Matej Blazek

Rematerialising children's agency

Everyday practices in a post-socialist estate

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This book is a detailed study of children's everyday practices in a small, deprived neighbourhood of post-socialist Bratislava, called Kopcany. It provides a novel empirical insight on what it is like to be growing up after 25 years of post-socialist transformations and questions the formation of children's agency and the multitude of resources it comes from. What happens if we accept children's practices as cornerstones of communities? What is uncovered if we examine adults' co-presence with children in everyday community spaces? With a background in youth work, the author writes from the unique position of being able to develop in-depth i… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-4473-3462-0
EAN: 9781447334620
Produktnummer: 20502620
Verlag: Policy Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
Seitenangabe: 276 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 17'543 KB
Auflage: 1. Auflage

Über den Autor

Matej Blazek is Lecturer in Human Geography at the Loughborough University, UK. He is a social geographer with a particular interest in the geography of marginalisation, childhood, migration and emotions. He is also active in community youth work as a practitioner and trainer.