Children’s lived realities and reflections on family history: Ethics and methods of working with children
12:00 – 1:30 p.m., Thursday March 20, 2014
Scarfe, room 204A
Dr. Sandra Evers is the chair of the Anthropology of Children and Youth Network (based at VU University, Amsterdam). The Network brings together academics and practitioners engaged in research and work with children and youth. An official Network of the European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA) since March 2012, it organizes monthly seminars that promote children- and youth-oriented theory, methodology, and research ethics. The Network also serves as a platform for (interdisciplinary) academic research and enhances dialogue with practitioners through joint research projects, publications and conferences.
During the course of her presentation, Sandra Evers will elaborate on ethical and methodological considerations of her own research with migrant children in Mauritius and how their current livelihoods relate to their family history. Dr. Evers will particularly focus on the reflections and the lives of children of Chagossian descent whose grandparents were evicted from the Chagos archipelago to make room for an US military base on the main island of Diego Garcia.
Full details at ecps.educ.ubc.ca/dr-sandra-evers-presentation