The evolving view of children’s agency
The role of children in society differs across the globe, and has altered over time, as has our perception of…
Jennifer Tang is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Environmental Psychology program, working on issues related to the promotion of children’s participation and participatory democracy. She holds a Master’s Degree in Human Security and Peacebuilding from Royal Roads University in Canada. Currently, her work is focused on children’s participation in community and municipal level governance. She has taught courses in Human Development, Human Sexuality, and the Psychology of Sex and Gender Roles at Hunter College and the Pratt Institute. Currently, she is a Research Associate at the Children’s Environments Research Group and a Writing Fellow at Hunter College in New York City.
Research Interests: Children’s rights, children’s participation, community governance, participatory democracy, young people’s political engagement, young people and social movements, children in urban settings, child-friendly research methods, participatory research, participatory action research, tools and technologies for democratic participation (ICT4G).
The role of children in society differs across the globe, and has altered over time, as has our perception of…
I would need to practice being: critical of confining children to private spaces such as the home or schools critical…
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“The contemporary public sphere is characterized according to Habermas by the weathering of its critical roles and capacities. In the…
Hill, M. (2006). Children’s Voices on Ways of Having a Voice: Children’s and young people’s perspectives on methods used in…
Inspired by the Call for Papers put forth by Global Studies of Childhood, I reflected on this portion of the…
I had the honour of presenting on a panel for the first Inter/Post/Non-Disciplinary Graduate Student Workshop on “Theory” hosted by…
Recognizing that my reading list currently one unruly list, I have begun the task of organizing them into headings and…
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