Childhood and the Anthropocene
Childhood and the Anthropocene
Friday, 11 July 2025: 15:00-16:45
Location: FSE006 (Faculty of Education Sciences (FSE))
RC53 Sociology of Childhood (host committee) Language: English and Spanish
This invited session will discuss the place of children in the anthropocene and is composed by the following papers:
1. Veronica Pacini-Ketchabaw, Western University, Canada
“The Anthropocene, Extractivist Capitalism and Andean Childhoods”
2. Fabienne Huber, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
"Childhood in the Climate Crisis"
3. Florencia Paz Landeira, University College Cork, Ireland
"Child-friendly justice for the climate crisis"
4. Fikile Nxumalo, University of Toronto, Canada
“Climate action in an Eswatini community: (Re)storying intergenerational pedagogical encounters”
Possible: Jane Spiteri, University of Malta
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Oral Presentations