Where dogs, ghosts and lions roam: Learning from mobile ethnographies on the journey from school

Children's Geographies

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 91-105

  Porter, Gina ^a   Hampshire, Kate ^a   Abane, Albert ^b   Munthali, Alister ^c   Robson, Elsbeth ^c   Mashiri, Mac ^d   Maponya, Goodhope ^d  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST   (Ghana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^d DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Educational access; Environment; Gendered work patterns; Hazards; Walking

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956185942     PISSN: 14733285     EISSN: 14733277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733281003691343     Document Type: Article

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