Faith Tucker
Biographic Data
| ID | 3857533 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Faith Tucker |
| GIVEN NAMES | Faith |
| FAMILY NAME | Tucker |
| SIGNATURE | TUCKER F |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Northampton |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1013-3398 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 323 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 10 |
Teenage wheelchair users experience multiple geographies of waiting
Research within interdisciplinary social sciences has recently focused on temporalities of contemporary lived experiences. This paper extends work in this field through exploring plural modes of routine, intense and interconnected everyday experiences of waiting within a national study of teenage wheelchair users in England. We consider ways in which waiting – whether in relation to things, materialities, mobilities or permission – is occasioned …
Not just muddy and not always gleeful? Thinking about the physicality of fieldwork, mental health, and marginality
This paper acknowledges that geographical fieldwork and fieldtrips can be deeply stressful, anxiety‐inducing, troubling, miserable, hard and exclusionary for many colleagues, students and pupils. Building on the critical insights of Bracken and Mawdsley's (Area, 36, 2004) ‘Muddy Glee’ we empirically extend disciplinary reflections on fieldwork, drawing on qualitative data from research with UK university‐based Geography, Earth and Environmental S…
The show must go on!” Fieldwork, mental health and wellbeing in Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Fieldwork is central to the identity, culture and history of academic Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences ( GEES ). However, in this paper we recognise that, for many academic staff, fieldtrips can be a profoundly challenging “ordeal,” ill‐conducive to wellness or effective pedagogic practice. Drawing on research with 39 UK university‐based GEES academics who self‐identify as having a mental health condition, we explore how mental health …
With us, we, like, physically can't: Transport, Mobility and the Leisure Experiences of Teenage Wheelchair Users
This paper reflects upon the experiences of 69 British teenage wheelchair users in their attempts to access leisure environments. Heiser’s (Heiser, B. 1995. “The Nature and Causes of Transport Disability in Britain, and How to Remove It.” In Removing Disability Barriers, edited by G. Zarb, 49–64. London: Policy Studies Institute) notion of transport disability is developed, and the concepts of transport anxiety and mobility dependency are explore…
Disabilities in academic workplaces: Experiences of human and physical geographers
This paper considers the experiences of 75 university‐based human and physical geographers who define themselves as disabled. We explore how diverse disabilities intersect with academic careers, lifestyles and workplaces, focusing on some common disciplinary and institutional spaces of human and physical geography. We identify two self‐selecting groups of geographers who participated in our research. First, we discuss the experiences of those geo…
Children, young people and ‘disability’: Challenging children's geographies
This editorial puts forward a selection of papers which were first presented at the 2007 Annual International Conference of the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers
The Road Less Travelled - New Directions in Children's and Young People's Mobility
This collection emerges from the intersection of two vibrant, dynamic and expanding academic endeavours. The papers are situated within ‘new’ social‐scientific studies of childhood and youth and al
The challenges of ‘Children's Geographies’: A reaffirmation
The majority of papers published in this edition of Children's Geographies were first presented at the New Directions in Children's Geographies conference held at The University of Northampton, UK
Sameness or Difference? Exploring Girls' Use of Recreational Spaces
Recent publications within childhood studies have advocated the use of the concept of generation in understanding children's everyday lives. In this paper meanings of generation are explored and the benefit of such an approach to childhood research is debated. Drawing upon recent research with a cohort of teenage girls in rural south Northamptonshire, it is shown that what may appear from an adult perspective as a zone of 'sameness' may, from a y…
They don’t like girls hanging around there’: Conflicts over recreational space in rural Northamptonshire
This paper provides new insights into girls’ use of recreational spaces within rural areas. We draw upon data from in‐depth discussion work with 10–14 year old girls undertaken in rural Northamptonshire to show how conflict between adults and children, rival groups of children, and boys and girls influences the social ownership of recreational spaces. In contrast to the rural childhood myth, we disclose geographies of anxiety, tension anddisharmo…
Growing-up in the countryside: Children and the rural idyll
Consulting Children
Growing-up in the countryside: Children and the rural idyll
The Road Less Travelled - New Directions in Children's and Young People's Mobility
This collection emerges from the intersection of two vibrant, dynamic and expanding academic endeavours. The papers are situated within ‘new’ social‐scientific studies of childhood and youth and al
Sameness or Difference? Exploring Girls' Use of Recreational Spaces
Recent publications within childhood studies have advocated the use of the concept of generation in understanding children's everyday lives. In this paper meanings of generation are explored and the benefit of such an approach to childhood research is debated. Drawing upon recent research with a cohort of teenage girls in rural south Northamptonshire, it is shown that what may appear from an adult perspective as a zone of 'sameness' may, from a y…
They don’t like girls hanging around there’: Conflicts over recreational space in rural Northamptonshire
This paper provides new insights into girls’ use of recreational spaces within rural areas. We draw upon data from in‐depth discussion work with 10–14 year old girls undertaken in rural Northamptonshire to show how conflict between adults and children, rival groups of children, and boys and girls influences the social ownership of recreational spaces. In contrast to the rural childhood myth, we disclose geographies of anxiety, tension anddisharmo…
The challenges of ‘Children's Geographies’: A reaffirmation
The majority of papers published in this edition of Children's Geographies were first presented at the New Directions in Children's Geographies conference held at The University of Northampton, UK
Disabilities in academic workplaces: Experiences of human and physical geographers
This paper considers the experiences of 75 university‐based human and physical geographers who define themselves as disabled. We explore how diverse disabilities intersect with academic careers, lifestyles and workplaces, focusing on some common disciplinary and institutional spaces of human and physical geography. We identify two self‐selecting groups of geographers who participated in our research. First, we discuss the experiences of those geo…
