Barry Percy-Smith
Biographic Data
| ID | 185888 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Barry Percy-Smith |
| GIVEN NAMES | Barry |
| FAMILY NAME | Percy-Smith |
| SIGNATURE | PERCY-SMITH B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Huddersfield |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0142-5214 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 139 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
A Handbook of Children and Young People’s Participation
This paper reflects on the transformative potential of a peer research project that was concerned with women’s access to travel in low-income neighbourhoods in three African cities – Abuja, Cape Town and Tunis. For the young unemployed women who partnered in this project from 2019 to 2022, peer research offered an opportunity to grow confidence, generate income, manage emotions and build respect in their communities, which was valuable during Cov…
Handbook of Children and Young Peoples Participation
Growing up under Covid-19
Many studies about the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on young people have focused on them as victims or villains in the crisis and with a predominant emphasis on their schooling. This paper draws on participatory action research (PAR) with young people in the UK, Italy, Singapore and Lebanon to provide insights into the impacts of the pandemic and the changes it brought into young people's everyday personal, familial and social worlds. Using B…
Young People's Perspectives on the Value and Meaning of Art during the Pandemic
This contribution draws on the voices and reflections from young people as co-researchers in the Growing-Up Under Covid-19 project - a longitudinal ethnographic action research project to document, share, and respond to impacts of the pandemic on different spheres of young people's lives. The research was conducted entirely online over 18 months in seven countries and has involved youth-led approaches to research, including video diaries and the …
Rethinking Visual Arts-Based Methods of Knowledge Generation and Exchange in and beyond the Pandemic
This inaugural special issue of 'Beyond the Text' brings together a collection of visual arts (animation, creative and fine art, film, photographs, and zines) produced by children, young people, families, artists, and academics as part of co-created research during the 2020-2021 coronavirus pandemic. Our aim, in making these pieces available in this new publication format, is to illustrate the potential of visual arts as a form of co-creation and…
Growing Up Under Covid-19
The COVID-19 pandemic transformed the nature of family life in countries across the world. School, and workplace closures meant that families spent more time at home and had to confront new economic, social, and psychological challenges as a result of lockdowns and the greater proximity of family members. Policy, research and media coverage of the pandemic's impact on family life has focused primarily on the economic costs borne by households. Th…
Placemaking with children and youth
This is one of those texts that just warms the heart and makes you smile. There have been considerable advances in the technology of hearing the voices of children and youth to the extent that it i
Care Leavers and Children’s Services
This article considers the application of Communities of Practice theory to understand transition into, through and out of care, arguing that a sense of belonging and identity emerges from participation in supportive communities. We consider the influence of community on looked after children and care leavers’ sense of identity, engagement and well-being in transition. We also focus on the ways in which service policy and provision shapes profess…
Stories from journeys to the edge of care
It's about changing services and building relationships’
The introduction of Children in Care Councils under the Care Matters reforms in England set a challenge for local authorities to find effective ways by which children in care could contribute their views to the planning and provision of services. This paper discusses a review of progress across London which combined a survey of boroughs with focus group discussions with young people, local authority staff and elected members. The research found t…
Councils, consultations and community
The participation of children and young people in decisions that affect them is now mainstream in social and public policy in the UK. Yet for many young people formal participation opportunities are abstracted from everyday lives and concerns. Children may not feel empowered despite the existence of formal structures for participation. This raises questions about how ‘spaces’ for participation are constructed. This paper critiques prevailing mode…
A handbook of children and young people's participation
'A Handbook of Children's Participation' brings key thinkers and practitioners from across the globe together to provide an authoritative overview of contemporary theory and practice around children's participation
A Handbook of Children and Young People’s Participation
A handbook that provides an overview of contemporary theory and practice around children's participation
Children's Participation
Interest in children's participation has in the main come about as a result of the UNCRC. However, children's participation is also relevant to a wider global interest in citizen and community participation more generally. But there is surprisingly little sharing of experience and learning between the research communities concerned with children's participation on the one hand and community engagement and empowerment on the other. This article se…
Unemployed Youth and Social Exclusion in Europe
