CENTRE FOR
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
Conference 2004
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Voices and Images of Childhood and Adolescence: Rethinking Young Peoples' Identities

St Patrick's College, Dublin City University
October 15-17, 2004

Conference Programme (pdf)

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Keynote Speakers

Professor Nigel Rolfe

Royal College of Art, London/University of Pennsylvania
The Loss of Innocence

Marie Bourke

Keeper and Head of Education, National Gallery of Ireland
Images of the Past and Young People's Perception of the Image in the Present

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Coinciding with the launch of the Centre for Human Development at St Patrick's College, this Conference is intended as a forum for reevaluating young peoples' identities, both in an Irish and international context.

Themes

• the fluctuating boundaries between childhood and other developmental phase
• childrens' and adolescents' rights and identities
• childrens' perspectives on childhood
• childhood, adolescence and inequality
• childhood/adolescence and ethnic/race identity
• the imagination of the child/adolescent
• philosophy/psychology/sociology of childhood and adolescence
• media constructions of young peoples' identities
• legal, philosophical and political dimensions to childhood and adolescence
• childhood/adolescence and the market
• citizenship/participation in childhood and adolescence
• the National Childrens' Strategy in the Republic of Ireland
• history of childhood/adolescence
• working with young people in out-of-school settings

These themes are intended to be illustrative. It is intended that a selection of conference papers will be published in a themed volume. In addition to paper sessions, the Conference will also include an ‘inter-generational' seminar which will involve active participation and input from children and an Art exhibition.

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