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Situating (Young) teenagers in geographies of children and youth

Situating (Young) teenagers in geographies of children and youth
Situating (Young) teenagers in geographies of children and youth
The past decade has been an exciting and productive period in the study of children's and young people's geographies. The principal aim of this paper is to contribute to this field of research by presenting the arguments for a more substantive focus on teenagers' geographies. Firstly, the terms ‘children’ and ‘young people’ are constructed as synonymous and used interchangeably and the complex transitional positioning of young teenagers—situated between childhood, youth and adulthood—has been relatively neglected. Secondly, many researchers have been engaged in developing methods, which aim to challenge unequal power relations between adult researchers and young participants but little focus has been placed on utilizing participants' own constructions of themselves. The final argument for a more coherent focus on teenagers' geographies rests on the contribution that geographers can make to challenging negative stereotypes of teenagers within policy and the media. The paper concludes by outlining what form an emphasis on teenagers' geographies may take.
age, betweenness, children, identity, teenagers, youth
1473-3285
97-108
Weller, Susie
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Weller, Susie
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Weller, Susie (2006) Situating (Young) teenagers in geographies of children and youth. Children's Geographies, 4 (1), 97-108. (doi:10.1080/14733280600577517).

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The past decade has been an exciting and productive period in the study of children's and young people's geographies. The principal aim of this paper is to contribute to this field of research by presenting the arguments for a more substantive focus on teenagers' geographies. Firstly, the terms ‘children’ and ‘young people’ are constructed as synonymous and used interchangeably and the complex transitional positioning of young teenagers—situated between childhood, youth and adulthood—has been relatively neglected. Secondly, many researchers have been engaged in developing methods, which aim to challenge unequal power relations between adult researchers and young participants but little focus has been placed on utilizing participants' own constructions of themselves. The final argument for a more coherent focus on teenagers' geographies rests on the contribution that geographers can make to challenging negative stereotypes of teenagers within policy and the media. The paper concludes by outlining what form an emphasis on teenagers' geographies may take.

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Published date: 17 August 2006
Keywords: age, betweenness, children, identity, teenagers, youth
Organisations: Faculty of Social, Human and Mathematical Sciences

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Local EPrints ID: 378764
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/378764
ISSN: 1473-3285
PURE UUID: 35ba5dd2-2ba8-45ea-96eb-c5dbfa8d0b15
ORCID for Susie Weller: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-6839-876X

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Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:52

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