What are your earliest political memories?
It is often said that we carry our childhoods with us into adulthood, our past resonating in our present and future to a greater or lesser extent. Longitudinal research, such […]
Call for papers, Special Issue of Contemporary Social Science
CALL FOR PAPERS Special Issue of Contemporary Social Science Political activism across the life-course. Papers are invited that explore how citizens participate in society. What leads them to participate, and what […]
Writing across borders
Exploring the relationship between childhood and public life: Collaborative writing across disciplines, countries, and technologies
Earliest political memories
On Friday morning last week (24/07/2016) the UK woke up to the outcome of the referendum vote on EU membership. The blogosphere, social media and mainstream media are awash with […]
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
The referendum in Greece and the reflexes of social scientists
Melissa Nolas and Christos Varvantakis question some of the epistemological issues of social scientists reacting immediately to public events
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 […]
Reflexive reading through cultural lens
Following the first Connectors reading group held at Sussex we have recently organised our inaugural reading group meeting at Centre for Economic and Social Studies (CESS) in Hyderabad, our local […]
The orator on the bus
Sevasti-Melissa Nolas describes public transport being used as a site for political talk