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 […]
Boys, football and politics: Children in Political Campaign Ads
As the election in Greece approaches, a tense atmosphere has overtaken the city of Athens. Political ads, of any form and medium, are flooding the public discourse, as is to be expected in pre-election times, let alone in the context of such a crucial election. Among the television ads of political parties, unsurprisingly, there are some that depict children.
Ethnography of the city
Vinnarasan Aruldoss describes sampling with ethnography and how the very notion of ‘childhood’ gets figured temporally, spatially, and through disciplines
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
Research Encounters with Activism and Solidarity Movements in Athens
Since I came to Athens and started fieldwork for the Connectors Study, I have been engaged into researching (and trying to make sense of) activism and solidarity movements here. There are […]
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 […]
A known researcher or an unknown stranger
Dr Vinnarasan Aruldoss explores some of the complexities in indigenous ethnography, and the multiple identities researchers navigate
A Project Coordinator’s View
We are sitting in our 7th project team meeting. Melissa and I are in Essex House 121 on the Sussex campus huddled around telecoms equipment to speak to our colleagues […]
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 […]