This book explores the alternative experiences of children and young people whose everyday lives contradict ideas and ideals of normalcy from the local to the global context. Presenting empirical research and conceptual interventions from a variety of international contexts, this book seeks to contribute to understandings of alterity, agency and everyday precarity. The young lives foregrounded in this volume include the experiences of transnational families, children in ethnic minority communities, street-living young people, disabled children, child soldiers, victims of abuse, politically active young people, working children and those engaging with alternative education. By exploring 'other' ways of being, doing, and thinking about childhood, this book addresses questions around what it is to be a child and what it is to be marginalised in society. The narratives explore the everydayness and the mundanity of difference as they are experienced through social structures and relationships, simultaneously recognizing and critiquing notions of agency and power. This book, including a discussion resource for teaching or peer reading groups, will appeal to academics, students and researchers across subject disciplines including Human Geography, Children's Geography, Social Care and Childhood Studies.

This book explores the alternative experiences of children and young people whose everyday lives contradict ideas and ideals of normalcy from the local to the global context. Presenting empirical research and conceptual interventions from a variety of international contexts, this book seeks to contribute to understandings of alterity, agency and everyday precarity. The young lives foregrounded in this volume include the experiences of transnational families, children in ethnic minority communities, street-living young people, disabled children, child soldiers, victims of abuse, politically active young people, working children and those engaging with alternative education. By exploring 'other' ways of being, doing, and thinking about childhood, this book addresses questions around what it is to be a child and what it is to be marginalised in society. The narratives explore the everydayness and the mundanity of difference as they are experienced through social structures and relationships, simultaneously recognizing and critiquing notions of agency and power. This book, including a discussion resource for teaching or peer reading groups, will appeal to academics, students and researchers across subject disciplines including Human Geography, Children's Geography, Social Care and Childhood Studies.

Introducing a broad range of innovative and creative qualitative methods, this accessible book shows you how to use them in research project while providing straightforward advice on how to approach every step of the process, from planning and organisation to writing up and disseminating research. It offers: Demonstration of creative methods using both primary or secondary data. Practical guidance on overcoming common hurdles, such as getting ethical clearance and conducting a risk assessment. Encouragement to reflect critically on the processes involved in research. The authors provide a complete toolkit for conducting research in geography, while ensuring the most cutting-edge methods are unintimidating to the reader.

Introducing a broad range of innovative and creative qualitative methods, this accessible book shows you how to use them in research project while providing straightforward advice on how to approach every step of the process, from planning and organisation to writing up and disseminating research. It offers: Demonstration of creative methods using both primary or secondary data. Practical guidance on overcoming common hurdles, such as getting ethical clearance and conducting a risk assessment. Encouragement to reflect critically on the processes involved in research. The authors provide a complete toolkit for conducting research in geography, while ensuring the most cutting-edge methods are unintimidating to the reader.

Aston's Building Blocks is a story book for parents and educators to read to their children. It tells the story of a boy named Aston, and what happens on a particular day that he is playing with his building blocks. This book is designed to educate emotional awareness though spoken language, facial expression and body language, and offer ways for appropriate responses to others' emotions. Most importantly, it opens up the relationship between adult and child to identify and discuss feelings and pave the way for healthy emotional self management. Best part is - it's all in a story that children love

The Circus is a story book for parents and educators to read to their children. It tells the story of a boy named Aston, and what happens on a particular day that the circus comes to town. This book is designed to educate emotional awareness though spoken language, facial expression and body language, and offer ways for appropriate responses to others' emotions. Most importantly, it opens up the relationship between adult and child to identify and discuss feelings and pave the way for healthy emotional self management. Best part is - it's all in a story that children love

Aston's Very Curious Day is a story book for parents and educators to read to their children. It tells the story of a boy named Aston, and what happens on a particular day that he is feeling curious. This book is designed to educate emotional awareness though spoken language, facial expression and body language, and offer ways for appropriate responses to others' emotions. Most importantly, it opens up the relationship between adult and child to identify and discuss feelings and pave the way for healthy emotional self management. Best part is - it's all in a story that children love

Elle Doesn't Want To Play is a story book for parents and educators to read to their children. It tells the story of two friends, Aston and Elle, and what happens on a particular day that Elle is feeling sad. This book is to both educate emotional awareness though spoken language, facial expression and body language, and offers ways for appropriate response to others' emotions. Most importantly, it opens up the relationship between adult and child to identify and discuss feelings and paths the way for healthy emotional self management. Best part is - it's all in a story that children love

The Surprise Gift is a story book for parents and educators to read to their children. It tells the story of a boy named Aston, and what happens on a particular day that he receives a surprise gift. This book is designed to educate emotional awareness though spoken language, facial expression and body language, and offer ways for appropriate responses to others' emotions. Most importantly, it opens up the relationship between adult and child to identify and discuss feelings and pave the way for healthy emotional self management. Best part is - it's all in a story that children love