Geographies of Children, Youth and Families Working Group
Events:
‘Disentangling the socio-spatial contexts of young people and/or their families’
Department of Geography, University of Reading, UK
17-18 September 2007
Sponsored by:
Geographies
of Children, Youth and Families Working Group of the Royal Geographical
Society/Institute of British Geographers
University of Reading Norma Wilkinson Bequest
Children’s Geographies: A Taylor and Francis Journal
Confirmed keynote speakers include:
Professor
Stuart Aitken (University of San Diego, USA)
Dr Sarah Holloway (Loughborough University, UK)
Dr Lia Karsten (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Professor Cindi Katz (City University of New York, USA)
Professor Chris Philo (University of Glasgow, UK)
Professor Sue Ruddick (University of Toronto, Canada)
Professor Gill Valentine (University of Leeds, UK)
The conference is the first of a bi-annual international conference series*
that has been prompted by the current international vitality of geographies
of children, young people and families (Aitken, 2007). The aim of
the conference is to provide a forum for the exchange of different knowledges,
ideas and experiences from researchers and practitioners working in variety
of international contexts and disciplinary fields, who are interested
in exploring and advancing any aspect of geographies of children, youth
and families.
* Future scheduled conferences include Barcelona, Spain and Melbourne, Australia.