Digital geographies of/and childhood and youth

This article explores research on digital geographies of childhood and youth , critically considering (potential) contributions to wider scholarship in geography and interdisciplinary childhood studies. Although geographers’ engagement with this emerging field is developing productively, extant scholarship remains relatively diffuse and research methods-focused; more sustained interrogation of digital processes and experiences with/in young people’s lives, has only recently emerged. This article traces key geographic contributions, identifies potential absences in the field, and outlines an ambitious, interlinked agenda for future work on: (i) agency, materiality, and the more-than-human; (ii) marginalisation and intersectionalities; (iii) spatial politics and activism; (iv) popular culture and everyday economic geographies.

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Progress in Human Geography
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2026-08-14
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https://doi.org/10.1177/03091325261477420
Primary Topic
Children's Rights and Participation
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Digital geographies of/and childhood and youth

Sarah Mills, Peter Kraftl, Christina R. Ergler, Tabea Bork‐Hüffer
Progress in Human Geography
Children's Rights and Participation
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Digital geographies of/and childhood and youth

Sarah Mills, Peter Kraftl, Christina R. Ergler, Tabea Bork‐Hüffer
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Abstract

This article explores research on digital geographies of childhood and youth , critically considering (potential) contributions to wider scholarship in geography and interdisciplinary childhood studies. Although geographers’ engagement with this emerging field is developing productively, extant scholarship remains relatively diffuse and research methods-focused; more sustained interrogation of digital processes and experiences with/in young people’s lives, has only recently emerged. This article traces key geographic contributions, identifies potential absences in the field, and outlines an ambitious, interlinked agenda for future work on: (i) agency, materiality, and the more-than-human; (ii) marginalisation and intersectionalities; (iii) spatial politics and activism; (iv) popular culture and everyday economic geographies.

Progress in Human Geography
Loughborough University (GB), Heidelberg University (DE), University of Otago (NZ)
Leverhulme Trust, British Academy, Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo, Economic and Social Research Council
Reduced inequalities
Openalex Percentile: Top 4%
Children's Rights and Participation
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