Rematerialising Children's Agency: Everyday Practices in a Post-Socialist Estate

ISBN-13: 9781447322740 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 276 str.

Matej Blazek

Opis

An original, detailed ethnographic account of children s everyday lives in a small, deprived neighborhood of postsocialist Bratislava called Kopcany, "Rematerialising Children s Agency "provides novel empirical insight into the experience of growing up after twenty-five years of postsocialist transformations. A rising star in the study of children s geographies, Matej Blazek explores the formation of children s agency and its many sources, detailing the significance of intersecting themes from embodiment to complex social institutions as he asks key questions like: What happens if we accept children s practices as cornerstones of communities? What is uncovered if we examine adults interactions with children in everyday community spaces? Drawing on a background in youth work, Blazek offers in-depth insights into both children s lives and the priorities and needs of practitioners, making this book of value across a range of disciplines and geographies."

Spis treści

Part One: Introduction; Part Two: Locating the field; Practising the field; Thinking the field; Part Three: Public spaces of Kopčany; The body and embodiment; Things; Everyday social encounters and circumscribed routines; Family life; Friendship; Notions of social identity; Part Four: Rematerialising children’s agency.