CHILDREN'S GEOGRAPHIES ANNUAL LECTURE 2013 Changing children's geographies
@inproceedings{Holloway2014CHILDRENSGA, title={CHILDREN'S GEOGRAPHIES ANNUAL LECTURE 2013 Changing children's geographies}, author={Sarah L. Holloway}, year={2014} }
•This keynote explores the changing nature of children’s geographies as an academic project. It proceeds in four parts. Part 1 considers the shift away from research on children’s spatial cognition which envisaged the child in largely biological terms, and contemplates contemporary efforts to rework the nature/culture dualism. Part 2 traces the incorporation of new social studies of childhood into geography, emphasising the importance of children’s voices, their positioning within axes of power…
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