Methodological immaturity in childhood research? Thinking through 'participatory methods'

Gallacher, Lesley-Anne and Gallagher, Michael (2008). Methodological immaturity in childhood research? Thinking through 'participatory methods'. Childhood, 15(4) pp. 499–516.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0907568208091672

URL: http://chd.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/15/4/4...

Abstract

Much of the recent literature on social research with children advocates the use of participatory techniques. This article attempts to rethink such techniques in several ways. The authors argue that participatory approaches, in their insistence that children should take part in research, may in fact involve children in processes that aim to regulate them. Using examples drawn from their own work, the authors question whether participatory methods are necessary for children to exercise agency in research encounters. They conclude by suggesting that researchers working with children might benefit from an attitude of methodological immaturity.

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• Item ORO ID
• 15889
• Item Type
• Journal Item
• ISSN
• 1461-7013
• Keywords
• becoming; childhood research; immaturity; methodology; participation
• Academic Unit or School
• Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies (WELS) > Education, Childhood, Youth and Sport
  Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies (WELS)
• Depositing User
• Lesley-Anne Gallacher