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Children, Young People and Social Inclusion: Participation for What? by E. Kay M. Tisdall, and John M. Davis, and Alan Prout, and Malcolm Hill
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Entrevistando o prof. Alan Prout através de seu texto: "Reconsiderando a Sociologia da Infância"
No full textProf. Alan Prout
A partir de uma proposta do editor da ZERO-A-SEIS, professor João Josué da Silva Filho, as doutorandas Elaine de Paula e Roseli Nazário do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação da UFSC, elaboraram alguns questionamentos ao texto “ Reconsiderando a Sociologia da Infância” escrito pelo professor Alan Prout
Barndommens kroppe: Konstruktion, handling og hybriddannelse
No full textAlan Prout:
Childhood bodies: construction, agency and hybridity
This paper explores the relationship between the sociology of childhood and the sociology of the body. Noting that the two fields are marked by mutual neglect, it reviews some of the theoretical issues that underlie the enterprise of bringing them together. Three key themes emerge from this discussion. The first concerns social constructionism. Both fields draw on this theoretical approach and, it is argued, both meet its limits. The paper argues that social constructionist accounts of both childhood and the body tend to exclude (or at least de-emphasize) the possibility that social life has a material as well as discursive (or representational) component. The second theme is that of children’s agency in the interpretation, negotiation and utilisation of their bodies. Seeing children as social actors balances a former emphasis on the socialization of children by highlighting the ways in which they are also agents, participants shaping as well as being shaped by society. However, it is argued that the sociology of childhood has tended to essentialise children’s agency rather than decentering it and analyzing it as an effect. The third theme draws on actor network theory in order to unravel some of the ways in which children’s bodies are inextricably interwoven with other aspects of the material environment – artifacts, machines and technologies. Children’s bodies emerge as hybrid entities. They are inseparable from, produced in, represented by and performed through their connections with other material objects. This line of enquiry feeds back into the question of children’s agency by reconstituting it less as an essential attribute of children and more as an effect of the connections made between a heterogeneous array of materials including bodies, representations and technologies
Ante-Autobiography and the Archive of Childhood
No full textThis essay examines the concept of children’s autobiography via several autobiographical extracts
written by the author as a child. Although only a small proportion of people will compose and
publish a full-length autobiography, almost everyone will, inadvertently, produce an archive of
the self, made from public records and private documents. Here, such works are seen as providing
access to writing both about and by children. The essay explores the ethics and poetics of
children’s writing via the key debates in life writing; in particular, the dynamic relationship
between adults and children, both as distinct stages of life and dual parts of one autobiographical
identity. The term “ante-autobiography” is coined to refer to these texts which come before or
instead of a full-length narrative. They are not read as less than or inadequate versions of
autobiography, but rather as transgressive and challenging to chronological notions of the genre
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No full text23, [1] p. ; 20 cm. (8vo)In reply to Samuel Mather's anonymously published "An attempt to shew, that America must be known to the ancients."Attributed to Timothy Prout by Evans.Printed in New York by H.G. [i.e., Hugh Gaine?] for Ezekiel Russell of Boston. Opposition from the Boston clergy evidently made printing in Boston inadviseable. Cf. p. [3]
User involvement in public services : 'choice about voice'
No full textProcesses of involvement and representation are particularly important in UK public services if users’ interests are adequately to be taken into account. Yet there are several different, sometimes competing ways for users’ views to be represented, and their interaction is not well understood. This article reports on research exploring these issues in relation to three public services – housing, social care and leisure services. We asked, how do public service users experience and evaluate the alternative ways in which their interests may be represented, and what factors guide their ‘choice about voice’? Mechanisms available for users to express their views can be categorised as ‘hierarchical’ (e.g. contacting elected officials); individualistic (e.g. complaints procedures); or group-based (e.g. user forums). Users make assumptions about what channel is appropriate for particular issues in a particular context. However, their ability to communicate via their chosen channel is dependent on viable opportunities to do so. This idea of viability (or lack of it) goes beyond the simple provision of a full range of channels. It relates to the prospects of users’ views being recognised and accepted – and to the sense of disconnection and withdrawal that often accompanies low expectations or disappointing experiences
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Contradictory and convergent trends in law and policy affecting children in England
No full textAbout the book: Hearing the Voices of Children provides a fresh perspective on social policy. At the heart of the book is the emergence of 'children's voices' and the implications of this for social policy. The authors argue that children's voices should be heard much more strongly in the process of policy formation at all levels. Although there is growing support for this idea, it is not without opposition, and the authors themselves make many critical points about the current attempts to put it into practice.
The book is divided into four main themes: hearing children's voices; discourses of childhood; children and services; and resources for children. Childhood experts from the UK, Scandinavia, Germany and Australia, examine how assumptions and models about childhood and discuss ways in which children's voices might become more influential in shaping policy. There are many obstacles to overcome, but the contributors to this volume show that children's participation is possible, and needed, if services are to be improved
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