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A conversation with the academic discipline
Whilst it is impossible to have quick and easy access to academic geographers, it is possible to have a conversation with the discipline. Two ‘Think Pieces’, written by academic geographers, as well as linked video presentations, introduce some important ideas about Young People’s Geographies:
Think Piece One: Young People's Geographies by Ian Cook and Helen Griffiths
In the video, Helen talks about researching young peoples geographies in school contexts.
Think Piece Two: YPG - written with young people in mind by Tracey Skelton
The themes covered in Tracey's video are: Finding out about young people’s geographies: ethnography & Ethical issues associated with researching young people’s geographies.
In an additional video, John Morgan uses experience from his work on the Enquiring Minds project to consider the potential of the Young People's Geographies project for curriculum development.
You might also like to use the Forum and Blog features on this site to share your ideas and any development work you plan to do or have already done around YPG, or to raise questions with geography teachers, academic geographers and possibly even students about YPG.
Take your thinking further
1. There are two journals both seeking to develop a more interdisciplinary understanding of young people’s lives:
Children’s Geographies (published by Routledge)
Children Youth and Environments (an online journal hosted by the University of Colorado: )
2. The University of Northampton hosts a research centre called The Centre for Children and Youth.
3. The RGS-IBG working group, Geographies of Children, Youth and Families, has been constituted in order to support research, teaching and practice in this area.