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Posthumanist and New Materialist Methodologies

Research After the Child

  • Uses accessible language and an engaging interview format featuring 19 key and emerging scholars from various parts of the world who conduct research with children
  • Includes critical discussions on current methodological and ontological issues related to research with children
  • Offers diverse perspectives on research methodology with children for graduate students and scholars interested in learning more about post humanist and new materialist methodologies

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
  2. From the Individual to the Collective

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-2
    2. Interview with Sonja Arndt

      • Sonja Arndt, Paulina Semenec, Claudia Diaz-Diaz
      Pages 3-11
    3. Interview with Mindy Blaise and Veronica Pacini-Ketchabaw

      • Mindy Blaise, Veronica Pacini-Ketchabaw, Claudia Diaz-Diaz, Paulina Semenec
      Pages 13-20
    4. Interview with Bronwyn Davies

      • Bronwyn Davies, Claudia Diaz-Diaz, Paulina Semenec
      Pages 21-32
    5. Interview with Hillevi Lenz Taguchi

      • Hillevi Lenz Taguchi, Paulina Semenec, Claudia Diaz-Diaz
      Pages 33-46
    6. Interview with Jayne Osgood

      • Jayne Osgood, Paulina Semenec, Claudia Diaz-Diaz
      Pages 47-59
    7. Interview with Margaret Somerville

      • Margaret Somerville, Claudia Diaz-Diaz, Paulina Semenec
      Pages 61-71
  3. Recreating and Tracing Childhoods

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 73-74
    2. Interview with Sylvia Kind

      • Sylvia Kind, Claudia Diaz-Diaz, Paulina Semenec
      Pages 75-85
    3. Interview with Karin Murris

      • Karin Murris, Paulina Semenec, Claudia Diaz-Diaz
      Pages 87-99
    4. Interview with Casey Y. Myers

      • Casey Y. Myers, Claudia Diaz-Diaz, Paulina Semenec
      Pages 101-110
    5. Interview with Pauliina Rautio

      • Pauliina Rautio, Paulina Semenec, Claudia Diaz-Diaz
      Pages 111-121
    6. Interview with Christopher Schulte

      • Christopher Schulte, Paulina Semenec, Claudia Diaz-Diaz
      Pages 123-133
    7. Interview with Marek Tesar

      • Marek Tesar, Paulina Semenec, Claudia Diaz-Diaz
      Pages 135-141
  4. Situating Children’s Lives

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 143-144
    2. Interview with Iris Duhn

      • Iris Duhn, Claudia Diaz-Diaz, Paulina Semenec
      Pages 145-155
    3. Interview with Riikka Hohti

      • Riikka Hohti, Paulina Semenec, Claudia Diaz-Diaz
      Pages 157-166
    4. Interview with Peter Kraftl

      • Peter Kraftl, Paulina Semenec, Claudia Diaz-Diaz
      Pages 167-179
    5. Interview with Karen Malone

      • Karen Malone, Claudia Diaz-Diaz, Paulina Semenec
      Pages 181-193

About this book

This book features interviews with 19 scholars who do research with children in a variety of contexts. It examines how these key scholars address research 'after the child’ by exploring the opportunities and challenges of drawing on posthumanist and materialist methodologies that unsettle humanist research practices.

The book reflects on how posthumanist and materialist approaches have informed research in relation to de-centering the child, re-thinking methodological concepts of voice, agency, data, analysis and representation. It also explores what the future of research after the child might entail and offers suggestions to new and emerging scholars involved in research with children.

Reviewing how posthumanist and materialist approaches have informed authors’ thinking about children, research and knowledge production, the book will appeal to graduate students and emerging scholars in the field of childhood studies who wish to experiment with posthumanistmethodologies and materialist approaches.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

    Claudia Diaz-Diaz, Paulina Semenec

About the authors

Claudia Diaz-Diaz is a Ph.D. in Educational Studies at The University of British Columbia (UBC), Canada. Claudia received her Hons. BA in Psychology from the Universidad de Valparaíso, Chile (2001) and her M.Ed. in Early Childhood Education from UBC (2013). Her research interests include neoliberal approaches to educational policy, social pedagogies, childhood studies, and critical place methodologies. She has worked as an educational consultant and manager of poverty-reduction programmes in Chile. She is currently a UBC Public Scholar and a Scholar at the Liu Institute for Global Issues. She received the Janusz Korczak Scholarship for her work on children’s rights and the Margaret and Peter Lukasevich Memorial Prize in Early Childhood Education. Claudia is currently a sessional instructor in the Teacher Education Program at UBC.


Paulina Semenec is a Doctoral Candidate in Educational Studies at The University of British Columbia, Canada. Her doctoral dissertation explores the affective and spatial dimensions of social and emotional learning practices in primary school settings. She is interested in post-qualitative and visual research methodologies, as well as critical childhood studies. She has worked as a sessional instructor in the Teacher Education Program at UBC since 2017. She was a recipient of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Doctoral Scholarship (2016), and the Faculty of Education Endowed Award (2018). She currently works at the Centre for Teaching and Learning, where she is engaged in research on teaching and learning initiatives at The University of British Columbia. 

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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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