This book confronts readers with questions emerging from the 'gap' between EU aspirations to reduce youth unemployment without increasing social exclusion - and what is actually happening in practice. Aimed at a diverse readership, it is based on a three year European Union (EU) project into education, training, guidance and employment (ETG) programmes for young adults across six countries. Insights are grounded in the lives and stories of disadv…
The Unacceptable Flaneur
This article considers the importance of the shopping mall to a group of young people living in the East Midlands of the UK. It shows that for many young people the mall provides a convenient place for hanging out. Yet their occupancy of this setting is not unproblematic. Many adults, for example, perceive the public and visible presence of young people as uncomfortable and inappropriate. Despite constant attempts to move them on, however, young …
Changing Worlds
Few geographical studies have explicitly examined the place use and place behaviour of young teenagers, especially within the UK. In this article we report on a survey of a group of 13 year olds, living in a socially and economically deprived neighbourhood in Midland England. Attention focuses on the ‘fourth environment’ that is how these teenagers come into contact with a range of everyday places beyond their home, school and playground. For eac…
The Unacceptable Flaneur
This article considers the importance of the shopping mall to a group of young people living in the East Midlands of the UK. It shows that for many young people the mall provides a convenient place for hanging out. Yet their occupancy of this setting is not unproblematic. Many adults, for example, perceive the public and visible presence of young people as uncomfortable and inappropriate. Despite constant attempts to move them on, however, young …
Councils, consultations and community
The participation of children and young people in decisions that affect them is now mainstream in social and public policy in the UK. Yet for many young people formal participation opportunities are abstracted from everyday lives and concerns. Children may not feel empowered despite the existence of formal structures for participation. This raises questions about how ‘spaces’ for participation are constructed. This paper critiques prevailing mode…
A handbook of children and young people's participation
'A Handbook of Children's Participation' brings key thinkers and practitioners from across the globe together to provide an authoritative overview of contemporary theory and practice around children's participation
Changing Worlds
Few geographical studies have explicitly examined the place use and place behaviour of young teenagers, especially within the UK. In this article we report on a survey of a group of 13 year olds, living in a socially and economically deprived neighbourhood in Midland England. Attention focuses on the ‘fourth environment’ that is how these teenagers come into contact with a range of everyday places beyond their home, school and playground. For eac…
Children's Participation
Interest in children's participation has in the main come about as a result of the UNCRC. However, children's participation is also relevant to a wider global interest in citizen and community participation more generally. But there is surprisingly little sharing of experience and learning between the research communities concerned with children's participation on the one hand and community engagement and empowerment on the other. This article se…
It's about changing services and building relationships’
The introduction of Children in Care Councils under the Care Matters reforms in England set a challenge for local authorities to find effective ways by which children in care could contribute their views to the planning and provision of services. This paper discusses a review of progress across London which combined a survey of boroughs with focus group discussions with young people, local authority staff and elected members. The research found t…
Stories from journeys to the edge of care
Young People's Perspectives on the Value and Meaning of Art during the Pandemic
This contribution draws on the voices and reflections from young people as co-researchers in the Growing-Up Under Covid-19 project - a longitudinal ethnographic action research project to document, share, and respond to impacts of the pandemic on different spheres of young people's lives. The research was conducted entirely online over 18 months in seven countries and has involved youth-led approaches to research, including video diaries and the …
Care Leavers and Children’s Services
This article considers the application of Communities of Practice theory to understand transition into, through and out of care, arguing that a sense of belonging and identity emerges from participation in supportive communities. We consider the influence of community on looked after children and care leavers’ sense of identity, engagement and well-being in transition. We also focus on the ways in which service policy and provision shapes profess…
Changing Worlds
Few geographical studies have explicitly examined the place use and place behaviour of young teenagers, especially within the UK. In this article we report on a survey of a group of 13 year olds, living in a socially and economically deprived neighbourhood in Midland England. Attention focuses on the ‘fourth environment’ that is how these teenagers come into contact with a range of everyday places beyond their home, school and playground. For eac…
The Unacceptable Flaneur
This article considers the importance of the shopping mall to a group of young people living in the East Midlands of the UK. It shows that for many young people the mall provides a convenient place for hanging out. Yet their occupancy of this setting is not unproblematic. Many adults, for example, perceive the public and visible presence of young people as uncomfortable and inappropriate. Despite constant attempts to move them on, however, young …
Unemployed Youth and Social Exclusion in Europe
