Just Published: Guidance for Researchers of Adolescent Sexual Health

Of interest for researchers:
A new commentary in the Journal of Adolescent Health that provides guidance on improving research methodology in adolescent sexual health research, with particular focus on how to identify and avoid assumptions about genders, bodies, sexuality, relating styles, and cultural norms commonly made by researchers.

This is a brief (only 2 journal pages) but informative piece that would be useful in research methods courses to give students a broad overview of critical thinking in research design or as a reference for researchers who wish to justify making methodological decisions that challenge problematic norms in research design, including quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods research.

The paper can be downloaded from:
http://www.jahonline.org/article/S1054-139X%2815%2900032-4/abstract

Winning Title for the ACYIG Newsletter!

In response to member feedback, we held a competition in March for a new title for the ACYIG Newsletter. Our intent was to professionalize the publication with a title that better reflects the peer-reviewed nature and high caliber of our authors’ work. We sought a new name would embody the spirit and future direction of ACYIG, be indicative of our membership’s common goals, and provide name-recognition. We were pleased to have numerous excellent suggestions from which to choose, and we extend our sincerest thanks to all those who participated in the competition. Continue reading Winning Title for the ACYIG Newsletter!

​​New titles from Policy Press on ​Children, ​Young ​People and​ Families

9781447307044Child development and the brain: An introduction
By Rob Abbott and Esther Burkitt
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4473-0704-4  £19.99 $34.95
Packed full of images, case studies, reflection points, this accessibly written textbook is designed to introduce undergraduate students on social science courses to the science behind the brain. Continue reading ​​New titles from Policy Press on ​Children, ​Young ​People and​ Families

The cultural politics of childhood and nation: Space, mobility and a global world – Part 2

The second part of the special issue on the Cultural Politics of Nation and Childhood: Space, mobility and a global world  in Global Studies of Childhood has been published.
The articles in both parts at the moment are freely downloadable so please do take the opportunity.
Here is the link to second part: http://gsc.sagepub.com/content/current
Link to first part of the special issue: http://www.wwwords.co.uk/gsch/content/pdfs/4/issue4_3.asp

CFP for AAA 2015 session: Experiments in Ethnographies of Child Development

CFP for the 2015 American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting in Denver
 
Session: Experiments in Ethnographies of Child Development: Theoretical and Methodological Entanglements between Anthropology and Psychology 

This session examines the various ways anthropologists incorporate experimental methods in ethnographic fieldwork to study child development. It is situated within the larger theoretical and methodological adventure of bridging anthropology and psychology ininvestigating the dynamics of culture and mind in childhood, a critical phase of human development. 

Continue reading CFP for AAA 2015 session: Experiments in Ethnographies of Child Development

ACYIG’s ‘invited’ session for the Annual Meetings: Will it be yours?

Reminder to ACYIG Members!The deadline for submitting proposals for the 114th AAA Annual Meeting is coming soon. The meetings will be held Nov. 18-22, in Denver, CO.This year, ACYIG may INVITE one session. This session will receive the “Invited by ACYIG” tagline in the AAA program. Continue reading ACYIG’s ‘invited’ session for the Annual Meetings: Will it be yours?