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  • Deep Maps and Spatial Narratives

    by Stuart Aitken, David Cooper, Grant DeLozier, Philip Ethington, Ian N. Gregory, Andrew Hardie, W. M. Martin, John McIntosh, Paul Rayson, Nobuko Toyosawa, Barney Warf, May Yuan ...
    Deep maps are finely detailed, multimedia depictions of a place and the people, buildings, objects, flora, and fauna that exist within it and which are inseparable from the activities of everyday life. These depictions may encompass the beliefs, desires, hopes, and fears of residents and help show what ties one place to another. A deep map is a way to engage evidence within its spatio-temporal ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Ethnopoetics of Space and Transformation

    Young People’s Engagement, Activism and Aesthetics

    by Stuart C. Aitken ...
    Change is inevitable, we are told. A job is lost, a couple falls in love, children leave home, an addict joins Narcotics Anonymous, two nations go to war, a family member's health deteriorates, a baby is born, a universal health care bill is voted into law. Life comprises events over which we have considerable, partial, or little or no control. The distance between the event and our daily lives ... Read more

    $82.99 USD

  • Young People, Rights and Place

    Erasure, Neoliberal Politics and Postchild Ethics

    by Stuart Aitken ...
    Series series Routledge Spaces of Childhood and Youth Series
    Concern is growing about children’s rights and the curtailment of those rights through the excesses of neoliberal governance. This book discusses children’s spatial and citizenship rights, and the ways young people and their families push against diminished rights.Armed initially with theoretical concerns about the construction of children through the political status quo and the ways youth rights ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • The Awkward Spaces of Fathering

    by Stuart C. Aitken ...
    Societal notions of fathers have evolved from the distant breadwinner through genial dad and masculine role model to today's equal co-parent. This book seeks to explore the spaces and movements of men-as-fathers. Weaving together theories of space, sexuality and political identity with the stories of fathers from a range of sources, including popular culture, it discusses the way in which ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

  • The Geography of Young People

    Morally Contested Spaces

    by Stuart C Aitken ...
    Series series Critical Geographies
    The Geographies of Young People traces the changing scientific and societal notions of what it is to be a young person, and argues that there is a need to rethink how we view childhood spaces, child development and the politics of growing up.This book brings coherency to the growing field of children's geographies by arguing that although most of it does not prescribe solutions to the moral ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Film Landscapes of Global Youth

    Imagining Young Lives

    Edited by Stuart C. Aitken, Jacob Rowlett ...
    Series series Routledge Spaces of Childhood and Youth Series
    This book explores the dynamic landscapes of global youth through spatially grounded chapters focused on film and media. It is a collection of incredible works concerning children and young people in, out, and through media as well as an examination of what is possible for the future of research within the intersections of geography, film theory, and children’s studies.It contains contributions ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • Place, Power, Situation and Spectacle

    A Geography of Film

    Edited by Stuart C. Aitken, Leo E. Zonn ...
    Using contemporary film theory and elements of socio-cultural and political discourse, fourteen geographers examine the effects of cinematic representation of place and space on perceptions of self and societies in the world. ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • Approaches to Human Geography

    Philosophies, Theories, People and Practices

    Edited by Gill Valentine, Stuart C Aitken ...
    "The book covers some of the (traditionally) most obtuse and difficult-to-grasp philosophical ideas that have influenced geographers/geography. The fact that these are presented in an inclusive and accessible manner is a key strength. Many students have commented that the chapters they have read have encouraged them to read more in this field, which is fantastic from a lecturer′s perspective."- ... Read more

    $93.59 USD

  • Teaching Children Who are Deafblind

    Contact Communication and Learning

    Edited by Stuart Aitken, Marianna Buultjens, Catherine Clark, Jane T. Eyre, Laura Pease ...
    First published in 2000. Resources and training material about children who are deafblind are all too rare. The principles of contact, communication and learning are fundamental; they apply to us all. The process of putting these same principles into practice with children who are deafblind can be complex, incremental and challenging. This book rewards the reader by identifying what contact, ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Global Childhoods

    Globalization, Development and Young People

    Edited by Stuart Aitken ...
    This astute book initiates a broad discussion from a variety of different disciplines about how we place children nationally, globally and within development discourses. Unlike other books of its kind, it does not seek to dwell solely on the abiding complexities of local comparisons. Rather, it elaborates larger concerns about the changing nature of childhood, young people’s experiences, their ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • Young People, Border Spaces and Revolutionary Imaginations

    Edited by Stuart Aitken, Fernando Bosco, Thomas Herman, Kate Swanson ...
    Drawing from discussions that pulled together child researchers working near the borders of Mexico, the United States and Canada, this book explores how material and metaphoric borders give way to young people's experimentations with cultural, social and political change. The contributors highlight the capacities of children to revolutionize thought and practice through creative re-imagining of ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

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  • Anthropology

    A Student's Guide to Theory and Method

    by Stanley Barrett ...
    Stanley R. Barrett's Anthropology has long been a premiere sourcebook for students, providing a comprehensive overview of both theory and method in the discipline. In this updated second edition, Barrett's discussion of the origins and evolution of anthropology remains, augmented by sections addressing recent changes and ongoing questions in the field.The second edition of Anthropology adds ... Read more

    $34.99 USD