Blogs about: Story And Identity
'superficial happy endings'
wrote 3 months ago: There is an article I really like on children’s conflict that analyses a group of children … more →
The conventions surrounding gender
wrote 3 months ago: “The conventions surrounding gender will have as long a shelf life as the books that take them for g … more →
self-knowledge
wrote 4 months ago: “When people are acknowledged and respected, this contributes to the regard they have for them … more →
Review - Dreamhunter
wrote 7 months ago: a bit of an aside, but in the ‘Favourite Reads of 2006′ section of Children’s Lite … more →
Assigning identities...
wrote 7 months ago: “we need to alert children to ways their culture seeks to assign identities” (it’s … more →
Global citizenship and environmental responsibility
wrote 7 months ago: “Presentation of the environment as a globally shared responsibility points to a diversity of … more →
Food and Sex
wrote 8 months ago: I just started another book which looks really relevant to my current interests… and possibly … more →
Violence is not a universal - it's cultural
wrote 8 months ago: I found Ritchie and Ritchie’s discussion of violence very interesting… it connects with … more →
In times of change... a few quotes
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wrote 8 months ago: “In times of change, when there is a quicksand of fear under people’s reasoning, a sense of continui … more →
The meaning of disease
wrote 9 months ago: “If disease is treated in a mechanical, one-dimensional manner, just as an experience and not … more →
The importance of individualising and humanising someone's story
wrote 9 months ago: “if you individualize and humanize someone’s story, it becomes a way into a situation that is very o … more →
illness in fiction
wrote 9 months ago: I’m just following on from thinking about the analysis of health in fiction (Pistacchi’s … more →
Globalization of young people's lifeworlds and moral concerns
wrote 10 months ago: In an article about researching children’s agentic participation in environmentalist discourse … more →
The individual, society, and the novel
wrote 11 months ago: “What once appeared in the novel as the individual’s interaction with his society has now narrowed t … more →
Violence and national mythology in New Zealand
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wrote 11 months ago: “As long as New Zealanders fail to see and accept the role which violence plays in our history … more →
The need to expose and discuss racist discourse...
wrote 11 months ago: I have been wondering about the changing dynamics of racism in New Zealand… Grey Power’s … more →
Signs of Childness in Children's Books 2
wrote 11 months ago: “In her essay ‘Looking at children: The history of childhood 1600 to the present’, … more →
(Re) Constructing Cultures of Violence and Peace 2
wrote 1 year ago: Continuing on from his comments about media, culture, politics, religion, etc (see earlier blog), Ri … more →
(Re) Constructing Cultures of Violence and Peace
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wrote 1 year ago: “Violence is arguably the most ubiquitous feature of modern social life. There is little doubt … more →
