{"id":120,"date":"2026-09-14T17:13:50","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T21:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/childrensmuseology\/?p=120"},"modified":"2026-09-14T19:09:41","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T23:09:41","slug":"call-for-papers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/childrensmuseology\/2026\/call-for-papers\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for Papers: Edited book on Children&#8217;s Museology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Submissions are invited from researchers, curators, museum practitioners, artists, and other interested parties for an edited book on the emergent field of Children\u2019s Museology, defined as \u201cthe production of museum content and programming not just for or about children, but also by and with children in ways that engage them as valued social actors and knowledge-bearers\u201d (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aam-us.org\/2020\/09\/18\/childrens-museology-and-the-covid-19-crisis\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patterson 2020<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Focus and key questions<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How can children\u2019s active participation and contribution foster change in museum practice?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What are the possibilities and challenges of bringing child-centred praxis into museology?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What examples and future possibilities exist for museums to engage children as valued social agents, knowledge-bearers, and active contributors rather than mere receivers of museum content and programming provided for them by adults?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How can museums better share authority with children and break from the adult-dominated status quo?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What can children\u2019s museology do? What is the value and potential impact of this work?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Read the full <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/childrensmuseology\/call-for-papers-for-an-edited-book\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Call for Papers<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Download a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/childrensmuseology\/wp-content\/uploads\/Childrens-Museology-Book-CFP.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Children&#8217;s Museology Book CFP<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><b>Deadline for submissions<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">30 March 2022<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Contact<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#x63;&#x68;&#105;&#108;dr&#x65;&#x6e;&#x73;&#109;us&#x65;&#x6f;&#x6c;&#111;&#103;y&#x76;&#x6f;&#x6c;&#117;&#109;e&#x40;&#x67;&#x6d;&#97;&#105;l&#46;&#x63;&#x6f;&#x6d;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Editors<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monica Eileen Patterson, Assistant Director, Curatorial Studies, Institute for the Comparative Study of Literature, Art, and Culture\/Associate Professor, Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies (Childhood and Youth Studies), Carleton University<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ceciel Brouwer, Research Associate Research Centre for Museums and Galleries, School of Museum Studies, University of Leicester<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><br style=\"font-weight: 400;\" \/><br style=\"font-weight: 400;\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Submissions are invited from researchers, curators, museum practitioners, artists, and other interested parties for an edited book on the emergent field of Children\u2019s Museology, defined as \u201cthe production of museum content and programming not just for or about children, but also by and with children in ways that engage them as valued social actors and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.2 - 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