Thechildofthefuture

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! 🌳

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"

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.

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".

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!

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"

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

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.

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.

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!

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".

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

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!

Check out our amazing series of keynote speakers here. We cannot wait to welcome them to the conference very soon: thechildofthefuture.com/keynotes

#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

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

#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

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

#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

If you have any questions feel free to contact us by emailing thechildofthefuture2022@gmail.com

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

We are very pleased to announce that registration for The Child of the Future 2022 is now live here: thechildofthefuture.com/register The conference is free! 😀