NEOS is the flagship publication of the Anthropology of Children and Youth Interest Group (ACYIG) of the American Anthropological Association. All articles within this bi-annual, refereed publication are open access. The current issue can be downloaded in its entirety in PDF format.
Building Blocks of Knowledge: Investigating Education, Learning and Knowing in Children and Youth
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Editors’ Corner
Editorial: Building Blocks of Knowledge: Investigating Education, Learning, and Knowing in Children and Youth
Manya Oriel Kagan and Chelsea Cutright PDF | HTML
ACYIG Advisory Board Update
Ida Fadzillah Leggett PDF | HTML
Spring 2025 Call for Papers: Playing the Game: An Anthropological Exploration of Youth, Sport, and Play PDF | HTML
Research Articles: Learning in Unconventional Spaces
“There is more beyond this place”: Creating Safe Spaces Within Place-Based Education in Lavender Hill, South Africa
Deepika Ganesh, Etienne Basson, and Michelle J. Bellino
PDF | HTML
Learning (in) the Environment: Self-Education Among Haiti’s Marginalized Children
Diane M. Hoffman PDF | HTML
Reaching: Community-Engagement as Education for Youth Aspiration and Well-being
Joshua Semerjian PDF | HTML
Commentary
Building Stories: Unleashing the Power of Stories to Expand Learning
Drew Kahn PDF | HTML
Research Articles: Learning of the Mind and Body
Complicating Global South Femininities: Women’s School-Girl Narratives and the Text-ility of School-Uniforms
Aakanksha D’Cruz PDF | HTML
Authority, Embodied Teaching, and Liminal Education in Japanese Child Welfare: Between Abuse and Discipline
Christopher Chapman PDF | HTML
Everyday Intellectualism and “Undefining Childhood”
Natalie Gologorsky PDF | HTML
Commentaries
Unraveling the Complexities of Children’s Vacation Time: A Window on Social Inequalities in France
Bertrand Réau PDF | HTML
“Catching” Teaching and Learning for a New Cultural Normal
Katherine Richardson Bruna PDF| HTML
Constellations
Book Review: Children of the Rainforest: Shaping the Future in Amazonia by Camilla Morelli
Julie Spray PDF | HTML
Book Review: Praise for An Ordinary Future: Rethinking Inclusivity through Emotionally Honest Scholarship that Interrogates Anthropological Paradigms of Disability
Jennifer Lee O’Donnell and Manya Kagan PDF | HTML
Learn From Children, Always: In Memory of Valentina Glockner Fagetti
Gabrielle Oliveira PDF | HTML
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About NEOS
NEOS is the flagship publication of the Anthropology of Children and Youth Interest Group (ACYIG), American Anthropological Association. The bi-annual publication consists of peer-reviewed original short-form research articles as well as editor-reviewed commentaries and feature pieces. NEOS relies on the work of many volunteers, including the full editorial board, peer reviewers, the ACYIG communications team, and a multitude of advisory board members for both NEOS and ACYIG. If you are interested in getting involved, please contact acyig.editor@gmail.com.
About Anthropology of Children and Youth Interest Group (ACYIG)
Launched in 2007 as an Interest Group within the American Anthropological Association, the Anthropology of Children and Youth Interest Group (ACYIG) now boasts more than 1200 members in over ten countries. Members include academics and practitioners who publish on and work with, children all over the world. The need for an anthropological interest groupconcerned with children and childhood continues to center on the fact that, despite growing interest in the area of cross-cultural research on childhood, children’s experiences, and children’s rights, there are very few established places to discuss and publicize such work, especially outside the realm of education and health disciplines.
NEOS Editorial Board
Chelsea Cutright, PhD
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Manya Kagan, PhD
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