Reaching critical mass? Theory, politics, and the culture of debate in children's geographies
Reaching critical mass? Theory, politics, and the culture of debate in children's geographies
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达到临界质量？
DOI：
10.1111/j.1475-4762.2008.00812.x
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发表时间：
2008
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影响因子：
2.2
通讯作者：
Robert M. Vanderbeck
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作者：
Robert M. Vanderbeck
一小部分但越来越多的声音开始对儿童地理学作为一个子领域的当前方向及其在更广泛学科中的地位提出质疑。本文介入这些新兴的讨论，以探讨儿童的地理范围内的辩论本身的地位。我认为，在过去的十年中，儿童的地理主要是在一个共识为基础的模式，与一些潜在的紧张局势和从业者之间的差异掩盖的结果。我发展的例子儿童的主管社会机构的概念，一个核心的理论假设，很少被深入询问。最后，我提出了几个当代政治问题，关于儿童的代理，地理学家有令人惊讶的是很少说。我建议，明确解决这些令人烦恼的问题将有助于在儿童的地理范围内进行更丰富的辩论。
A small but growing number of voices have begun to raise questions about the current direction of children's geographies as a subfield and its status within the wider discipline. This article intervenes in these emerging discussions to examine the status of debate itself within children's geographies. I argue that children's geographies over the past decade has operated primarily in a consensus-based mode, with a number of potential tensions and differences between practitioners masked as a result. I develop the example of notions of children's competent social agency, a core theoretical assumption that is rarely interrogated in much depth. In closing, I pose questions regarding several contemporary political issues concerning children's agency about which geographers have had surprisingly little to say. I suggest that explicitly addressing some of these vexing issues would contribute to a richer state of debate within children's geographies.