Situating participatory methodologies in context: The impact of culture on adult-child interactions in research and other projects

Children's Geographies

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 379-389

  Twum Danso, Afua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Convention on the rights of the child; Cultural values; Ghana; Participatory projects; Respect

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959624546     PISSN: 14733285     EISSN: 14733277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733280903234436     Document Type: Article

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