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Please send abstracts and/or enquiries about this session to both organisers:
Tracey Skelton ([log in to unmask]) and Kate Gough ([log in to unmask])
RGS-IBG Annual Conference (www.rgs.org/AC2009)
Manchester, UK 26 – 28th August 2009
First Call for Papers
Young People’s Im/Mobile Geographies: Negotiating Urban Spaces
Sponsored by the Geographies of Children, Youth and Families Working Group (and to be considered by the Urban Studies Research Group)
There is a small but growing body of work on mobilities of children and young people in both the Global North and South. Scholars of mobility are starting to take children and young people into account and, in line with the ‘mobility turn’ in the social sciences, research on children’s and young people’s geographies is starting to analyse their (im)mobilities. Additionally, young people are emerging as a relevant group for research within urban studies. In this session we aim to bring young people, (im)mobilities and the urban together engaging with, and expanding upon, these approaches.
This call for papers places particular emphasis on critical analyses of the specific mobile and immobile constituents of young people’s geographies. We seek papers which include all or some aspects of the following:
* A focus on the (im)mobilities of young people (aged approximately 14 to 30). Much existing work focuses on children whereas this session is determined to place young people centre stage. The age range is selected to cover the multiple and differentiated definitions of ‘young people’ in different parts of the world.
* A focus on the urban spatialities of young people. There is already a good amount of work on mobilities of rural young people within geography but there has been a relative lack of attention so far given to this age group within urban studies.
* An interrogation of the meanings and practices of mobility and immobility in young people’s lives (spatial, temporal, cultural, social and/or economic) and how these intersect and are mapped out in urban spaces.
* An analysis of empirical data from research conducted in either or both the Global South and the Global North.
If you are interested in submitting a paper please send queries and abstracts to both co-organisers: Tracey Skelton ([log in to unmask]) National University of Singapore, and Kate Gough ([log in to unmask]) University of Copenhagen.
Please note, as we have a deadline to submit the full session to the Urban Studies Research Group for consideration for sponsorship, all abstracts must be submitted by 20th January 2009. Layout for abstracts: 1) name 2) institutional affiliation 3) contact email 4) title of proposed paper 5) abstract (max. 250 words) 6) technical requirements (video, sound, data projector).
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