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Researching Diverse Childhoods: Methodological Questions from an Intersectional Perspective
Researching Diverse Childhoods: Methodological Questions from an Intersectional Perspective
Abstract Submissions Closed
Wednesday, 24 February 2021: 10:45-12:15
Location:
RC53 Sociology of Childhood (host committee)
Language: English
Session Type: Oral
Childhood research, which questions the generational order, stands at risk of reificating the power imbalance of children and adults. The existing inequality between children and adults also persists in the research process and special efforts are needed to address it. Inequalities between childhoods (e.g. childhoods of the global North and the global South) lead to further axes that exacerbate inequalities between researchers and 'respondents'. If other elements of social inequality such as poverty, migration, ethnicity or gender are added, this leads to new methodological challenges. Including children as co-investigators in the research process, as participatory childhood research proposes, can contribute to solving these challenges. However, this format also raises concerns if it only makes its research methods suitable for children without instead of developping methods together. So how can contemporary childhood research do justice to these diverse inequalities without oversimplifying the questions?
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