This module takes a cross-cultural, transnational and trans-historical look at children and childhood and covers the whole period of what we today might...

Children in Society: Anthropological, Historical and Sociological Perspectives (EDPS0253)

This module takes a cross-cultural, transnational and trans-historical look at children and childhood and covers the whole period of what we today might consider ‘childhood’, from early years to late adolescence. It examines how images of childhood and children’s lives influence one another in complex ways. It explores empirical research that upsets assumptions about childhood based on our own historically-situated and culturally-constituted ideologies. Drawing on the latest research, the module considers the subjecthood of children from the perspectives of gender, sexuality, race and disability. Rather than assuming a white, able-bodied, middle-class, genderless child of the Global North, we will think from the beginning about race, gender, sexuality, ability, and class as intersecting with the category of ‘child’ and shaping both ideologies and experiences of childhood. In the second part of the term, we will consider sites where scholars have studied children’s experiences - in families, separated, at work and at play.

 

The module is taught through a series of in-person interactive lectures (1.5 hours) led by the module leader supported by small group seminars (1.5 hours) led by the module leader and another colleague. Lectures will sometimes include screenings of excerpts of documentary films; students will be encouraged (but not required) to view others in their entirety on their own. Seminars will invite student to engage with the topics in imaginative, and playful ways, and provide an opportunity for working on assessment in groups.

This module will introduce participants to organisation theory and to concepts of strategic management using models from both private and public sector, as...

Higher Education Institutions as Organisations: Their Strategic Management (EDPS0140)