Call for Papers: Life course transitions in space and time
RGS/IBG Conference, 31st August - 2nd September 2005 London
Session convenors: Colin Pooley and Lenny Baer, Department of Geography, Lancaster University
Sponsored by the Population Geography and Historical Geography study groups.
Context:
Everyone experiences life events that require major adjustments. Examples may include leaving home for the first time, marriage, childbirth, separation/divorce, children leaving home, retirement or the death of a partner. Most other aspects of everyday life, including migration, mobility, employment, education, housing, leisure activities and life style are in some way related to and affected by such experiences. Although often characterised as 'life-course transitions', such events are often not linear in nature, and the whole concept of transitions can be contested. Numerous transitions have been identified and studied across a range of disciplines, but we know much less about how such events were negotiated in different times and places, and how they affected the individuals involved.
This session invites papers that focus on the geographical dimensions of one or more key life course transitions, and the ways in which they relate to everyday life, in any setting or time period. The aim is to compare the negotiation of life course transitions from a variety of perspectives and in different places and time periods, to explore and challenge the concept of a linear process of life course change, and to seek to identify commonalities over time and space.
The deadline for receipt of abstracts (200 words) and title is 10th January. Please send expressions of interest by e-mail to Lenny Baer ([log in to unmask]) or Colin Pooley ([log in to unmask]).
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