AP/CCY 4147 6.00

International Field Study Tour – Children’s Culture in Context

Students in this course have the opportunity to participate in the “field as the classroom” in order to examine the key concepts, methodologies, and theoretical approaches that frame the interdisciplinary, rights-based and child-centered field of Children’s Studies. The course will include reviewing, evaluating and analyzing theories surrounding univeralism and children’s rights, post-colonial theories on race and positionality, and cultural relativism. Through participation in community development and engagement, students will enact participatory rapid rural appraisal (PRRA) and applied, action research models. Students will reflect on the lived experiences of children through a post-colonial lens that supports sustaining links between community and academia. This course includes a six-week international course placement and international group travel.