Call for papers to the panel “Children’s understandings of landscapes
and environments”
at the Biennial Conference of the Finnish Anthropological Society
“Landscapes, sociality and materiality” in Helsinki, Finland, October
21–22, 2015.
http://www.antropologinenseura.fi/en/events/anthropology-conference-2015/
Children’s understandings of landscapes and environments
Panel convener: Mari Korpela, University of Tampere
Childhood studies emphasise that children are the best experts of
their own lives. Anthropologists are always interested in the
“natives’ point of view”, yet that point is often presented by adults.
Landscapes and environments are not neutral but socially and
culturally constructed and they are relevant also from children and
youth’s point of view although their understandings may differ from
those of adults. Children and youth may for example emphasise physical
experiences with the environment. Their access to and use of certain
environments may be restricted, which may lead to specific
understandings of those places. On the other hand, they may be
encouraged to use other environments. Children and youth may also
express particular emotions, such as fear or joy, towards particular
environments or landscapes. It is also relevant to ask how children
and youth conceptualise and experience changes in environments and
landscapes or how they contribute to such changes. This panel invites
papers that discuss children’s and youth’s understandings and
experiences of landscapes and environments, both of natural and built
ones. Ethnographic accounts as well as other empirical reflections are
welcome. Papers that use innovative research methods to reach the
conceptualisations and experiences of children and youth are
particularly welcome.
Send your proposal (an abstract of 250–300 words) to
[log in to unmask] by March 15th, 2015.
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Dr. Mari Korpela
Postdoctoral research fellow/ tutkijatohtori
School of Education
Virta, room 446
33014 University of Tampere
Finland
tel. + 358 50 318 6131
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
http://people.uta.fi/~mari.korpela/
https://www.uta.fi/edu/en/research/projects/eura-net/index.html
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