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TY - JOUR
T1 - ‘I fell out of a tree and broke my neck’
T2 - acknowledging fantasy in children’s research contributions
AU - Von Benzon, Nadia
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Creative and increasingly playful methods are now widespread in geographical research with children. These methods, encouraging imagination and fun, may illicit fantastical responses from children. However, ‘untruths’ in research contributions continue to be considered reflective of failures in the research process. By ignoring untrue contributions we risk losing valuable data and silencing one form of children’s voices. This paper calls for considered discourse on how imagination and fantasy might be included in analysis of research outcomes.
AB - Creative and increasingly playful methods are now widespread in geographical research with children. These methods, encouraging imagination and fun, may illicit fantastical responses from children. However, ‘untruths’ in research contributions continue to be considered reflective of failures in the research process. By ignoring untrue contributions we risk losing valuable data and silencing one form of children’s voices. This paper calls for considered discourse on how imagination and fantasy might be included in analysis of research outcomes.
KW - methods
KW - creativity
KW - playfulness
KW - fantasy
KW - children
KW - learning disability
U2 - 10.1080/14733285.2013.829662
DO - 10.1080/14733285.2013.829662
M3 - Journal article
VL - 13
SP - 330
EP - 342
JO - Children's Geographies
JF - Children's Geographies
SN - 1473-3285
IS - 3
ER -