2. Juli 2009

European Childhood – Childhoods in Europe: Draft Programme

European Childhood – Childhoods in Europe

International Conference and Annual Meeting of the

“Sociology of Childhood” Section of the German Sociological Association

9 – 10 October, 2009

Munich, German Youth Institute

 

Draft Programme

 

Thursday 8 October 2009

 

Arrival

 

18.30               Meeting of members of the Section “Sociology of Childhood

 

20.00               DINNER (for all conference participants)

 

 

Friday 9 October 2009

 

8.30                 Registration

 

I. Opening Session

 

9.00                 Welcome Address by the Director of the German Youth Institute

                        (Thomas Rauschenbach, Munich/Germany)

 

9.10                 Opening and introduction of the agenda by the Spokesperson of the Section

                        (Doris Bühler-Niederberger, Wuppertal/Germany)

 

9.15                 Introductory Session: Europe – European Policies – Childhood

                        (Dagmar Kutsar, Tartu/Estonia)

 

 

II. Childhoods in Europe – European childhood – some Spotlights

10.00               Between Participation and Responsibility: The Children’s Point of View

                        (Guilia Maria Carvaletto and Stefania Fucci, Turin/Italy)

 

10.20               Children’s Rights to express their opinion and participate in child protection system of Romania

(Alina Tica, Oradea/Romania)

 

10.40               Discussion

 

11.00 – 11.30  COFFEE BREAK

 

11.30               Intercultural competencies – the impact of transnational youth programmes 

(Isabelle Krok, Munich/Germany)

 

11.50               Children´s transition from elementary to primary school in England and Germany: Structures, institutions and children´s practices of participation
(Christiana Huf, Frankfurt/Germany)

 

12.10               Discussion

 

12.30 – 14.00  LUNCH

 

 

III. Childhood policies in Europe – European childhood policies

 

14.00               Child Labour in Europe

                        (Gianni Paone, Rome/ Italy)

 

14.45               The implementation of children’s rights in Europe

(Mona Sandbaek, Oslo/Norway)

 

15.30 – 16.00  COFFEE BREAK

 

 

IV. International Networks and Organisations - Objectives and Impact on
Childhood and Childhood Policies, Research and Practice?

 

16.00               The EU-study on child-rights-based indicators – the human rights approach
(Helmut Sax, Vienna/Austria)

 

16.30 – 18.00

Childwatch International (Jon-Kristian Johnsen, Oslo/Norway)

Save the Children (Sweden, solicited)

ChildONEurope (Florence/Italy, solicited)

ICYRNet – International Childhood and Youth Research Network (solicited)

EUROCHILD (Brussels/Belgium, solicited)

UNICEF Innocenti Research Institute  (Florence/Italy, solicited)

Childhood topics at the OECD (Paris/France, solicited)

 

19.00               Dinner and social event (Andreas Lange)

 

 

Saturday 10 October

 

V. Semantics and discourses of childhood in Europe – European childhood semantics

 

9.00                 ‘European targets within national discourses: About the social construction of a “good childhood” within German family policy discourses.’

                        (Nicole Klinkhammer, Munich, Germany)

 

9.45                 A ‚good childhood‘?! Challenges to the understanding of childhood discussed in the case of young carers in the UK and in Germany. A comparative perspective

                        (Anne Wihstutz, Halle/Saale, Germany)

 

 

10.30               COFFEE BREAK

 

11.00               The “participating child” – An adult-driven and uncontestable norm?

                        (Elisabeth Backe-Hansen, Oslo/Norway)

 

11.45               European Childhood – Childhoods in Europe – Final Conclusions

                        (Johanna Mierendorff, Trier/Germany)

 

 

12.30               Closing the meeting

 

13.00               End of Meeting

 

 

Public Transport to Munich Main Station (DB): 20 Minutes