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The Challenge and Challenging of Childhood Studies? Learning from Disability Studies and Research with Disabled Children

Bibliographic Data

ID14897571
AuthorsE Kay M Tisdall (0000-0001-8967-6426, Centre for Research on Families and Relationships University of Edinburgh Edinburgh UK, corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume26
Issue3
Pages181-191
Publication date2012-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueChildren & Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0951-0605 • E-ISSN: 1099-0860
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1099-0860.2012.00431.x
OpenAlexW2060345442
LanguageEN
Citations received72
References cited43

Childhood studies have argued for the social construction of childhood, respecting children and childhood in the present, and recognising children's agency and rights. Such perspectives have parallels to, and challenges for, disability studies. This article considers such parallels and challenges, leading to a (re)consideration of research claims to represent children's ‘voices’ and the current promotion of children's participation as researchers. It concludes how research with disabled children encourages due account of multiple communication methods to access, analyse and present research, and being more reflexive about assumptions of competency, expertise and agency in the roles of researcher and research participant

Agency (philosophy · Childhood studies · Developmental psychology · Disability studies · Early childhood · Parallels · Political science · Promotion (chess · Reflexivity · Social science · Sociology · Children's Rights and Participation · Disability Rights and Representation · Foucault, Power, and Ethics · Gender Studies · Psychology

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Unique citing works72
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Citation span2012 - 2026 (15)
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