Uprichard, E.. 2008. Children as ‘Being and Becomings’: Children, Childhood and Temporality. Children in Society, 22, pp. 303-313. [Article]

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Notions of ‘being’ and ‘becoming’ are intrinsic to childhood research. Whilst the ‘being’ child is seen as a social actor actively constructing ‘childhood’, the ‘becoming’ child is seen as an ‘adult in the making’, lacking competencies of the ‘adult’ that he or she will ‘become’. However, I argue that both approaches are in themselves problematic. Instead, theorising children as ‘being and becomings’ not only addresses the temporality of childhood that children themselves voice, but presents a conceptually realistic construction suitable to both childhood researchers and practitioners.

Item Type:	Article
Identification Number (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1099-0860.2007.00110.x
Departments, Centres and Research Units:	Sociology
Dates:	Date Event 2008 Submitted
Item ID:	6145
Date Deposited:	17 Nov 2011 10:54
Last Modified:	29 Apr 2020 15:49
Peer Reviewed:	Yes, this version has been peer-reviewed.
URI:	https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/6145

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