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Young People and Social Change: Illuminating the Connections between Children/Youth Studies and Development Studies
Discussion introduced by Roy Huijsmans (Institute of Social Studies)
To a large degree, children & youth studies and development studies constitute two separate communities of scholars with their own bodies of literature. This seminar is dedicated to a discussion on how both fields of study could find a meaningful collaboration and joint inspiration.
Over the past decades the study of children and youth has attracted considerable attention across the social sciences. These researchers share a common premise in 1) conceptualising children and young people as social actors, and 2) in assessing childhood and youth as social constructs. Whilst young people have also attracted some scholarly attention in the field of development studies, it has remained a largely adult-centred domain despite the demographic realities in developing countries. On the other hand, development studies have also much to offer to children and youth studies. Development studies can draw on a significant amount of accumulated knowledge and experience on themes like agency, participation, empowerment, human rights, inequality, poverty, discourse and governmentality, themes which are currently attracting an increasing amount of critical attention in children and youth studies.
Discussion introduced by Roy Huijsmans (Institute of Social Studies)
To a large degree, children & youth studies and development studies constitute two separate communities of scholars with their own bodies of literature. This seminar is dedicated to a discussion on how both fields of study could find a meaningful collaboration and joint inspiration.
Over the past decades the study of children and youth has attracted considerable attention across the social sciences. These researchers share a common premise in 1) conceptualising children and young people as social actors, and 2) in assessing childhood and youth as social constructs. Whilst young people have also attracted some scholarly attention in the field of development studies, it has remained a largely adult-centred domain despite the demographic realities in developing countries. On the other hand, development studies have also much to offer to children and youth studies. Development studies can draw on a significant amount of accumulated knowledge and experience on themes like agency, participation, empowerment, human rights, inequality, poverty, discourse and governmentality, themes which are currently attracting an increasing amount of critical attention in children and youth studies.
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