Postdevelopmental Approaches to Childhood Research Observation

[This book] pushes the boundaries of early childhood research taking a fresh look at how we research with and about child development. The examples from real world research affords readers the opportunity to see how postdevelopmental approaches to observation, as a research method, may be applied to their own work. The authors embrace the move away from traditional research methods, and place a spotlight on children’s participation and agency in research, this is an excellent addition to the research canon. -- Helen Perkins, The Open University, UK
This volume will support the doctoral student as she negotiates the tricky terrain of undertaking observations when there is the desire to work outside of conventional developmental frames. It will serve as a rallying cry to all those who want to foreground the importance of affect where what is sensed and felt should be brought in from the cold. -- Liz Jones, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK