Society to Shared Society? Geographies of social cohesion and encounter in the UKâs National Citizen Service
This article explores and expands debates on the geographies of social cohesion and encounter, specifically in relation to young people and informal citizenship training. Three questions drive our agenda in this paper. First, how do certain youth spaces get enrolled into wider political discourses, functioning as geographical expressions of government visions to create a political legacy? Second, how are these spaces engineered and operate on-the-ground? Finally, how do young people understand their experiences of such spaces? To address these questions, we use the example of âNational Citizen Serviceâ â a youth programme operating in England and Northern Ireland â to raise critical questions about the wider politics of spaces of informal education and attempts by the state to âmakeâ citizens and future neighbours. The article examines the rationale for this growing scheme, targeted at 15â17 year olds and designed to foster a âmore cohesive, responsible and engaged societyâ. Drawing on original fieldwork with key architects, stakeholders and young people, we analyse the narratives that underlie NCS and its expansion â specifically around social cohesion and citizenship education. We explore the idea of âsocial mixâ as one of NCSâ guiding principles and its place as part of state narratives about the âBig Societyâ and âShared Societyâ
The Management of Disclosure in Childrenâs Accounts of Domestic Violence: Practices of Telling and Not Telling
Children and young people who experience domestic violence are often represented as passive witnesses, too vulnerable to tell the stories of their own lives. This article reports on findings from a 2 year European research project (Understanding Agency and Resistance Strategies, UNARS) with children and young people in Greece, Italy, Spain and the UK, who had experienced domestic violence. It explores children and young peopleâs understandings of their own capacity to reflect on and disclose their experiences Extracts from individual interviews with 107 children and young people (age 8â18) were analysed. Three themes are presented, that illustrate children and young peopleâs strategies for managing disclosure: (1) âBeing silenced or choosing silence?â, explores children and young peopleâs practices of self-silencing; (2) âManaging disclosures: Finding ways to tellâ outlines how children and young people value self-expression, and the strategies they use to disclose safely; and in (3) âSpeaking with many voicesâ considers how children and young peopleâs accounts of their experiences are constituted relationally, and are often polyvocal. The article concludes that children and young people can be articulate, strategic and reflexive communicators, and that good support for families struggling with domestic violence must enable space for children and young peopleâs voice to be heard. This is possible only in an integrated framework able to encompass multiple layers and perspectives, rather than privileging the adult point of view. Practitioners who work with families affected by domestic violence need to recognize that children and young people are able to reflect on and speak about their experiences. This requires that attention is paid to the complexity of children and young peopleâs communication practices, and the relational context of those communications
Towards framing the global in Global Development: prospects for development geography
This paper examines data in the public sphere on the global scope of geographyâs UKRI Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) projects. Building on decolonial critiques of development research, I argue that geography should frame âthe globalâ of global research as a sphere of ethical choices in research design and practice. The distribution of funded projects in the UKRI Gateway data suggests geographers succeed where they extend on the more worthy aspects of the disciplineâs Area Studies legacy. The disciplineâs engagements with Early Career Researchers, international colleagues, and the development sector, however, have potentially been reshaped by GCRF and thus need closer examination. While the UK government has brought the GCRF programme to a close, further work on these themes should inform the next iteration of global research. The ethical choices which make research global will remain fundamental to equitable design and impact in Global Development projects, thus scholars in development geography should prepare to make their projects more transparent and accountable
Child Studies Multiple - Collaborative play for thinking through theories and methods
This is the final version. Available on open access from Linköpings University Electronic Press via the DOI in this recordThis text is an exploration of collaborative thinking and writing through theories, methods, and experiences on the topic of the child, children, and childhood. It is a collaborative written text (with 32 authors) that sprang out of the experimental workshop Child Studies Multiple. The workshop and this text are about daring to stay with mess, âun-closureâ , and uncertainty in order to investigate the (e)motions and complexities of being either a child or a researcher. The theoretical and methodological processes presented here offer an opportunity to shake the ground on which individual researchers stand by raising questions about scientific inspiration, theoretical and methodological productivity, and thinking through focusing on process, play, and collaboration. The effect of
this is a questioning of the singular academic âIâ by exploring and showing what a plural âIâ can look like. It is about what the multiplicity of voice can offer research in a highly individualistic time. The article allows the reader to follow and watch the unconventional trial-and-error path of the ongoing-ness of exploring theories and methods together as a research community via methods of drama,
palimpsest, and fictionary
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