Diverse cultural and gendered identities: Working with children and families in early childhood services

Dr Sonja Arndt is an Associate Professor at the University of Melbourne, where her teaching, research and scholarship explores feminist poststructuralist philosophies of subject formation, Otherness, both human and more-than-human Otherness, within the realm of early childhood education and particularly in the often-neglected area of teachers’ cultural/racial Otherness. Sonja publishes widely and actively collaborates with national and international networks.

Dr Kylie Smith is a Professor of Early Childhood Studies in the Faculty of Education at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Her research focuses on childhood studies and issues of equity and social justice. Kylie draws on participatory research methods to support children to engage with research, policy and educational curriculum and pedagogy.