ISBN:
9789956762743
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (250 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Engaging Children and Youth in Africa : Methodological and Phenomenological Issues
DDC:
305.2309
Keywords:
Child development
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Children -- Social conditions
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Children
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Child development
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Children ; Social conditions
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Children
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Representing research from east, central, west, and southern Africa, Engaging Children and Youth in Africa provides a well-balanced analysis of on-the-ground data with methodological and phenomenological issues that abound in much of research in Africa today. With an introduction that charts out some of the most critical approaches in African-centred research on children and youth, contributors to this volume give the reader a glimpse of the product of engaged research that places children and youth at the centre of analysis. The authors follow recent studies that have insisted on seeing Afric
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Notes on Contributors; Contents; Introduction; 1. The Professional Constructions of Childhood and Youth in Africa: New Directions for Research; Introduction; Methodology; Science in Society: The Social Shaping of Scientific Knowledge; Professions and Social Order; The Professional Constructions of Childhood and Youth in Africa: New Directions for Future Research; The Ecology of Childhood and Youth Collectives in Africa: Configurations and Transformations; Institutional Disputes and Stabilisation of Childhood and Youth in Africa
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Childhood and Youth Agency and Institutional Patterning of Youth in AfricaConclusion; References; 2. New Directions in Child and Youth Research in Africa; Questioning the Adequacy of Terms Within Child and Youth Studies; The Use of the Term "AIDS Orphan"; Exploring Assumptions around The Notion of The "Child Soldier"; The Importance of Innovative Methods in Child and Youth Research; Some examples employing participatory research methods in relation to children; Children's Knowledge of Animal Husbandry; A children's Radio Project; The Use of Theatre and Drama in Child Research
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The Use of Art Therapy in Child ResearchChildren Exploring Dimensions of Their Everyday Lives Through Photography; Discussing New Directions; Notes; References; 3. "It is the Common Way but not the Normal Way": Marriage, Household and Social Order in Accounts of African Youth; A Typical African Youth?; Incomplete Transitions or Incomplete Analyses?; The Rules of "Shona" Marriage; Everyday Elopements; Ritual Exchange and Daily Care; Conclusion; Notes; References; 4. Children's Lives and Children's Voices: An Exploration of Popular Music's Representation of Children in East Africa; Introduction
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Studies and Representations of Childhood: An OverviewPopular Music and Social Realities in East Africa; Representing Modernity and Tradition in Childhood Experiences; Giving Voice to the Voiceless: The Case of Children in Northern Uganda; Conclusion; Notes; References; 5. Teenage Girls, Cell Phones and Perceptions of Autonomy: Examples from Molyko Neighbourhood, South West Region, Cameroon; Introduction; Contextualizing the Study Area; Methodology; Youth and Cell Phones; Girls, Cell Phones and Parental Control; Cellular Phones, Connectivity and Social Life; Conclusion; Notes; References
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6. Street Dialogue Spaces: Youth and the Reshaping of Public Political Process in Côte d'IvoireIntroduction; Youth in Ivorian Politics; Street Dialogue Spaces; In Crises Maelstrom: Inventing Street Dialogue Spaces; A Safety Net: Inventing New Solidarity Ties; Street Dialogue Spaces as Instruments for the Dissemination of Political Ideology; At the Heart of the Political Game: Between Resourcefulness and Vote-catching; Space Domination Through Control of NICTs; Reinventing Youth Culture; High-Tech Generation; Informality Persists; Street Dialogue Spaces as an Alternative Exchange Mechanism
Description / Table of Contents:
Conclusion
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