This book confronts readers with questions emerging from the 'gap' between EU aspirations to reduce youth unemployment without increasing social exclusion - and what is actually happening in practice. Aimed at a diverse readership, it is based on a three year European Union (EU) project into education, training, guidance and employment (ETG) programmes for young adults across six countries. Insights are grounded in the lives and stories of disadv…
Children's Participation
Interest in children's participation has in the main come about as a result of the UNCRC. However, children's participation is also relevant to a wider global interest in citizen and community participation more generally. But there is surprisingly little sharing of experience and learning between the research communities concerned with children's participation on the one hand and community engagement and empowerment on the other. This article se…
A handbook of children and young people's participation
'A Handbook of Children's Participation' brings key thinkers and practitioners from across the globe together to provide an authoritative overview of contemporary theory and practice around children's participation
A Handbook of Children and Young People’s Participation
A handbook that provides an overview of contemporary theory and practice around children's participation
Councils, consultations and community
The participation of children and young people in decisions that affect them is now mainstream in social and public policy in the UK. Yet for many young people formal participation opportunities are abstracted from everyday lives and concerns. Children may not feel empowered despite the existence of formal structures for participation. This raises questions about how ‘spaces’ for participation are constructed. This paper critiques prevailing mode…
It's about changing services and building relationships’
The introduction of Children in Care Councils under the Care Matters reforms in England set a challenge for local authorities to find effective ways by which children in care could contribute their views to the planning and provision of services. This paper discusses a review of progress across London which combined a survey of boroughs with focus group discussions with young people, local authority staff and elected members. The research found t…
Stories from journeys to the edge of care
Care Leavers and Children’s Services
This article considers the application of Communities of Practice theory to understand transition into, through and out of care, arguing that a sense of belonging and identity emerges from participation in supportive communities. We consider the influence of community on looked after children and care leavers’ sense of identity, engagement and well-being in transition. We also focus on the ways in which service policy and provision shapes profess…
Growing Up Under Covid-19
The COVID-19 pandemic transformed the nature of family life in countries across the world. School, and workplace closures meant that families spent more time at home and had to confront new economic, social, and psychological challenges as a result of lockdowns and the greater proximity of family members. Policy, research and media coverage of the pandemic's impact on family life has focused primarily on the economic costs borne by households. Th…
Placemaking with children and youth
This is one of those texts that just warms the heart and makes you smile. There have been considerable advances in the technology of hearing the voices of children and youth to the extent that it i
Growing up under Covid-19
Many studies about the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on young people have focused on them as victims or villains in the crisis and with a predominant emphasis on their schooling. This paper draws on participatory action research (PAR) with young people in the UK, Italy, Singapore and Lebanon to provide insights into the impacts of the pandemic and the changes it brought into young people's everyday personal, familial and social worlds. Using B…
Young People's Perspectives on the Value and Meaning of Art during the Pandemic
This contribution draws on the voices and reflections from young people as co-researchers in the Growing-Up Under Covid-19 project - a longitudinal ethnographic action research project to document, share, and respond to impacts of the pandemic on different spheres of young people's lives. The research was conducted entirely online over 18 months in seven countries and has involved youth-led approaches to research, including video diaries and the …
Rethinking Visual Arts-Based Methods of Knowledge Generation and Exchange in and beyond the Pandemic
This inaugural special issue of 'Beyond the Text' brings together a collection of visual arts (animation, creative and fine art, film, photographs, and zines) produced by children, young people, families, artists, and academics as part of co-created research during the 2020-2021 coronavirus pandemic. Our aim, in making these pieces available in this new publication format, is to illustrate the potential of visual arts as a form of co-creation and…
A Handbook of Children and Young People’s Participation
This paper reflects on the transformative potential of a peer research project that was concerned with women’s access to travel in low-income neighbourhoods in three African cities – Abuja, Cape Town and Tunis. For the young unemployed women who partnered in this project from 2019 to 2022, peer research offered an opportunity to grow confidence, generate income, manage emotions and build respect in their communities, which was valuable during Cov…
Handbook of Children and Young Peoples Participation
Sociology (16 works) · Political science (12 works) · Children's Rights and Participation (10 works) · Public relations (9 works) · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics (8 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Social science (6 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Politics (5 works)