The unit introduces key concepts related to children and childhood from fields including sociology, anthropology, critical legal studies, postcolonial and development studies, and rights literature. Students are invited to apply these concepts to problems and issues related to children and childhood in global contexts. Topics include: appraisal of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child; limitations of universalised conceptions of childhood and rights with respect to the lives of children globally; child poverty in a global context; child labour and the economic value of children in comparative contexts; children as objects, subjects and agents; and the 'future' of childhood. -- Course Website
Instructor: Kate Cregan
Prerequisites: Any first year sequence
