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This book crosses cultures and contexts to capture a range of perspectives on the realities of armed conflict and its aftermath for children. Including war-affected children in their analyses, the contributors to this volume highlight innovative methodologies that directly involve children in the research process.
List of contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Approaches to Studying Children Affected by Armed Conflict: Reflections on Theory, Method, and Practice, by Myriam Denov and Bree Akesson
Part I. Understanding the Realities of Children in Armed Conflict: Theoretical And Conceptual Considerations1. ¿Raising the Dead¿ and Cultivating Resilience: Postcolonial Theory and Children¿s Narratives from Swat, Pakistan, by Lubna N. Chaudhry
2. Young Children¿s Experiences of Connectedness and Belonging in Postconflict Sri Lanka: A Socioecological Approach, by Nanditha Hettitantri and Fay Hadley
3. Contending with Vio lence and Discrimination: Using a Social Exclusion Lens to Understand the Realities of Burmese Muslim Refugee Children in Thailand, by Mollie Pepper
4. A Social Constructionist Approach to Understanding the Experiences of Girls Affected by Armed Conflict in Colombia, by Maria Camila Ospina- Alvarado, Sara Victoria Alvarado, Jaime Alberto Carmona, and Hector Fabio Ospina
5. Armed with Resilience: Tapping into the Experiences and Survival Skills of Formerly Abducted Girl Child Soldiers in Northern Uganda, by Jessica A. Lenz
Part II. Methodological Approaches to Understanding the Realities of Children Affected by Armed Conflict6. Socioecological Research Methods with Children Affected by Armed Conflict: Examples from Northern Uganda and Palestine, by Bree Akesson and Myriam Denov
7. What Children and Youth Can Tell Us: A Rapid Ethnography Approach to Understanding Harms to Children in Somaliland and Puntland, by Kathleen Kostelny, Ken Justus Ondoro, and Michael G. Wessells
8. Surviving Disorder: Children, Vio lence, and War Stories in Liberia, by Sukanya Podder
9. Reweaving Relating in Social Reintegration: Participatory Action Research with War-Affected Young Mothers and Their Children in Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Northern Uganda, by Angela Veale, Miranda Worthen, and Susan Mckay
Part III. Practice And Service Delivery: Professional Applications to Address the Realities of Children Affected by Armed Conflict10. Health Care Services to War-Affected Children in Northern Uganda: Accounting for Discrepancies Between Interventions and Children¿s Needs, by Grace Akello
11. When the System ¿Works¿: Exploring the Experiences of Girl Survivors of Sexual Violence in Postconflict Liberia, by Debbie Landis and Lindsay Stark
12. Working with Children Affected by Armed Conflict: Practical Protection Work During the Darfur Crisis in the Sudan, by Ghada Kachachi
13. Meeting the Needs of Children Affected by Conflict: Teacher Training and Development in South Sudan, by Jan Stewart
Conclusion: Putting the Pieces Together: Future Directions in Research with Children Affected by Armed Conflict, by Bree Akesson and Myriam Denov
List of Contributors
Index
About the author
Edited by Myriam Denov and Bree Akesson
Summary
This book crosses cultures and contexts to capture a range of perspectives on the realities of armed conflict and its aftermath for children. Including war-affected children in their analyses, the contributors to this volume highlight innovative methodologies that directly involve children in the research process.
