International conference: The child’s room as a cultural microcosm

National Museum of Education, Rouen, France

8 – 10 April 2013

Organisers : National Museum of Education/CNDP, University of Paris 13 (EXPERICE), University of  Poitiers (CEREGE). With the support of the ANR, research programme Children’s possessions at home

Key words : child’s room, domestic space, material culture, children’s culture, children’s

consumption, childhood objects, cultural represe

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Meeting ACYIG em San Diego

For the first time the Society for Psychological Anthropology biennial meeting will be held jointly with the Anthropology of Children and Youth Interest Group (ACYIG).  The meeting will be April 4-7, 2013 in San Diego, CA.
To submit paper and panel proposals please go to
http://www.aaanet.org/sections/spa/?page_id=842 
The submission deadline is December 18, 2012. 

CFP: Children’s Literature and Media Cultures

21st biennial conference of the International Research Society for Children’s Literature on “Children’s Literature and Media Cultures”
August 10-14, 2013
Maastricht, the Netherlands

Deadline Prolonged until November 15, 2012

http://www.irscl2013.com/#

Unprotected Unaccompanied Children in Europe: Which reasons lead to their lack of protection?

International conference: 23 - 24th of October 2012 (registration required)
Maison des Sciences de l'Homme et de la Société
University of Poitiers/Université de Poitiers, France

The conference will propose an open platform of discussion between academics, institutional actors, practitioners and advocates coming from different countries on various aspects regarding unprotected unaccompanied children. This international and multidisciplinary analysis (legal, sociological, psychological, comparative, etc) aims at developing further knowledge on this insufficiently studied group and to open new perspectives of reflection and action to promote unprotected unaccompanied children’s access to their fundamental rights. 

http://www.pucafreu.org/
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Juventudes no contexto transnacional dos países da CPLP

Processos de identificação, expressões culturais e mediações

25 de Outubro de 2011 no ISCTE-IUL, Lisboa, sala B102, a partir das 14h

No âmbito do projecto missões exploratórias sobre juventudes no contexto transnacional dos países da CPLP: processos de identificação, expressões culturais e mediações aprovado no âmbito do programa de cooperação em matéria de ciências sociais para a Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa – PCS/CPLP, e apoiado pela CNPq sob o nº 490278/2010-8, coordenado pelo Professor Doutor Frank Marcon da Universidade Federal de Sergipe, vai se realizar um encontro aberto ao público de apresentação do projecto e de debate relacionado com o tema, organizado por Lorenzo Bordonaro (CRIA-IUL)

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CFP: Celebrating Childhood Diversity

4th International Conference:

Celebrating Childhood Diversity

Monday 9th - Wednesday 11th July 2012
University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

To celebrate the 10th year of the establishment of the Centre for the Study of Childhood and Youth at Sheffield University, (CSCY) this conference addresses the theme of diversity in the lives of children and young people.

Those wishing to organise small symposia around a specific theme are also invited to submit a proposal.

Speakers: Jo Boyden; Alan France; Allison James; Peter Moss

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CFP 2012 ACYIC Third Annual Meeting

CALL FOR PANELS AND PRESENTATIONS
2012 ACYIC Third Annual Meeting
Las Vegas, Nevada
February 22-25, 2012
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: NOVEMBER 30, 2011

The ACYIG (American Anthropological Association’s Anthropology of Children and Youth Interest Group) will hold its third annual meeting from February 22-25, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The ACYIG 2012 meeting will be held in collaboration with the Society for Cross-Cultural Research (SCCR) and the Society for Anthropological Science (SASci). The conference website can be accessed via the SCCR Website http://www.sccr.org.

If you are interested in organizing a panel or a session, please send your ideas as soon as possible to David Rosen (rosen@fdu.edu). The deadline for final submissions to SCCR is November 30, 2011.

Call for Panel Papers: Migrant Children’s Cultures and the Culture of Migrant Childhoods

“Children and Youth in a Changing World”
2012 Inter-congress of International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES)
Bhubaneswar, India during November 26-30, 2012


Immigrant children’s cultures have been re-created across time periods and through various spatial, racial, institutional, and ideological practices. These cultures offer insight into the diverse cultures of children and their societies, and function as sites for analyzing constructions of childhoods. This panel looks at the cultures of migrant children, and engages with the conceptions, contestations, and negotiations of immigrant childhood cultures in their varied possibilities: production, consumption, performance, and embodiment. Migrant children employ various urban spaces, services for their support, along with institutional and familial ideologies, to further deploy new cultural practices in popular culture, food, dress, language, peer groups, writings, and other material, spatial, and literary forms. This panel aims to look at the ways in which migration gives rise to diverse childhood cultures – lived and ideological – across international immigration movements of children and youth. Diverse approaches and methods of exploration of these cultures, in varied texts, and across historical time periods and regions, are especially welcome on this panel.

Please send a 300 word abstract by August 28, 2011 to Anandini Dar: anandini@camden.rutgers.edu.

