PAPER SUBMISSION ****************************************************************************************** * ****************************************************************************************** The ENCOUNTER project [ URL "https://encounter.mentoring.cuni.cz/FHSE-1.html"] (the Facult Humanities) in cooperation with the Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Social Sciences and Hybern Campus [ URL "https://www.kampushybernska.cz/en/campus-hybernska/"] open call for abstract an international conference "Children and Youth Perspectives. Theory, Research and Practic European context." The conference takes place in Prague on September 14 - 15, 2023. The Abstract deadline: March 31, 2023 A critique of the adult-centred theory and research methods traditionally used in the expl children and adolescent‘s development and lives entered the discourse of social sciences i the theory of New Sociology of Childhood (James and Prout, 1997), arguing that children1 a are in traditional discourses considered by adults as incompetent in their skills before d fully respectable adults. In terms of research, children and youth are traditionally treat subjects who provide the data in adult-centred categories on children’s themes, resulting about children that is directed, analysed, and produced by adults in adult-centred views. discussion of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child has ignited the discussion on t of children’s rights in children’s daily encounters with social institutions, such as fami and schools, social services, health services, law institutes etc. The child-centred persp acknowledge, address and empower children’s voice and active agency considering children a agents with their experiences and perspectives that are relevant to society. Yet, traditio and related social policies on children and childhood still present barriers to child-cent inclusion, and active participation of children in democratic institutions and societies. development in social sciences is embedded in the new discipline of Childhood (Children’s) interdisciplinary approach to the child, children, and childhood. With a child-centred foc methods are friendly to children’s mode of communication, allowing active participation in thus more authentic exploration of children’s experiences and perspectives of the lived so question. To contribute to the current discussion on a child-centred perspective and further develop Childhood/Children‘s studies in the EU and the Czech context, we invite, academics, resear candidates, and practitioners to present the research and theoretical/conceptual papers, p of the 3-5 papers, and reflections on child-centred evidence-based practice in social inst following topics: 1. The child-and-youth-centred approach, in theory, policy, research and applied evidence- the EU and the Czech context 2. Interdisciplinarity and latest development in child-centred perspective and dicipline o Children's studies 3. Concepts of child’s agency, power, empowerment, autonomy, participation and children’s theory of Childhood/ Children's studies 4. UN CRC and Children’s rights in theory, research, policy, current debate and evidence-b the EU and the Czech context 5. Arts-based and participatory child-centred research methodologies and methods and appli exploration of children's experiences, percetions, rights and child-centred evidence based practice 6. Arts-based and participatory child-centred research with rural children, youth and youn 25 years) in EU context 7. Arts-based and participatory child-centred research with urban children, youth and youn 25 years) in EU context 8. Youth mentoring and the perspective of Childhood/Children's studies in the EU context The Call for abstracts was closed on 31. March 2023. Thank you for all your submissions. Abstracts are now proceeding with the peer-review. Participants will be informed about the further organisational info at the end of April/Beginning of May 2023. Conference registration is possible for participants without presentations until 30. June "https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd4On004mBhbrRBXpK3IlsM8tB6jkooJ3teh6q2BWaY7F--_ CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS Book of abstracts will be generated and distributed to all conference participants. Select presentations will be called as conference proceedings for Special Issue on the conference TBC. CONFERENCE FEES CONTA Conference participant 130 Euro / 3000 CZK child Conference participant with presentation 150 Euro / 3500 CZK PhD. students 100 Euro / 2500 CZK The poster [ URL "FHSCCP-31-version1- children__youth_perspectives_call_for_abstracts_superfinal___12122022_1.pdf"]