Why today’s ‘kids’ strike’ is an important civics lesson for all
Melissa Nolas examines the way that children’s civics and political actions are understood in the media and in the public consciousness
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Inviting in the Figure of the Political Child
Rebecca Webb explains the influence of Rancière’s work on the project, and how notions of ‘rights’ and the ‘political’ child can be interrupted and disrupted by our participants
Second reading group in Brighton and Hyderabad
A few weeks ago we ran our second reading groups at Sussex University in Brighton and at the Centre for Economic and Social Studies (CESS) in Hyderabad. Both groups read […]
The orator on the bus
Sevasti-Melissa Nolas describes public transport being used as a site for political talk
Connecting through texts
As part of the Connectors Study we have launched a regular reading group, the first of which happened last week at Sussex when a group of us got together to […]
What do we mean by ‘circuits of social action’? (A first stab of many, no doubt…)
Activism, citizenship, social consciousness and beyond: what are circuits of social action? Dr Nolas explores the what and when of childhood social action
Revisiting nowhere in particular?
At our team meeting yesterday the subject of blogging came up again – it is a permanent fixture on our agenda. What do we blog about? How often? A lot […]
What’s in a name?
Dr Sevasti-Melissa Nolas explores the importance of relationships in understanding children’s participation
What’s the frequency, Kenneth?*
I recently contributed a short piece to the Sussex European Institute newsletter (link to follow) focusing on one of five critiques that I’m developing of the current state of children’s […]
London Calling
Dr Nolas explores the ‘neighbourhood’ through a child’s eye: play spaces, geographical mapping and the creation of childhood publics