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Handing over the baton
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Shaping subjects in everyday encounters : Intergenerational recognition in intersubjective socialisation
This article considers the role of intergenerational recognition in processes of subject
formation and political development. It leans on a broad conception of politics, following
a phenomenologically oriented approach and drawing from theories of contextual
recognition. Intergenerational recognition is introduced as a key dynamism and practice
in intersubjective socialisation, unfolding in everyday environments among ‘significant
others’. In these encounters, people take shape and are shaped as political subjects.
Empirically, the paper is based on research with 129 eleven- to fifteen-year-old girls and
boys, including an analysis of their place-based biographies. By introducing different
forms of intergenerational (mis)recognition, it shows how the formation of political
subjects takes place in the most mundane environments where children and young people
lead their lives. In conclusion, the paper suggests that ‘political becoming’ deserves
increasing attention in critical research and intergenerational recognition ought to be
better identified as a social practice. Whether intentional or intuitive, the ways in which
adults regard children and young people has both harmful and beneficial effects on the
formation of their political subjectivities
Kohti varmempaa lapsuutta: asiantuntijuuden ja vallan tarkastelua varhaiskasvatussuunnitelmakeskusteluissa.
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