A Talent for Living
Exploring Ghana’s ‘New’ Urban Childhood
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14896263 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Phil Mizen, Phillip Mizen (0000-0001-5096-7525, University of Warwick, corresponding author), Yaw Ofosu‐kusi (University of Education, Winneba) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 13-23 |
| Publication date | 2013-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Children & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0951-0605 • E-ISSN: 1099-0860 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1099-0860.2011.00386.x |
| OpenAlex | W1562946853 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 14 |
This paper considers the lives of children living in a large informal settlement in central Accra, Ghana. Its contention is that children remain largely absent from the renewal of interest in slums and that where they do feature it is largely as objects of risk and vulnerability. Such an exclusive focus, it is argued, risks effacing the ways in which children are capable of actively confronting the terrible constraints posed by slum environments and the ‘talent for living’ that this involves. Drawing upon the findings of a small qualitative exploratory research project, the paper examines sources of support and cooperation between children and how their decisions to work are perceived as a strategy to actively support mothers and families struggling for a subsistence
Business · Economic growth · Economics · Exploratory research · Focus group · Geography · Population · Poverty · Qualitative research · Settlement (finance · Slum · Social science · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Subsistence agriculture · Vulnerability (computing · Work (physics · Homelessness and Social Issues · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Urban and Rural Development Challenges
Planet of Slums
Rational Choice Theory
Making our Way through the World
Realism and Social Science
Unofficial truths and everyday insights
The Statelessness of the World's Children
Children’s Perspectives on their Economic Activity as a Pathway to Resilience
Being Human
The Return of the Slum
Asking, giving, receiving
Giving Voice to Children's Voices
A Talent for Life
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,31 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2021 (12) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |