FW: Call for papers: "Youthful Spaces of Belief," London, 1.-3.9.2010

[Kim Östman]

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*CALL FOR PAPERS: ‘YOUTHFUL SPACES OF BELIEF’*

*RGS –IBG Annual International Conference: London, 1^st -3^rd September
2010*

/Session Organiser: Peter Hemming (Brunel University)/

Sponsored by the RGS-IBG Children, Youth and Families Research Group

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Religion is currently on the social and political agenda like never before,
and this development has been reflected through increasing interest in the
Social Sciences. In Geography, the ‘new’ geographies of religion have gained
in prominence (Kong 2001) and the issue of space has received greater
attention from other disciplines (e.g. Knott 2005).

Scholars from within the sub-discipline of geographies of childhood and
youth have also begun to consider the significance of religious beliefs in
the spaces that shape the everyday lives of children and young people (e.g.
Dwyer, Hemming, Hopkins, Olson). But the word ‘belief’ encompass much more
than religion. It includes ethical, moral and political views that structure
the lives of religious and non-religious children and young people alike.
These perspectives often provide innovative ways of thinking about and
understanding contemporary global issues such as the environment and living
with diversity. As such, beliefs and the way in which they intersect with
space and place will be of central concern for both geographers and other
researchers interested in children, youth and families.

Papers on youthful spaces of belief might include, but would not be limited
to, any of the following interdisciplinary topics:

· The role of belief in constructing childhood and youth

· Influences of and influences on beliefs

· Religious education and education spaces

· Belief and spaces of inclusion/exclusion

· Communities of belief

· Social cohesion

· Emotional, affective and embodied aspects of belief

· Belief and social identity

· Intergenerational issues and home spaces

· Nationhood and belief

· Moral and ethical geographies

· New social movements

· Governing beliefs

· Transitions and the life course

· Innovative methods for researching childhood, youth and belief

Please send your proposed title, along with your name, affiliation, email
address and abstract (max 250 words) to peter....@brunel.ac.uk
<mailto:peter....@brunel.ac.uk> by Friday 5^th February 2010.