'True geography [ ] quickly forgotten, giving away to an adult-imagined universe'. Approaching the otherness of childhood

Children's Geographies

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 195-212

  Jones, Owain ^a  

^a Countryside and Community Research Institute ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childhood; Children; Non representational theory; Otherness; Play; Witnessing

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450231234     PISSN: 14733285     EISSN: 14733277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733280801963193     Document Type: Article

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