The topics are open, but here are a few ideas and possible themes:

• children/youth in the news — Experts on topics that are coming up a lot in the current news write about their take on current events, parse out the news coverage or what isn’t being addressed, give deeper ethnographic insight into what is at stake, perhaps provide historical perspective, etc.
• important issues related to children/youth that are NOT in the news — Things we know about as researchers that we wish had media coverage, and why.
• photography from the field / brief photo essays
• questions of ethics and the IRB — specifically in relation to research with minors and protected populations
• the “anthropology of childhood and youth” outside of typical anthropology departments
• status and future of being an “anthropologist of childhood/youth” in the U.S.; job advice & related
• “why study children?” – novel perspectives and creative applications for thinking about the relevance of our discipline
• notes from the field — open-ended reflections on research w/ kids
• kids’ perspectives on participating in research
• childhood and youth in popular culture, etc.
• summaries of discussions that occur on our listserv (or other such community resources)

Please note that submissions are screened internally and decisions about posting pieces are made quickly, so this is of course not a formal academic publication nor is it to be considered peer reviewed. It is, however, a great way to get more people to view your ideas and publicize your work, and to help publicize the anthropology of childhood and youth!

For more information on submitting to our blog, please contact Bonnie Richard at bonnie.olivia@gmail.com.