Welcome to Contemporary Children's Culture!
This course is designed for Children’s Studies Majors/Minors and builds on all of the core ideas and theories explored in the first three years of the Children’s Studies program through a specialized focus on the connection between the local and the global of children’s lives. Understanding children’s culture requires an interdisciplinary approach to exploring the three voices contemporary children’s culture (1) institutional voices, such as governments and NGOs (and how they talk about children), 2) media and children's literature (and how these institutional ideas are explained to children), and 3) children's own voices (what children themselves have to say about their own lives).
Students are expected to already have a significant amount of knowledge in Children’s Studies, the UNCRC, ethical research with children, global and local political issues in children’s lives, and representations of children in media and literature PRIOR to taking this course. Therefore it is STRONGLY recommended that students have completed HUMA 1970A, 2690, and 3695, in addition to 90 credits, prior to taking HUMA4142, which is the capstone seminar in the Children’s Studies Program.
Course Director
- Dr. Steve Gennaro
- sgennaro@yorku.ca
- @_sgennaro
