Rematerialising children's agency : everyday practices in a post-socialist estate / Blazek Matej.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blazek, Matej, 1986- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child development.

Children--Social conditions.

Children.

Agent (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

x, 264 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Policy Press, 2016.

Summary:

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 adult's 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 insights into both children's life-worlds, and practitioners' priorities and needs. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part 1

1 Introduction 3

Part 2

2 Locating the field 21

3 Practising the field 33

4 Thinking the field 55

Part 3

5 Public spaces of Kopcany 67

6 The body and embodiment 95

7 Things 119

8 Everyday social encounters and circumscribed routines 139

9 Family life 159

10 Friendship 179

Part 4

11 Notions of social identity 223

12 Rematerialising children's agency 223.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-258) and index.

ISBN:

9781447322740

1447322746

OCLC:

933211277