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Children’s geographies I

Decoloniality

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ID21086992
AuthorsMagdalena Blazek (0000-0002-4629-4353, Newcastle Univesity, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume48
Issue2
Pages224-235
Publication date2024-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueProgress in Human Geography (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0309-1325 • E-ISSN: 1477-0288
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/03091325231212258
OpenAlexW4388036868
LanguageEN
Citations received12
References cited96

This review departs from the perception that children’s geographies are theoretically ‘stuck’, by showing how the field’s growing decolonial scholarship pushes its boundaries. Decoloniality involves delinking from Western constructs and developing pluralistic theoretical frameworks firmly grounded in the realities of marginalised childhoods. Organised around the themes of decolonial theory, praxis, and conceptualisations of childhood, the review focuses on embracing historical geographies of non-Western childhoods, developing relational and place-based methodologies, centring on childhoods on the margins of global knowledge production, addressing the interlinked marginalisation of children through colonial violence and adult dominance, and challenging the Anglo-centric modes of academic publishing

Colonialism · Decoloniality · Epistemology · Lifeworld · Political science · Praxis · Scholarship · Social science · Sociology · Children's Rights and Participation · Gender Studies · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development

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Unique citing works12
Citations per year6
Citation span2024 - 2026 (3)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 11

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