Children, young people and local knowledge

The project, based on a network collaboration of researchers and academic institutions (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Dilla University in Ethiopia and University of Zambia) aims to produce cross-cultural knowledge about children and young people in the context of development. Its core objectives are to: a) carry-out multi-disciplinary research on the ways in which children and young people participate in economic, social and cultural reproduction of society; and b) enhance the capacity of partner institutions through exchange of expertise, knowledge and experience.

Management: Associate Professor, Director Anne Trine Kjørholt, Norway and Dr. Fikre Dessalegn, Ethiopia

Project period: 01.01.2007-30.12.2010

Financing: The Norwegian Program for Development Research and Education (NUFU)

Sub-projects:

1. Rethinking contemporary childhoods in Ethiopia and Zambia

1a. Ethiopian childhoods: continuity and change
Management: Anne Trine Kjørholt, Norway

1b. Ethnography of childhoods in Zambia
Management: Jan Ketil Simonsen, Norway

1c. Life course trajectories of young people in Ethiopia
Management: Tatek Abebe, Norway and Ethiopia

2. Young people and rural development in Ethiopia
Management: Axel Baudouin, Norway and Teferi Mekonnen, Ethiopia

3. Local knowledge and chemistry education in Ethiopian schools
Management: Lise Kvittingen, Norway and Kidane Fanta, Ethiopia