Socializing Inequality - A workshop with Annette Lareau

For a science that has virtually trademarked the study of social inequality and leans heavily on the premise that a sizeable portion of human behavior is ‘learned’, ‘nurtured’ or otherwise ‘socialized’, sociology continues to display a remarkable disinterest into the link between inequality and early childhood. Despite paying theoretical lip-service to the importance of ‘primary socialization’ in structuring patterns of social inequality, sociological studies on how children actually come to experience and negotiate these patterns remain few and far between.

This seminar is devoted to gaining a better understanding of the relationship between class inequality and early childhood. It welcomes contributions that focus on…

• …the various ways in which class inequality affects children, from their social relationships and educational experiences to their physical and cognitive development and their mental well-being.
• …the ways in which class inequality intersects with other principles of social division, like gender and ethnicity, in shaping the experience of early childhood
• …how and when children themselves come to define and understand inequality and how they learn to navigate the unequal structure of the social world.
• …the particular methodological challenges posed by doing research with young children.

IMPORTANT: Registration for this event is mandatory and is only possible for participants who have been selected by the organizing committee.