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The New York Institute of Technology announces its fifth interdisciplinary conference, “Urban Childhoods.” Scholars from a range of disciplines are invited to interpret the theme broadly for this one-day conference at NYIT's Columbus Circle campus on March 6, 2009.
The conference, as in past years, will draw scholars from around the country and world for panel discussions, featured speakers, and lively conversation. Keynote speakers, such as author Mark Kurlansky, sociologist Saskia Sassen, and historian Kenneth T. Jackson, have added to the depth of past conferences.
Possible themes for papers:
•Children as conspicuous consumers and marketing targets for the “Merchants of Cool”
•Children’s rights in urban centers, including issues related to human trafficking and immigration, and disabilities.
•Safety and parenting choices
•Youth gangs, bullying, and bystanders
•Identity formation and encounters across cultures and class
•Playgrounds/sports/green space access
•Educational choices and politics, including admissions practices, preschools, and nannies.
•Identity formation and encounters across cultures and class
•Papers related to the representation of urban childhoods in popular culture and literary/artistic texts, including The Bowery Boys, Pixote, Pretty Baby, Eloise, and Born into Brothels.
Please send a 500-word abstract and C.V. to Jennifer Griffiths at jgriff02@nyit.edu by January 15, 2009.
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