Thechildofthefuture

An online conference, hosted by the University of Cambridge, exploring the many varied ways that we conceptualise the idea of ‘the child of the future’.

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Co-organiser @JodieR0se's tree inspired by @carmenetemily's activity in her presentation, "The Wellbeing Entanglement: a Posthumanist Reflection on Inclusive Teaching Through the Covid-19 Pandemic". Share your tree in the comments! 🌳

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Afternoon panels:
Stream 1 - "The Mighty Genre", and "Processing Bio-Trauma"
Stream 2 - "Children in Covid-19", and "Staying with the Trouble of Illness: Children and Health Concerns"

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Brilliant final Keynote, "After Childhood: Narrating Childhoods, Plastics and Other Matter(s)", by @peterkraftl. Sculpting, listing, and storytelling with materials, bringing children's voices into focus.

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Morning panels:
Stream 1 - "Envisioning the Post/Anthropocene", and "Troubling Binaries".
Stream 2 - "New Pedagogies for a New Generation", and "Virtually Grown Up: Children's Virtual Identities".

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Marvellous first Keynote of Day 2, "When Mouse Meets Lamp: Picturing Posthuman Personhood in Disney-Pixar Animation" by @DrZoeJaques. Animals, robots, souls, buildings, and beyond!

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Evening panels for Day 1:
Stream 1 - "The Future of Girlhood", and "Queer Futurities"
Stream 2 - "Picturing the Future 2" and "The Animal of the Future"

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Afternoon panels:
Stream 1 - "Memories of the Future", and "Children and the Environment".
Stream 2 - "Postcolonial Futurities", and "Religion and the Child".

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Inspiring second Keynote "The (Im)possibility of an After-childhood Future in Donna Haraway's "The Camille Stories"' by @Justyna0676 and @macgarciag. Some truly imaginative and deep reflections emerging from this discussion.

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Inspiring second Keynote, 'The (Im)possibility of an After-childhood Future in Donna Haraway's "The Camille Stories"' from @Justyna0676 and @macgarciag. Some truly imaginative and deep reflections emerging from this discussion.

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If you're looking to continue your #tcotf experience after the panels finish for the day, check out the new blog post by Jonas Vanhove, up now on the conference website!

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Morning panels:
Stream 1 - "Changed and Changing Childhood", and "Speculative Fiction".
Stream 2 - "The Child of the Future in Film", and "Picturing the Future 1".

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Day One! Wonderful opening keynote, "Response-Ability in a Time of Distributed Agencies", from Annouckha Bayley. So much to think about!

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The Child of the Future is sold out! We are so excited for all the amazing panels and keynotes to come on Thursday and Friday!

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Check out our amazing series of keynote speakers here. We cannot wait to welcome them to the conference very soon: https://t.co/OuhY5GElkW

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#tcotf presenters Albeena Alvi and Shruti Kirti share their thoughts on the ambiguous definitions of #childhood in their #thechildofthefuture22 blog post. #posthumanism #academic #universityofcambridge #facultyofeducation #studentled #childrenslit #childrensbooks

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Yoko Kitaguchi, Hubbiah Rafaqat, and Rin Tsuchiya ask "what is nature to you?" in their pre-conference blog post.

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#tcotf presenter Maciej Wróblewski, a professor of Polish literature at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland, shares his ideas of the "cthulucene." #thechildofthefuture22 #ChildrensBooks #YAbooks #cthulu #newmaterialism #universityofcambridge

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#tcotf22 presenter Rachel Milne shares a taste of her research: Alterity in Wizard of Oz. #thechildofthefutureconference #childrenslit #childrensliterature #universityofcambridge #posthuman #kidlit #yabooks

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#tcotf22 presenter Ahana Maitra shares her thoughts on Bangla sci-fi and fantasy in our first panelist blog post! #thechildofthefutureconference #childrenslit #childrensliterature #universityofcambridge #posthuman #kidlit #yabooks

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If you have any questions feel free to contact us by emailing [email protected]

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We are very pleased to announce that registration for The Child of the Future 2022 is now live here:
https://t.co/Xc9IRs9nTI
The conference is free! 😀

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A full conference schedule will be posted within the next week, so do keep an eye on our website, Instagram and Twitter for updates. 💻📱