The Public-in-Waiting
Are children part of the public in “public health”? Using a critical discourse analysis of NZ’s Covid public health political & media messaging, we conclude: no, but children’s representations are TOOLS of public health, used to influence the adult public. What does this exclusion mean for children’s roles in public health crises – and for the health of the public?
Love and Agency in Ethnographic Fieldwork with Children
Analysing emotions such as love can enable new ways of understanding human relationships
and deepen reflexive ethnographic practice. Love in research with children, however, carries a unique set of implications
Where have all the children been? Children’s unseen contributions to pandemic survival
Amidst the pandemic chaos of 2020 we asked, where have all the children gone? In our podcast that year for AAA’s Raising our Voices we drew attention to children’s silencing in COVID-19 policy and media reports, speculated on the consequences of children’s erasure, and drew from the anthropology of childhood to suggest how we might think about and un-silence children’s experiences of the pandemic. Two years on, we this time ask: where have all the children been?
What do Arts-Based Methods Do?
A Story of (what is?) Art and Online Research with Children During a Pandemic By Julie Spray, Jean Hunleth and Hannah Fechtel Spray, Julie, Hannah Fechtel, and Jean Hunleth. 2022.… Read more What do Arts-Based Methods Do? →
Drawing Perspectives Together: What Happens When Researchers Draw With Children?
What happens when researchers draw with children?
PhD Wisdoms from a Recent Graduate
I wrote these “wisdoms” when I was freshly out of the PhD and I think they’re still relevant. Some of this you will already know, some will not be relevant to your particular experience and circumstances, and by the end of your degree, you’ll have a whole bunch more you can add to this (and I hope you do!). But you may find some of this comes in to bear at different points, and it may be helpful to know someone else has experienced this before you. 1. Writing a… Read more PhD Wisdoms from a Recent Graduate →
For what does research matter?
Following the announcement that New Zealand is cutting funding to social science and humanities research, Julie Spray argues for the value of funding research of unmeasurable value. Image credit Julie… Read more For what does research matter? →
Denaturalising the “adult voice”
Childhood studies has spent a long time deconstructing “the child’s voice.” But what has this attention to children’s “voices” meant we overlook? Most child-centred research involves adult researchers, then children’s… Read more Denaturalising the “adult voice” →
New study: now recruiting
We know interdisciplinary teamwork comes with unique challenges that can influence the way knowledge is produced and translated. So how does disciplinary knowledge get heard?
We’re investigating what happens to disciplinary knowledge—how it is activated, translated, or marginalised.
Drawing Talks
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