05 Jul Global Childhood Media Research Focus Group
The Global Childhood Media Research Focus Group takes an interdisciplinary perspective on childhood in literature, culture, media, and society. We suggest that childhood is best approached methodologically from the vantage point of diverse global traditions, while considering the media and social construction of childhood mediated by adults, as well as how children co-create the performance of childhood. The RFG initiative is part of an array of new UCSB interdisciplinary initiatives, including a new minor, around the subject of childhood studies. This multi-year research collaboration on Global Childhood Media examines how childhood and media prove mutually imbricated in literature, culture, media, and society, as illuminated by a variety of disciplines, robust theorization around childhood studies, and a global perspective.
Conveners:
Sara Pankenier Weld, Germanic and Slavic Studies
saraweld@ucsb.edu
Martina Mattei, Comparative Literature Program
martinamattei@umail.ucsb.edu
Nicole Smirnoff, Comparative Literature Program
nicolebsmirnoff@umail.ucsb.edu
Peter Bloom, Film and Media Studies
pbloom@filmandmediastudies.ucsb.edu
Dominique Jullien, French and Italian
djullien@frit.ucsb.edu
Solaire Denaud, Comparative Literature
solairedenaud@umail.ucsb.edu
Muhammad “Mo” Muzammal, Film and Media Studies
mmuzammal@umail.ucsb.edu