For more about the conference please visit the conference website: http://www.kiit.ac.in/iuaes2012about.html.

International Conference: Child Labour in the Past

The 2011 Fifth International Conference of theSociety for the Study of Childhood in the Past
Child Labour in the Past Children as economic contributors and consumers

University of Cambridge
Friday 30th September - Sunday 2nd October 2011

The 2011 Autumn conference of the Society for the Study of Childhood in the Past will be held in the University of Cambridge from Friday 30th September - Sunday 2nd October, when the theme will be Child Labour in the Past.  As in previous years, the conference will include sessions addressing the conference and on other aspect of recent research into of children and childhood in the past.

In 2011, the themed sessions will bring together scholars from a wide range of academic disciplines including History, Archaeology, Literature, Sociology and Anthropology to consider different aspects of children and work in the past, including children as economic contributors, children as consumers, the impact on children and society of working in childhood, and changing attitudes to working children. The aim will be to advance cross-cultural knowledge and understanding of childhood and children in the past, and in particular on the nature and impact of work performed by, or for, children in the past.

Speakers are attending from three continents and papers will range across the world from prehistory to the modern day, with a particular focus on the nineteenth century.

In providing this opportunity for scholars of childhood to present their work to an international, interdisciplinary audience, the SSCIP Conference aims to widen knowledge and generate new perspectives on existing knowledge about childhood in the past and to stimulate new avenues for future research.

To find out more and to register for the conference, visit www.sscip.org.uk or contact Dr Carenza Lewis at crl29@cam.ac.uk : McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge, Downing St, Cambridge CB2 3ER

CFP: Schooling in Anthropology: Learning the “Modern Way”

5th – 6th December 2011
Department of Anthropology and the Centre for Child-Focused Anthropological Research (C-FAR),
Brunel University, London,UK

The two-day workshop is intended to be a forum where we can explore and compare the common themes and contextual variations, theoretical frameworks and methodological approaches in relation to the specific processes and implications that this form of institutional organisation has for children, young people and society more generally. In addition, it is hoped we can consider the place of schooling within the research field of the Anthropology of Education, as well as the benefits of increased dialogue between ethnographic school
researchers in different disciplines, and the actual and potential contribution that the study of schooling can make to, for example, the anthropology of youth, political anthropology and the anthropology of personhood.

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Crianças e Riscos Online / Conferência EU Kids Online 2

Numa altura em que muito se fala dos riscos de crianças e jovens na internet em tom alarmista, o conhecimento real destas situações baseia-se frequentemente em casos isolados. Pais, professores e comunidade dividem-se entre a utilidade escolar e social dos meios digitais para os jovens e os perigos que aqueles lhes podem trazer.

No dia 4 de Fevereiro de 2010, o projecto EU Kids Online apresenta e discute publicamente os resultados do primeiro inquérito representativo a 1000 crianças e jovens (com 9 a 16 anos) portugueses, e um dos seus pais, sobre riscos e segurança na internet, integrado num estudo europeu a 25 países.

Os primeiros resultados demonstraram que Portugal é um dos países com menor incidência de riscos online entre crianças e jovens entre os países europeus inquiridos, considerando riscos como contacto com imagens de cariz sexual, bullying, encontro com desconhecidos ou conteúdos nocivos.

Nesta conferência, que acontece dias antes do Dia da Internet Segura, a equipa portuguesa do EU Kids Online pretende apresentar em pormenor os resultados deste inquérito. Consulte aqui o programa provisório.

A conferência destina-se ainda a envolver na discussão todos os agentes interessados no tema da segurança de crianças e jovens na internet, entre pais, professores, técnicos de acção social, académicos, entre outros. A conferência é gratuita, mas solicitamos a sua inscrição para uma melhor organização.

CFP: Multiple Childhoods/Multidisciplinary Perspectives

May 20-21, 2011

Rutgers University, Camden, NJ, USA

Sponsored by the Department of Childhood Studies of Rutgers-Camden (http://childhood.camden.rutgers.edu/), the conference will convene scholars and practitioners from various fields to examine the questions and problems confronting childhoods today.

Keynote speakers: Professor Elizabeth Chin of Occidental College, USA, and Professor Judith Ennew of Swansea University, UK.

Scholars, practitioners and students interested in children and childhood studies are encouraged to attend.
The deadline for submitting abstracts for consideration for inclusion in the program is November 15, 2010. For information, please visit the newly-revamped website http://www.camden.rutgers.edu/multiple-childhoods/ <http://www.camden.rutgers.edu/multiple-childhoods/

5º Ciclo de Conferências em Educação Física e Lazer

O Departamento de Teoria da Educação e Educação Artística e Física do Instituto de Educação da Universidade do Minho vai promover em Março e Abril o 5º Ciclo de Conferências em Educação Física e Lazer, no âmbito do Mestrado em Estudos da Criança na especialização de Educação Física e Lazer. As sessões decorrem das 9h às 12h na sala 1214 do Complexo Pedagógico I, no Campus de Gualtar, em Braga. A entrada é livre.
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Conferência: Children and Information and Communication Technology Challenges

Ciclo de Conferências Doutorais 2009/2010
Audiório do Centro Multimédia - Instituto de Educação, quinta-feira, 08-04-2010
No âmbito do Ciclo de Conferências Doutorais, o professor David Benzie, da Universidade de Plymouth (Reino Unido), aborda a 8 de Abril o tema "Children and Information and Communication Technology Challenges".

