TY - JOUR
T1 - Young People's Ideas about Time and Space
AU - Haynes, Amanda
AU - O’Connor, Pat
AU - Kane, Ciara
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Irish Journal of Sociology.
PY - 2002/5/1
Y1 - 2002/5/1
N2 - Suggesting that a focus on young people can be regarded as a kind of litmus test of the cultural processes operating in a society, this article looks at their ideas about time and space in the context of exploring the extent to which Ireland is a post/late modern society. Drawing on a stratified one in ten random sample of approximately 34,000 texts written by 10-12 year olds and 15-17year olds, the article explores the importance and meaning of the local, ideas about time (including generational positioning), adult concepts of time, spatial time, and ideas about the future. The method of analysis is both quantitative and qualitative, with variation being explored in terms of gender and age.
AB - Suggesting that a focus on young people can be regarded as a kind of litmus test of the cultural processes operating in a society, this article looks at their ideas about time and space in the context of exploring the extent to which Ireland is a post/late modern society. Drawing on a stratified one in ten random sample of approximately 34,000 texts written by 10-12 year olds and 15-17year olds, the article explores the importance and meaning of the local, ideas about time (including generational positioning), adult concepts of time, spatial time, and ideas about the future. The method of analysis is both quantitative and qualitative, with variation being explored in terms of gender and age.
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U2 - 10.1177/079160350201100103
DO - 10.1177/079160350201100103
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84937387912
SN - 0791-6035
VL - 11
SP - 43
EP - 61
JO - Irish Journal of Sociology
JF - Irish Journal of Sociology
IS - 1
ER -