Kia ora koutou social anth postgrads. Just forwarding this on, if this is of interest to any of you. Molly G From: Administration for Archaeology Programme and Social Anthropology Programme <anthropology@otago.ac.nz> Sent: Monday, 2 March 2026 3:00 pm To: hum.anth.anthropology.staff <hum.anth.anthropology.staff@otago.ac.nz> Subject: FW: Call for papers - International Symposium “Digital Geographies of Childhood and Youth” Kia ora koutou, Another notice! Please see below information for the International Symposium “Digital Geographies of Childhood and Youth” to be held in Germany during June – papers due March 8th! Ngā mihi, Giorgia [University of Otago]<https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.otago.ac.nz%2F&data=05%7C02%7Csocialanthpostgrads%40lists.otago.ac.nz%7C79273346ed904eaf65f108de780016e0%7C0225efc578fe4928b1579ef24809e9ba%7C0%7C0%7C639080138945311671%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=0YdL7fCHyF42Dgd8yXhiKj5WP9ZmYCz1cMqdD7p5dcY%3D&reserved=0> Giorgia Fletcher (she/her) BA (Gender Studies & Psychology) Administrator | Kaiwhakarite University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka Divisional Services and Administration (Humanities) Arts/Burns Building 3C9 T: +64 3 556 7658 E: giorgia.fletcher@otago.ac.nz<mailto:giorgia.fletcher@otago.ac.nz> Hours: Mon: 1-5pm | Tue, Wed, Fri: 9-5pm | Thu: 10-11am, 2:30-5pm From: Division of Humanities <humanities@otago.ac.nz<mailto:humanities@otago.ac.nz>> Sent: Monday, 2 March 2026 2:28 pm To: Administration for Archaeology Programme and Social Anthropology Programme <anthropology@otago.ac.nz<mailto:anthropology@otago.ac.nz>>; Centre for Sustainability <centre-sustainability@otago.ac.nz<mailto:centre-sustainability@otago.ac.nz>>; Classics Department <classics@otago.ac.nz<mailto:classics@otago.ac.nz>>; Department Admin - Geography <geography@otago.ac.nz<mailto:geography@otago.ac.nz>>; EARU Admin <Curriculuminsights.admin@otago.ac.nz<mailto:Curriculuminsights.admin@otago.ac.nz>>; English and Linguistics Programme <english@otago.ac.nz<mailto:english@otago.ac.nz>>; Faculty of Law <law@otago.ac.nz<mailto:law@otago.ac.nz>>; History Programme <history@otago.ac.nz<mailto:history@otago.ac.nz>>; Irish and Scottish Studies <ciss@otago.ac.nz<mailto:ciss@otago.ac.nz>>; Languages <languages@otago.ac.nz<mailto:languages@otago.ac.nz>>; Media, Film & Communication <mfco@otago.ac.nz<mailto:mfco@otago.ac.nz>>; National Centre Peace and Conflict <peaceandconflict@otago.ac.nz<mailto:peaceandconflict@otago.ac.nz>>; Philosophy Programme <philosophy@otago.ac.nz<mailto:philosophy@otago.ac.nz>>; Politics <politics@otago.ac.nz<mailto:politics@otago.ac.nz>>; Religion <religion@otago.ac.nz<mailto:religion@otago.ac.nz>>; School of Performing Arts <spa@otago.ac.nz<mailto:spa@otago.ac.nz>>; Social Work <socialwork@otago.ac.nz<mailto:socialwork@otago.ac.nz>>; sgsc <sgsc@otago.ac.nz<mailto:sgsc@otago.ac.nz>>; Te Tumu <tetumu@otago.ac.nz<mailto:tetumu@otago.ac.nz>>; Theology Programme <theology@otago.ac.nz<mailto:theology@otago.ac.nz>>; University College of Education <education@otago.ac.nz<mailto:education@otago.ac.nz>> Subject: Call for papers - International Symposium “Digital Geographies of Childhood and Youth” Kia ora koutou, Please share this with your departments: Call for papers - International Symposium “Digital Geographies of Childhood and Youth” Heidelberg University, Germany, June 22 to 24, 2026 Digital technologies are deeply embedded in the everyday lives of many children and young people, yet geographical scholarship on this topic