BIN-Norden 2025 Conference
“The Poetics and Politics of Child Culture(s)” in Stockholm May 8-9, 2025
The interdisciplinary research network Barnekultur i Norden (BIN-Norden), along with the Centre for the study of children’s culture at Stockholm University, welcomes you to the conference The Poetics and Politics of Child Culture(s) scheduled for May 8-9, 2025, in Stockholm!
The conference The Poetics and Politics of Child Culture(s) draws attention to the aesthetic, practical, economic, and ideological possibilities and challenges that child and youth cultures are facing today. ‘Child and youth culture’ here refers to culture by, for, and among children and young people in a broad sense. The poetics is a collective term for the promises and opportunities created through culture by, for, and among children. The politics, on the other hand, refers to conditioning of child and youth culture which often hinders its full potential.
Historically, the Nordic countries are distinguished by a strong consensus regarding children’s and young people’s right to express themselves and have access to different forms of culture, media, and art. In recent times, however, the field has undergone major changes, and is today facing challenges such as considerable cutbacks, AI, unequal access, disregard of leisure cultures, moral panics and increasing adult control. At the same time the importance of child and youth culture is perhaps the greatest in times of uncertainty such as ours which are marked by the climate crisis, the threat of war and increasing lethal violence in society.
The bi-annual BIN-Norden conference encourages knowledge exchange and creates meetings among academics and students within the vibrant and fast-growing research field of child and youth culture. A half-day workshop for PhD students on Playful approaches to research by professor Helle Marie Skovbjerg (Kolding School of Design, Denmark) will be organized on May 7 (more information coming).
Call for papers
The conference The Poetics and Politics of Child Culture(s) draws attention to the aesthetic, practical, economic, and ideological possibilities and challenges that child and youth cultures are facing today. We welcome abstracts (250 words) on child and youth culture in various contexts and exploring all aspects of the conference theme. Deadline for abstract submission is December 15, 2024.
Possible topics include but are not limited to:
- Censorship and bans of culture by, for, and among children and young people
- Child and youth culture at the intersection of age, dis/ability, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, class etc
- Children and young people’s right to culture
- Children’s work/labour in relation to cultural and creative industries, media etc
- Culture exploring (im)possibilities, challenging norms and transcending borders/boundaries
- Opportunities and constraints in artistic expressions for children and youth, such as film, literature, television, games, theatre, dance, circus etc.
- Silences and absences in child and youth culture
- Spaces and places of child and youth culture
- Mediated cultures, digital technologies, online cultures
- History of child and youth culture
- Consumer cultures, consumption and prosumption
- Cultural heritage
- Indigenous cultures and heritage
- Play cultures
- Everyday leisure cultures
- Material cultures
- Food cultures
Submission Guidelines
- Submit your abstract here: https://app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/76454/submitter
- Indicate the type of presentation:
- Paper presentation: an individual paper presentation of max 15 min. The abstract should be max. 250 words and include a brief motivation about how the topic relates to the conference theme.
- Self-organised symposium or panel discussion: 3-4 individual presentations on a common topic, 15 min per presentation. The abstract of max. 250 should describe the common topic and its relevance for the conference theme, and abstracts of max. 150 words should briefly present each individual paper.
- Include a title and 4-5 keywords
- Provide full name(s), email address(es), and affiliation(s)
- Indicate the contact person and her/his email address
- Deadline for abstract submission: December 15, 2024
Conference Registration
The conference registration will open in November, 2024.
More information will follow.
Keynote Speakers
More information will follow.
Important dates
15 December 2024 – deadline for abstract submission
15 February 2025 – notification of abstract acceptance
15 March 2025 – submission of the final abstract for the abstract book
15 March 2025 – deadline for registration
Practical Information
- The conference will be held at the Stockholm University campus.
- Lunch and coffee will be included in the conference fee.
- There will be a separate fee for the conference dinner at Astrid Lindgren’s Junibacken, on May 8.
More information will follow.
Program
TBA
Contact
If you have any questions about the conference, please contact us!
E-mail: bin2025@buv.su.se
Conference project coordinator:
Yelyzaveta Hrechaniuk, PhD
Conference project manager:
Malena Janson, PhD
BIN-Norden
BIN-Norden is a transdisciplinary Nordic research network based on humanistic, social science, cultural-historical and aesthetical studies. It is a continuation of Nordic networks and research collaboration since the 1970s, and was formally established in Aaland in 1988. Originally, focus was directed towards literature and new media for children, children’s folklore and oral expressions. Today, the approach is broader and includes research on different forms of culture by, for, and among children and young people 0-18 years old.
Fields of interest include:
- Artistic expressions and popular culture for children
- The cultural history of childhoods
- Children’s production of culture, cultural expression and daily life – from children’s folklore and play culture to children as social and cultural actors and their social, physical, and institutional terms of life
- Children’s participation in society and culture
BIN-Norden aims to create network relations in order to exchange experience and develop competence on the vibrant and dynamic field of research on child culture. The network is led by a steering group that arranges webbinars, reports and a bi-annual research conference. Many participants are affilated to leading research centres and institutions in the Nordic countries. We warmly welcome new members interested in child culture research – no matter if you are a student or a professor!
A new webpage is under construction, but follow us on Facebook, “BIN-Barnekultur i Norden” : https://www.facebook.com/groups/1642910812620001
And please don’t hesitate to contact us:
Helle Mari Skovbjerg, professor, Design School Kolding: hms@dsdk.dk
Niels-Peder Osmundsen Hjøllund, PhD, Københavns Professionshøjskole: njhj@kp.dkivities init
Last updated: August 30, 2024
Source: Centre for the Studies of Children's Culture