Final Call for Papers: 3rd International Conference in Geographies of Children, Young People and Families, Singapore

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Dear All,

FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS: 3rd International Conference on Geographies of Children, Young People and Families, National University of Singapore
Dates: 11-13th July 2012

This is the direct web site link: http://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/geog/conferences/GCYPF2012/index.htm

Call for Papers and Conference Themes

The 3rd International Conference on Geographies of Children, Young People and Families, Singapore, seeks submissions of papers and/or organised sessions (with either 4 or 5 speakers). We welcome abstracts for papers focusing on a range of themes relating to geographies of children, young people and families that explore topics such as:

Citizenship/non-citizenship
Participation - practice, politics and problems
Intergenerationality - theorising, researching, practices
Urban spaces and spatialities
Mobilities, migration, transnationalism
Global-local negotiations of young people's and children's experiences, identities, materialities and practices
Cosmopolitan identities and sensibilities/cosmopolitanisation
Interrogating children's, young people's and families' place in public space and gendered, classed, raced, abelist and/or sexualised perspectives
Education and global futures
Territories, borders and statelessness
Development complexities: children and young people as agents of development
Friendship, socialities, emotions and affect
Employment, labour, volunteering and work
Representations - practices, ethics and methods
Other topic areas will be considered.

For any queries about this conference please use this email address: [log in to unmask]">[log in to unmask] (NOT the one identified above)

You can submit an abstract and also submit details for a session (the paper contributors will then have to submit their abstracts independently but select the session title that they belong to). Everyone needs to enter the web site and set up your profile – then you can connect to all the submission pages. ‘Session submission’ access is under ‘home’.

You can also register for the conference – payment must be by credit card or alternatively you can post an international bankers draft to the required value in Singapore dollars. This should be sent by registered mail to:
3rd International Conference on Geographies of Children, Young People and Families,
Department of Geography General Office
National University of Singapore
1 Arts Link
Singapore 117970

The deadline for abstract submission has been extended to April 30th and there are a series of deadlines for the payment of registration at the different fee levels. I have been able to offer substantial reductions in the fees for postgraduate students and part-time employees (but evidence must be provided of this status).

All the necessary details are on our web page which is linked to the Department of Geography at the National University of Singapore web site (address above)

Best wishes

Tracey Skelton
Conference Chair and Organiser