Creative Research on Gender and Sexuality with Children and Young People

Making Methods Matter

Carol A Taylor author Suvi Pihkala author EJ Renold author Tuija Huuki author Carol A Taylor editor Suvi Pihkala editor EJ Renold editor Tuija Huuki editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Publishing:30th Nov '26

£155.00

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This edited collection assembles a groundbreaking series of chapters from childhood and youth scholars investigating the ethical, political, and transformative possibilities that creative methodologies can bring to the field of gender and sexuality research.

Drawing on original empirical studies from a diverse array of international and transnational projects, contributors illustrate how they draw upon arts-based research and a wide range of creative methods, from body sculptures to zine-making, to engage children and young people at every stage of the research process, from a project’s conception to its communication with diverse audiences. Each chapter foregrounds a particular method, and the central thread running through the book focuses on how gender and sexuality research with children and young people is configured, conducted and carries what matters into the world, when creativity is centred in the research process. As a collection, it will address the generative tensions and advantages of working creatively across various methods, disciplines and contexts.

The book will be of great interest to international audiences of academic scholars and students interested in arts-based and creative methods in diverse fields, including social research methods, childhood and youth studies, sociology of education, gender and sexuality studies, and queer studies, as well as practitioners, policy makers, and artists interested in advancing their creative work on gender and sexualities in childhood and youth.

"In a moment of regressive gender and sexual politics, this book is an invitation to hope. It innovatively constitutes the first collection of creative methods on gender and sexuality in childhood and youth studies. Through creative methodologies embracing the human-non-human, the scholarship in this collection art-fully makes space for worlds otherwise."

Professor Louisa Allen, Faculty of Arts and Education, University of Auckland

"Taking seriously ways to ‘make gender and sexuality matter’ is at the very heart of this book. This vital contribution fills a void for feminist researchers seeking to bring theory and creative practice together. The authors offer a hopeful praxis, making felt the tangible differences that can come about through research-creation with young people as they navigate the complexities of gender and sexualities in times of poly crises. It will become the ‘go-to’ book for researchers committed to - deeply political and ethical - ways to engage in world-making practices that matter."

Professor Jayne Osgood,Centre for Education Research & Scholarship, Middlesex University, UK

"In this urgently relevant text, the politics and potential of creative research methodologies expand how research on gender and sexuality might be creatively imagined. Drawing on co-constructed, co-creative and participatory methods with children and young people this transdisciplinary volume approaches research with nuance and complexity, contributing unique research methodologies to its many relevant fields."

Dr Asilia Franklin-Phipps,Professor of Educational Studies with an affiliate appointment in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Assistant Professor at SUNY New Paltz, Department of Teaching and Learning

ISBN: 9781032817385

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374 pages