We examine the Anthropological approaches to the study of children and childhood. Research and teaching in looks at childhood where it is examined as a social and historical construction, and children are analyzed as active contributors to their social worlds. Students are encouraged to analyse cross-cultural ethnographic material relating to children and how youth is critically read and discussed.

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This area is for students and researchers who are interested in gaining skills and knowledge in gender and development issues. Teaching and research focuses on mainstreaming gender into development planning, programming and policy implementation to achieve gender analysis and practical skills as constructive approaches to reforming development practice towards more equitable and sustainable outcomes.