remains fragmented. Recent years have seen the beginnings of a productive conversation between the geographies of childhood and youth and digital geographies. This symposium seeks to deepen that conversation by exploring emerging themes around the digital geographies of childhood and youth. We welcome papers that address (but are not limited to) theoretical and thematic aspects evolving around: * Critical reflections on diverse and entangled digital technologies in children’s and young people’ worlds including social media, AI, robotics, bio- and neurotechnology, * Negotiating human, more-than-human, and posthuman perspectives on children/ young people, technologies, and agency, * Creative appropriations, embodiment, and animism in the use of technologies by children and young people, * Difference, intersectionality, inequality, and power in digital geographies of childhood and youth, * Geographical interventions in public, media, or policy debates about youth and digital media. The symposium aims to foster critical debate by bringing scholars together, who work on conceptual and empirical aspects of the digital lives of children and young people. We will aim towards compiling an edited volume (Routledge or Springer) based on the Symposium papers. Start: Monday, June 22, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. End: Wednesday, June 24, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. Location: International Academic Forum Heidelberg (IWH) https://www.uni-heidelberg.de/einrichtungen/iwh/<https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.uni-heidelberg.de%2Feinrichtungen%2Fiwh%2F&data=05%7C02%7Csocialanthpostgrads%40lists.otago.ac.nz%7C79273346ed904eaf65f108de780016e0%7C0225efc578fe4928b1579ef24809e9ba%7C0%7C0%7C639080138945332794%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=9o0ploi7qGHoW1HLpRzs37X%2BRSeNNCHpm5Py5YoCMUU%3D&reserved=0> Conference website: https://www.transient-spaces.org/cfp-digital-geographies-of-childhood-and-youth<https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.transient-spaces.org%2Fcfp-digital-geographies-of-childhood-and-youth&data=05%7C02%7Csocialanthpostgrads%40lists.otago.ac.nz%7C79273346ed904eaf65f108de780016e0%7C0225efc578fe4928b1579ef24809e9ba%7C0%7C0%7C639080138945351952%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=nyKP2BZATUU9SDcfTw2xzcNFKwVYTDoEnn9zqL4Olxg%3D&reserved=0> Submit a title for your paper and an abstract (max. 300 words) by March 8, 2026 to Brigitte Heine (brigitte.heine@uni-heidelberg.de<mailto:brigitte.heine@uni-heidelberg.de>) Organising team Prof. Dr. Tabea Bork-Hüffer, Heidelberg University Assoc. Prof. Dr. Christina Ergler, University of Otago Prof. Dr. Peter Kraftl, Loughborough University Prof. Dr. Sarah Mills, Loughborough University Ngā mihi, Rowan [University of Otago]<https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.otago.ac.nz%2F&data=05%7C02%7Csocialanthpostgrads%40lists.otago.ac.nz%7C79273346ed904eaf65f108de780016e0%7C0225efc578fe4928b1579ef24809e9ba%7C0%7C0%7C639080138945371094%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=PsjUXenBtddcXh7niyAO0fs7J8tzoyOOjdTp27gEsvc%3D&reserved=0> Ms Rowan Simmons (she/her) BA (Gender Studies/Anthropology) | BAHons (Gender Studies) Senior Administrator | Kaiwhakarite Ārahi University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka Division of Humanities (Te Kete Aronui) | Coastal People Southern Skies Humanities Divisional Office | Arts Building T: +64 3 556 8052 E: rowan.simmons@otago.ac.nz<mailto:rowan.simmons@otago.ac.nz> W: otago.ac.nz
