Children representing themselves through photographs

Michelle Newman; Andree Woodcock; Philip Dunhan

doi:10.4324/9781315881225

Children representing themselves through photographs

Michelle Newman, Andree Woodcock, Philip Dunhan

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Photography has been commonly used as a research tool in studies of childhood/children. However images of school children in official documentation are rarely taken or chosen by children and may not reflect their real experiences. This research considered the photographs taken by year six primary school children of their school and the images they chose to represent themselves. Subsequent interviews with children revealed attitudes to school, the importance of playground relationships in the construction of gender, leading to the concept of ‘borderlands’ inhabited by some boys who adopt non-hegemonic masculinities.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Small-Scale Research in Primary Schools
Subtitle of host publication	A Reader for Learning and Professional Development
Editors	Kimberly Safford, Mary Stacey, Roger Hancock
Place of Publication	London
Publisher	Routledge
Chapter	11
Pages	70-75
Number of pages	6
Edition	1
ISBN (Electronic)	9781315881225
ISBN (Print)	9780415585606, 9780415585590
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315881225
Publication status	Published - 21 Jul 2010

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Children representing themselves through photographs. / Newman, Michelle ; Woodcock, Andree; Dunhan, Philip.
Small-Scale Research in Primary Schools: A Reader for Learning and Professional Development. ed. / Kimberly Safford; Mary Stacey; Roger Hancock. 1. ed. London: Routledge, 2010. p. 70-75.

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