ABSTRACT

In more recent years in geographical research there has been a trend towards ‘child-friendly’ or ‘young people-friendly’ research methods, often involving creativity and participation. Meanwhile, traditional methods such as interviews and focus groups continue to dominate research with adult participants. This paper draws and reflects on fieldnotes documented during a study which used participatory design workshops with activity-based methods to contemporaneously, but separately, engage with young people with Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS) and their parents. This paper contributes to the body of literature concerned with intergenerational practice in children’s geographies and geographical work more broadly. It does so not by focusing on intergenerational perspectives of the research topic, but by teasing out intergenerational engagement in research that used the same methods across generations (with young people and their parents). Finding that the activities were engaged with in a similar depth and commitment by participants, we argue for a loosening of the artificial packaging of young people-friendly and adult oriented methods.

摘要

近年来，地理学研究出现了“儿童友好型”或“年轻人友好型”研究方法的趋势，通常涉及创造力和参与。与此同时，访谈和焦点小组等传统方法继续主导着成人参与者的研究。本文借鉴并反映了一项研究中记录的现场笔记，该研究使用基于活动的方法的参与式设计研讨会，以同时但单独地与患有青少年特发性脊柱侧凸 (AIS) 的年轻人及其父母进行接触。本文对有关儿童地理学和更广泛地理学工作的代际实践的文献做出了贡献。它不是通过关注研究主题的代际观点来做到这一点的，但是通过梳理代际参与的研究，这些研究在几代人之间使用相同的方法（与年轻人及其父母一起）。发现参与者参与的活动具有相似的深度和承诺，我们主张放松对年轻人友好和面向成人的方法的人为包装。