Finding ways to do research on, with and for children and young people

Abstract

ABSTRACTIn this article I focus on the emergence of children's geographies as a sub-area of the discipline and its methodological contribution to engaging children and young people in research. I provide an overview of the origins of such methodological innovation and discuss the use of participatory research and visual methods in particular as valuable tools to capture children's and young people's voices. Drawing on a range of current research examples allows a critical discussion of issues such as the representation of children's and young people's voices through research, and their participation in (and beyond) the research process. These issues will not only introduce the reader to theoretical underpinnings and methodological approaches as emerging in the area of children's geographies but also indicate the possible contribution developments in children's geographies can make to wider educational debates, different fields within geography and to anyone aiming to do research with, on or for children and young people.