Desire lines (2)
Children’s map-making can move beyond representations to critically project desires and critique relationships to life beyond the domestic and private
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Desire lines (1)
I started writing this post en route back from Manchester and the British Sociological Association 2017 Annual Conference where the Connectors Study research team attended to present our work. We are in the process of re-writing an article on childhood publics and political talk in childhood for a Special Issue we are co-editing in Contemporary …
Read MoreEarliest political memories in the classroom
Last autumn we ran an experimental online public engagement series called ‘earliest political memories’. We collected a total of 68 memories that were generously contributed by members of the public. You can read all the contributions here. The series caught the attention of our colleague Rachel O’Connell in the School of English who convenes the …
Read MoreWhat are your earliest political memories?
It is often said that we carry our childhoods with us into adulthood, our past resonating in our present and future to a greater or lesser extent. Longitudinal research, such as cohort studies, is often concerned with how past and present experience will influence the opportunities we have in life (science journalist Helen Pearson’s book …
Read MoreCall for papers, Special Issue of Contemporary Social Science
CALL FOR PAPERS Special Issue of Contemporary Social Science Political activism across the life-course. Papers are invited that explore how citizens participate in society. What leads them to participate, and what are the consequences of their participation? These are important policy and practice relevant questions about political activism, defined as responding to matters of common …
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