Changing children's geographies
@article{Holloway2014ChangingCG, title={Changing children's geographies}, author={Sarah L. Holloway}, journal={Children's Geographies}, year={2014}, volume={12}, pages={377 - 392} }
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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