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DESCRIPTION:Ph.D. candidate Thomas Bouril will present a paper on:Whose Chi
 ldren? Competing Conceptions of Childhood in Colonial KenyaAbstract:&nbsp\
 ;My talk will be on my dissertation research\, which examines how childhoo
 d became a contested social arena in Kenya during the colonial era. Coloni
 al administrators\, missionaries\, British settlers\, South Asian immigran
 ts\, aid workers\, and parents and children from Kenya’s diverse African c
 ommunities frequently debated questions concerning who qualified as childr
 en and what childhood as a stage of life entailed. As these debates intens
 ified\, I contend that Kenya became a “living laboratory” for childhood as
  many questioned the nature of parental responsibility\, the transition fr
 om childhood to adulthood\, and the role of race in childhood development\
 , among many others. These questions drove sociocultural conflict and poli
 cy relating to children throughout the colonial period (1890s – 1963). My 
 research traces the continued impact of disputed frameworks of childhood t
 hrough several aspects of Kenyan society\, including coming-of-age\, educa
 tion\, labor\, law\, and perceptions of young bodies. It demonstrates the 
 critical and pervasive nature that discussions on childhood had in guiding
  colonial policy and transforming the role of children in Kenya.
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SUMMARY:History Department Workshop: Whose Children? Competing Conceptions 
 of Childhood in Colonial Kenya
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Ph.D. candidate Thomas Bouril will present 
 a paper on:<br></p><p><strong>Whose Children? Competing Conceptions of Chi
 ldhood in Colonial Kenya</strong></p><p><strong>Abstract:&nbsp\;</strong>M
 y talk will be on my dissertation research\, which examines how childhood 
 became a contested social arena in Kenya during the colonial era. Colonial
  administrators\, missionaries\, British settlers\, South Asian immigrants
 \, aid workers\, and parents and children from Kenya’s diverse African com
 munities frequently debated questions concerning who qualified as children
  and what childhood as a stage of life entailed. As these debates intensif
 ied\, I contend that Kenya became a “living laboratory” for childhood as m
 any questioned the nature of parental responsibility\, the transition from
  childhood to adulthood\, and the role of race in childhood development\, 
 among many others. These questions drove sociocultural conflict and policy
  relating to children throughout the colonial period (1890s – 1963). My re
 search traces the continued impact of disputed frameworks of childhood thr
 ough several aspects of Kenyan society\, including coming-of-age\, educati
 on\, labor\, law\, and perceptions of young bodies. It demonstrates the cr
 itical and pervasive nature that discussions on childhood had in guiding c
 olonial policy and transforming the role of children in Kenya.</p>
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