Editors: Catherine Ann Cameron, Claudia Stella

Thriving Across the Lifespan and Around the Globe: Day in the Life Visual Research Approach

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ISBN: 978-1-68108-881-5 (Print)
ISBN: 978-1-68108-880-8 (Online)
Year of Publication: 2021
DOI: 10.2174/97816810888081210101

Introduction

Thriving Across the Lifespan and Around the Globe: Day in the Life Visual Research Approach is the result of several decades of international, pan-disciplinary research-team collaborations using quasi-ecological visual methodologies to investigate the psychosocial development of children in diverse communities. The initial studies highlighted in this work involved filming a ‘Day in the Life’ of toddlers and primary school children, their families, and schools in diverse communities in Asia, South and North America, and Europe. Filmed in their homes and communities for an entire day, the youngest participants were commonly seen to be thriving in diverse psychosocial domains, such as in their security strivings, emergent literacy and graphic representations, and musicality. Research shows that the nature of a child's development can vary in as many ways as there are diverse contexts. Thriving in the transition from home to primary school is a second developmental milestone investigated in the research.

The book serves as an account of the lived experiences of thriving children,among their families, their schools and their communities. The contents give an invaluable insight into the psychology of early childhood while giving the reader an opportunity to understand the resilience of mobile early teenagers as well as independent older adults. The contributions in the book also provide an additional layer to our understanding of visual ethnography by covering such phenomena as agency and communitarianism, spirituality, and the place of humour in the context of challenges encountered across the lifespan. Through presenting quasi-ecological experimental approaches, this reference enhances the reader’s insight into the texture and nature of thriving in situ, in natural contexts.

Audience: Child psychologists, social workers, researchers, educators and scholars in the field of cultural studies, social sciences, anthropology, ethnography and allied disciplines.

Contributors

Editor(s):
Catherine Ann Cameron
Department Psychology
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada


Claudia Stella
Private Practice
São Paulo
Brazil




Contributor(s):
Anne Kathryn Hunt
University of New Brunswick
Fredericton
NB, Canada


Bruno Bertoni Giusti Roque
Mackenzie University
São Paulo
Brazil


Caroline Leão de Morais
Mackenzie University
São Paulo
Brazil


Catherine Ann Cameron
University of British Columbia
University of New Brunswick
Vancouver, BC
Canada


Cindy Lau
Independent Scholar based in Hong Kong


Claudia Stella
Private Practice
São Paulo
Brazil


E. Leslie Cameron
Carthage College
WI, USA


Fernanda Baltieri Bergantin
Mackenzie University
São Paulo
Brazil


Giuliana Pinto
Department of Education, Languages, Intercultures, Literatures and Psychology
University of Florence
Firenze
Italy


Guilherme Silveira Caltabellotta
Mackenzie University
São Paulo, Brazil


Juliana Muniz Nazima
Private Practice
São Paulo
Brazil


Julia Gillen
Department of Linguistics and English Language
Lancaster University
Lancaster
UK


Letícia dos Santos Gouveia
Private Practice
São Paulo, Brazil


Monica Toselli
Department of Education, Languages, Intercultures, Literatures and Psychology
University of Florence
Firenze
Italy


Nora Didkowsky
Independent Scholar based in Canada and Switzerland


Nuala Hancock
Independent Scholar based in United Kingdom


Roger Hancock
The Open University
United Kingdom


Roseli Fernandes Caldas
Mackenzie University
São Paulo
Brazil


Serena Jenkins
Lethbridge University
Lethbridge, AB
Canada


Susete Figueiredo Bacchereti
Mackenzie University
São Paulo
Brazil


Tainner Vinicius Pinheiro de Almeida
Mackenzie University
São Paulo
Brazil


Thais La Rosa
Mackenzie University
São Paulo
Brazil


Vanessa Figueiredo
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC
Canada