Consulting Children
With us, we, like, physically can't: Transport, Mobility and the Leisure Experiences of Teenage Wheelchair Users
This paper reflects upon the experiences of 69 British teenage wheelchair users in their attempts to access leisure environments. Heiser’s (Heiser, B. 1995. “The Nature and Causes of Transport Disability in Britain, and How to Remove It.” In Removing Disability Barriers, edited by G. Zarb, 49–64. London: Policy Studies Institute) notion of transport disability is developed, and the concepts of transport anxiety and mobility dependency are explore…
The show must go on!” Fieldwork, mental health and wellbeing in Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Fieldwork is central to the identity, culture and history of academic Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences ( GEES ). However, in this paper we recognise that, for many academic staff, fieldtrips can be a profoundly challenging “ordeal,” ill‐conducive to wellness or effective pedagogic practice. Drawing on research with 39 UK university‐based GEES academics who self‐identify as having a mental health condition, we explore how mental health …
Children, young people and ‘disability’: Challenging children's geographies
This editorial puts forward a selection of papers which were first presented at the 2007 Annual International Conference of the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers
Not just muddy and not always gleeful? Thinking about the physicality of fieldwork, mental health, and marginality
This paper acknowledges that geographical fieldwork and fieldtrips can be deeply stressful, anxiety‐inducing, troubling, miserable, hard and exclusionary for many colleagues, students and pupils. Building on the critical insights of Bracken and Mawdsley's (Area, 36, 2004) ‘Muddy Glee’ we empirically extend disciplinary reflections on fieldwork, drawing on qualitative data from research with UK university‐based Geography, Earth and Environmental S…
Growing-up in the countryside: Children and the rural idyll
Consulting Children
They don’t like girls hanging around there’: Conflicts over recreational space in rural Northamptonshire
This paper provides new insights into girls’ use of recreational spaces within rural areas. We draw upon data from in‐depth discussion work with 10–14 year old girls undertaken in rural Northamptonshire to show how conflict between adults and children, rival groups of children, and boys and girls influences the social ownership of recreational spaces. In contrast to the rural childhood myth, we disclose geographies of anxiety, tension anddisharmo…
Sameness or Difference? Exploring Girls' Use of Recreational Spaces
Recent publications within childhood studies have advocated the use of the concept of generation in understanding children's everyday lives. In this paper meanings of generation are explored and the benefit of such an approach to childhood research is debated. Drawing upon recent research with a cohort of teenage girls in rural south Northamptonshire, it is shown that what may appear from an adult perspective as a zone of 'sameness' may, from a y…
The challenges of ‘Children's Geographies’: A reaffirmation
The majority of papers published in this edition of Children's Geographies were first presented at the New Directions in Children's Geographies conference held at The University of Northampton, UK
The Road Less Travelled - New Directions in Children's and Young People's Mobility
This collection emerges from the intersection of two vibrant, dynamic and expanding academic endeavours. The papers are situated within ‘new’ social‐scientific studies of childhood and youth and al
Children, young people and ‘disability’: Challenging children's geographies
This editorial puts forward a selection of papers which were first presented at the 2007 Annual International Conference of the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers
Disabilities in academic workplaces: Experiences of human and physical geographers
This paper considers the experiences of 75 university‐based human and physical geographers who define themselves as disabled. We explore how diverse disabilities intersect with academic careers, lifestyles and workplaces, focusing on some common disciplinary and institutional spaces of human and physical geography. We identify two self‐selecting groups of geographers who participated in our research. First, we discuss the experiences of those geo…
With us, we, like, physically can't: Transport, Mobility and the Leisure Experiences of Teenage Wheelchair Users
This paper reflects upon the experiences of 69 British teenage wheelchair users in their attempts to access leisure environments. Heiser’s (Heiser, B. 1995. “The Nature and Causes of Transport Disability in Britain, and How to Remove It.” In Removing Disability Barriers, edited by G. Zarb, 49–64. London: Policy Studies Institute) notion of transport disability is developed, and the concepts of transport anxiety and mobility dependency are explore…
The show must go on!” Fieldwork, mental health and wellbeing in Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Fieldwork is central to the identity, culture and history of academic Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences ( GEES ). However, in this paper we recognise that, for many academic staff, fieldtrips can be a profoundly challenging “ordeal,” ill‐conducive to wellness or effective pedagogic practice. Drawing on research with 39 UK university‐based GEES academics who self‐identify as having a mental health condition, we explore how mental health …
Not just muddy and not always gleeful? Thinking about the physicality of fieldwork, mental health, and marginality
This paper acknowledges that geographical fieldwork and fieldtrips can be deeply stressful, anxiety‐inducing, troubling, miserable, hard and exclusionary for many colleagues, students and pupils. Building on the critical insights of Bracken and Mawdsley's (Area, 36, 2004) ‘Muddy Glee’ we empirically extend disciplinary reflections on fieldwork, drawing on qualitative data from research with UK university‐based Geography, Earth and Environmental S…
Teenage wheelchair users experience multiple geographies of waiting
Research within interdisciplinary social sciences has recently focused on temporalities of contemporary lived experiences. This paper extends work in this field through exploring plural modes of routine, intense and interconnected everyday experiences of waiting within a national study of teenage wheelchair users in England. We consider ways in which waiting – whether in relation to things, materialities, mobilities or permission – is occasioned …
Sociology (10 works) · Children's Rights and Participation (9 works) · Gender Studies (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Geography (6 works) · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics (5 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Rural development and sustainability (4 works) · Disability Rights and Representation (3 works)