Events
Diary Dates for CSCY Events 2012
Wednesday 16 May One day conference. Exploring childhood studies in Africa: Foregrounding conceptual and methodogical issues. ICOSS
Friday 29 June 12.00-1.00pm Informal Seminar by Becky Parry. Board meeting 1.00-3.00pm, ICOSS
Monday 9 - Wednesday 11 July International Conference at Halifax Conference Venue, The Endcliffe Village, Sheffield.
Details about Forthcoming Events
Exploring Childhood Studies in the Global South: Africe in Focus
Date: Wednesday 16th May 2012
Time: 10.30-4.30pm
Venue: ICOSS, 219 Portobello, Sheffield S1 4DP, UK. Location of ICOSS on Google Maps
Conference fee: £35 per person includes lunch, teas and coffees and snacks. To pay on line click on this link
Speakers at the conference:
Professor Allison James, Department of Sociological Studies/Co-Director of the Centre for the Study of Childhood and Youth, The University of Sheffield.
Dr Gina Porter, Senior Research Fellow, Durham University
Professor Michael Bourdillon , University of Zimbabwe
Dr Gina Crivello, Research Officer, Young Lives: An International Study of Child Poverty, The University of Oxford
Over the last 20 years or so childhood studies has grown significantly, especially within Europe and North America. However, although a number of theoretical and methodological publications have been produced situated within this field, very few of these studies focus on childhood in the global south. Instead, the majority of studies that focus on the global south have been empirical, often situated within theoretical frameworks that have been developed in the global North. As a result, while there are numerous empirical-based studies on the lived experiences of children’s lives within this context, there remains a distinct absence of the global south in the theorizing and methodological discussions that take place about researching childhood from a range of different disciplines. Therefore, the aim of this one-day workshop is, primarily, to explore ways of expanding childhood studies beyond Western Europe and North America both conceptually and methodologically in order to ensure that the priorities and perspectives of childhood studies researchers focusing on Africa and the global south more generally are taken into account in existing paradigms of childhood studies, which draw on a range of disciplinary perspectives.
The workshop will seek to initiate discussion around questions such as:
- What are the key theoretical and methodological issues for childhood researchers focusing on Africa?
- How, if at all, do theoretical, methodological and ethical issues relating to childhood research in the North transfer to various contexts in the Global South with a particular focus on Africa?
- What are the overlaps between issues focused on in the North and the South and how can these be utilized to better represent priorities in the Global South within childhood studies?
The day will be divided into two sessions. The morning session will consist of 3 presentations by Professor Allison James. Dr. Gina Porter and Dr. Yaw Ofosu-Kusi. The afternoon session will allow participants to break out into smaller groups to discuss issues arising from the morning session in greater detail and link the issues to broader perspectives emerging from the Global South more generally.
Places are limited so bookings will be accepted on a first come basis. Please RSVP to Dawn Lessels, d.j.lessels@sheffield.ac.uk
This event is partially funded by the Royal African Society/the African Studies Association of the UK and the Faculty of Social Sciences, The University of Sheffield.
For further information about the content of the workshop please contact Dr Afua Twum-Danso Imoh (a.twum-danso@sheffield.ac.uk). For all other enquiries please contact Dawn Lessels (d.j.lessels@sheffield.ac.uk).
Recent events
Naughty Children Workshop
Date: 7th March 2012
Time: 10.30 - 5.00pm
Venue: ICOSS, 219 Portobello, Sheffield S1 4DP UK.
Payment can be made by clicking on the on-line store.
Speakers at the workshop:
Rachel Holmes, Maggie MacLure and Liz Jones, Manchester Metropolitan University
Esther Priyadharshini, University of East Anglia
Sami Timimi, Lincoln University
Katie Ellis, University of Sheffield
Karen Wells, Birkbeck College.
The aim of this workshop was to explore the ways in which the idea of 'naughty children' works as a social and cultural motif in particular settings and to consider the consequences that this has for children themselves. Click here for a copy of the programme. 38 people plus 7 speakers attended this popular event.
ESRC Seminar Series
CSCY is taking part in the ESRC Seminar Series entitled: Generating alternative discourses of childhood as a resource for educational policy making'. Follow this link for details.
To find out what you've been missing, you can read details of past events organised by the centre.
