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<\/a><\/p>\n CeMoRe\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0Mobile Kitchenette, the<\/span>\u00a0pandemic induced<\/span>\u00a0virtual replacement for\u00a0<\/span>the little chats we usually have in the office kitchen, is\u00a0<\/span>fast becoming one of my\u00a0<\/span>favourite<\/span>\u00a0features of researching within\u00a0<\/span>CeMoRe<\/span>. It provides an opportunity for members\u00a0<\/span>and affiliates<\/span>\u00a0of\u00a0<\/span>CeMoRe<\/span>\u00a0to discuss their own research and provide helpful insight to others\u00a0<\/span>(<\/span>something as a first year PhD student, I greatly appreciate<\/span>)<\/span>\u00a0over a brew and some biscuits.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In the most recent kitchenette, which took place on 20<\/span>th<\/span>\u00a0January, Nicola Spurling and I led the disc<\/span>ussion on children\u2019s mobilities. A topic that we have both been\u00a0<\/span>focusing<\/span>\u00a0on in our own research, mine in my PhD research on children\u2019s agency in climate change<\/span>, and Nicola in her DecarboN8 project.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n I began the session by discussing Sue Milne\u2019s\u00a0<\/span>(2009)\u00a0<\/span>article<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>\u2018<\/span>Moving into and through the p<\/span><\/i>ublic world: children\u2019s perspectives on their encounters with adults<\/span><\/i>\u2019<\/span><\/i>, in which children living in Scotland remarked on their\u00a0<\/span>mobility through their local environment<\/span>. The article\u00a0<\/span>highlig<\/span>hted\u00a0<\/span>that as children moved through public space, they became aware of\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>ir<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>perceived \u2018child\u00a0<\/span>status\u2019<\/span>\u00a0reflected in the\u00a0<\/span>treatment they received from adults and their limited agency to participate and move through public spaces. This prompted insightful comments and recommendations f<\/span>or further research from participants including Colin Pooley, Stephanie\u00a0<\/span>Sodero<\/span>\u00a0and Lynne Pearce, including a discussion surrounding children\u2019s agentic mobilities and\u00a0<\/span>how children\u2019s constrain<\/span>t<\/span>s and freedoms<\/span>\u00a0have changed<\/span>\u00a0over time.\u00a0<\/span>This has prompted me to further investigate ideas of agentic mobility in reference to children\u2019s involvement in climate change<\/span>\u00a0and how imagined mobilities of power and agency can extend into the physical world. – proving the kitchenette to be both enjoyable\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/i>productive!<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Nicola\u00a0<\/span>introduced\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Barker<\/span>\u00a0et\u00a0<\/span>al\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0(2009)\u00a0<\/span>The Road Less Travelled<\/span><\/i>, which forms the introduction to a special issue of Mobilities Journal\u00a0<\/span>focused<\/span>\u00a0on children\u2019s mobilities.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>T<\/span>hi<\/span>s\u00a0<\/span>article\u00a0<\/span>provides a useful introduction to some of the key debates on children & young peoples\u2019 mobility, and the key disciplines that have researched this topic to date. In partic<\/span>ular, and for those new to the field of children\u2019s mobilities, it highlights three\u00a0<\/span>key<\/span>\u00a0conceptual\u00a0<\/span>re<\/span>framings<\/span>\u00a0that social scientists have contributed to psychological, deterministic and positivistic models of child development. Namely,\u00a0<\/span>contra \u2018child development\u2019 models there is no such thing a<\/span>s the universal child<\/span>; contra traditional approaches, children should not be\u00a0<\/span>conceptualised<\/span>\u00a0or treated as \u2018future adults\u2019, but rather understood as social agents\u00a0<\/span>in their own right; and\u00a0<\/span>finally<\/span>\u00a0th<\/span>at<\/span>\u00a0childhood is a social construction that is disproportionately shaped by adult expectations.\u00a0<\/span>The discussion ranged across how children and young people could and should be inv<\/span>o<\/span>lved in\u00a0<\/span>decarbonising<\/span>\u00a0mobilit<\/span>ies, approaches to researching future mobilities<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>and the recognition that assumptions about \u2018childhoo<\/span>d\u2019 and adult mobilities ar<\/span>e<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>problematic, and<\/span>\u00a0create\u00a0<\/span>idealised<\/span>\u00a0mobilities that\u00a0<\/span>are by\u00a0<\/span>no means<\/span>\u00a0experienced or accessible across<\/span>\u00a0the\u00a0<\/span>board.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The next kitchenette will be taking place on 3<\/span>rd<\/span>\u00a0March, focusing on mobilities and Art, facilitated by Manu\u00a0<\/span>Bruggemann, please see the\u00a0<\/span>event page<\/span><\/a>\u00a0for more information.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The reference<\/span><\/i>s<\/span><\/i>\u00a0discussed in this blogpost are:<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/i>\u00a0 Barker, J.,\u00a0<\/span>Kraftl<\/span>, P., Horton, J. and Tucker, F. (2009) The Road Less Travelled? New Directions in Children\u2019s and Young People\u2019s Mobility,\u00a0<\/span>Mobilities<\/em>,<\/span><\/i>\u00a0v.4:1, 1-10.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
<\/span>Milne, S. (2009). Moving into and through the public world: children’s perspectives on their encounters with adults.\u00a0<\/span>Mobilities<\/em>. 4(1), 103-118.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n