Vamos Cuidar do Planeta (projeto infanto-juvenil da CPLP)

A Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa criou um projeto para incentivar a participação de seus países-membros na Confint2010: a Conferência Internacional Infanto-Juvenil para o meio ambiente – Vamos Cuidar do Planeta. Este é o blog que acompanha todas as atividades que jovens, educadores e comunicadores estão realizando em Angola, Brasil, Cabo Verde, Guiné-Bissau, Moçambique, Portugal, São Tomé e Príncipe e Timor-Leste como parte do projeto.
As etapas incluem a formação de professores para que organizem conferências em suas escolas, reunindo jovens de 12 a 15 anos para debater as conseqüências das mudanças climáticas para o meio ambiente local, regional e global. Cada escola enviará seus próprios representantes às conferências nacionais de cada país. É nessa Conferência Nacional que será formado o grupo de jovens que representará seu país na Conferência Internacional entre 5 e 10 de junho de 2010 em Brasília.
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CFP: International Conference 'The doors of perception: Viewing anthropology through the eyes of children'

30 September & 1 October 2010 - VU University Amsterdam

This conference aims to bring together anthropologists who work with children as well as researchers from other disciplines to provide a platform for intellectual discussion, exchange of ideas, networking, and to offer opportunities for collaboration. The primary goal of the conference is to examine current developments in the study of children and to develop perspectives on how research with children can contribute to anthropological epistemology and theory. Central questions to such a reflection are:
1) What can child-oriented research offer to current epistemological debates and theory in anthropology?
2) How can anthropological research with children benefit from insights from other disciplines?
3) How can an anthropological, child-oriented approach contribute to the research of children in other disciplines?
The conference welcomes proposals not merely from anthropologists but also from scholars representing other disciplines (including but not limited to geography, psychology, sociology, history, and education). We invite such scholars to reflect on the possible cross-fertilization that does or can take place in these interdisciplinary encounters.
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Rethinking Childhood/Children in the 21st Century

PODCAST - Listen on-line to the "Rethinking Childhood/Children in the 21st Century" conference, a 2 days event held on the 4th and 5th February 2010 at Birkbeck College London with Sander Gilman, Jack Zipes, Michael Rosen, Barbara Bennett-Woodhouse and many others.

URL: http://backdoorbroadcasting.net/2010/02/rethinking-children-childhood-in-the-21st-century/

Conferência Internacional "The European Project of 'Social Inclusion'

"The European Project of 'Social Inclusion'"
Dia 21 de Junho de 2010
Auditório 1 da Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação da Universidade do Porto (FPCEUP).

A iniciativa vai reunir investigadores, académicos, especialistas e outros agentes de inclusão social, bem como diversos actores sociais e instituições que desenvolvem trabalho neste domínio. Organizada no âmbito do curso de Mestrado Europeu "European Perspectives on Social Inclusion"- que envolve treze universidades europeias - esta sessão orienta-se para a recolha e a reflexão sobre as aprendizagens e os resultados das edições deste curso, que se realiza desde 2003. Ao mesmo tempo, visa projectar linhas de investigação sobre inclusão e exclusão social, abrindo caminho a iniciativas similares.

Inglês é a língua oficial do evento. Inscrições até 15 de Maio de 2010.
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CFP: Enfance et cultures : regards des sciences humaines et sociales

Paris - 15-16-17 Décembre 2010
Propositions: 15 mars - 30 avril 2010

Le Département des études, de la prospective et des statistiques (Ministère de la culture et de la communication) et l’Association internationale des sociologues de langue française (comité de recherche 31 Sociologie de l’enfance) s’associent pour organiser un colloque international. Celui-ci s’inscrit dans les 9emes journées de sociologie de l’enfance de l’AISLF. Ce colloque durera 3 jours (une journée de conférences plénières, 2 jours de sessions de travail) et se tiendra à Paris en décembre 2010.
www.enfanceetcultures.culture.gouv.fr

CFP: Children’s development and violence: risks, consequences, and management

International Association for Child Right and Development IACRD cordially invites you to attend her 7th International conference with the theme, “Children’s development and violence: risks, consequences, and management’, to be held in USA and UK.
This conference will address the issue of Children Empowerment and rights: from the individual to the global community. More than ever before, Individuals, Youth Associations, Religious Groups, Environmental NGOs, Community Associations and Non profit Organizations are being called to operate transparently, and adhere to the highest code of ethical conduct of living in service to others for human development. The conference will explore new ways to enhance empowerment to make Children & women of our society viable to face challenges that confronts underdeveloped & developing countries. Read more...