Ep. 22 Children and Youth as Subjects, Objects, Agents

This episode discusses the recently published book, Children and Youth as Subjects, Objects, Agents: Innovative Approaches to Research Across Space and Time, co-edited by Deborah Levison, Mary Jo Maynes, and Frances Vavrus. This volume features a wide range of essays that showcase a variety of approaches to the interdisciplinary field of childhood and youth studies, examining how young people in a range of contemporary and historical contexts around the globe live their young lives as subjects, objects, and agents. In addition to describing the book, the episode also features discussions about the related research collaborative Youth as Subjects, Objects, Agents, sponsored by the University of Minnesota Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change, which brings together faculty and doctoral students to explore the lives of children and youth in the Global South. The episode features interviews and comments by several of the book’s contributors and members of the collaborative, including Dr. Elena Albarran, Dr. Karen Brown, Dr. Kelly Condit-Shrestha, Dr. Elizabeth Dillenburg, Dr. Lauren Heidbrink, Dr. Elisabeth Lefebvre, Judith Merinyo, Dr. Emily Markovich Morris, Dr. Michele Statz, Dr. Frances Vavrus, and Dr. Laura Wangsness Willemsen. This episode was produced by Dr. Elisabeth Lefebvre and Dr. Emily Markovich Morris and edited by Rafael Flores. The music featured in the podcast was performed and produced by Dr. Emily Markovich Morris and Tabu Zawose.