We are excited to present this special issue that emerged out of the Conceptualizing Childhood conference hosted by the Department of Child and Youth Studies at Brock University in October 2017. The conference was aimed at embracing crossand transdisciplinary engagements with childhood studies. This collection thus includes the work of scholars working across diverse disciplines, including childhood studies, youth studies, digital anthropology, sociology, psychology, theatre studies, girlhood studies, history, kinesiology, communication, and education. The papers are unified in their cross-disciplinary engagements, their attention to children as embedded and interactive, and their navigation, expansion, and exploration of the concept of childhood and its intersections.

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学科划分之间、跨越和超越：概念化、扩展和探索“童年”

我们很高兴能够介绍这个由布鲁克大学儿童和青年研究系于 2017 年 10 月主办的概念化童年会议产生的特刊。该会议旨在拥抱儿童研究的跨学科参与。因此，该系列包括跨学科工作的学者的作品，包括儿童研究、青年研究、数字人类学、社会学、心理学、戏剧研究、少女研究、历史、运动机能学、传播学和教育。这些论文在跨学科的参与、对嵌入和互动的儿童的关注以及对童年概念及其交叉点的导航、扩展和探索方面是统一的。