A participaçao das crianças nos estudos da infancia e as possibilidades da etnografia sensorial

O artigo busca conexões entre os estudos clássicos das Ciências Sociais, sobretudo da Antropologia, e estudos contemporâneos da infância como possibilidades de investigação da agência das crianças. Ao encontro do quadro teórico, apresenta a Etnografia Sensorial (MITCHELL, 2011; PINK, 2009), como possibilidade de construção de novos meios metodológicos e tecnológicos para captar formas de expressividade das crianças. O artigo apresenta um exemplo de uma investigação que previu formas de participação alternativas das crianças, envolvendo fotografias, sons e vídeos. Este tipo de abordagem é extensiva a outras crianças, que não somente às participantes deste estudo, também consideradas como agentesThe article seeks connections between the Social Sciences classical studies, particularly Anthropology, and contemporary Childhood Studies as a possibility of research on children’s agency. Meeting the theoretical framework, the article suggests the Sensory Ethnography (MITCHELL, 2011; PINK, 2009), as a way of building new methodological and technological means to capture children’s forms of expression. The article presents an example that incorporate alternative forms of children’s participation, involving production of photographs, sounds and videos. This approach is extended to other children, not only the participants of this study, who are also considered as agent

Multimodality and deaf children's participation in informal literature socialization contexts

En este artículo realizamos un análisis del discurso y la interacción multimodal de una sesión de cuentacuentos realizada en una biblioteca en la que el narrador está acompañado por una intérprete de lengua de signos española (LSE). El caso forma parte de una investigación más amplia que examina sesiones de cuentacuentos en bibliotecas, librerías infantiles y parques como espacios de socialización literaria en contextos de aprendizaje informal. Analizamos, por una parte, la relación cambiante entre los medios/modos desplegados en el relato y las dificultades que esto genera para los espectadores sordos y, por otra parte, la propia participación de los niños sordos en esta sesión. El análisis hace explícita la complejidad del acto de interpretación en LSE y la situación asimétrica en la que se encuentra la infancia sorda en estas sesiones de cuentacuentos. Igualmente, el episodio analizado invita a plantear el desarrollo de una conciencia multimodal como parte de las competencias literarias y discursivas que potencialmente favorecen la clase de eventos narrativos analizadosIn this article we present an analysis of discourse and multimodal interaction in a storytelling session that took place in a library in which the main narrator is accompanied by a Spanish Sign Language (LSE) interpreter. This case is part of a larger project that examines storytelling sessions in libraries, bookstores and parks as informal literature socialization contexts. On one hand, we examine the changing relationship between media/modes displayed in the story and the difficulties that this generates for deaf children. On the other hand, we explore deaf children's participation in the event. Our analysis makes explicit the complexities involved in LSE interpretation and the asymmetrical standing of deaf children in these types of events. Also, with the analysis of this episode we consider multimodal awareness as a possible discursive and literary competence that is fostered in these narratives event

From home to the city as a way of coming and going in the development of identity: the case of medium/high class urban childhood routines in Madrid

Se viene definiendo el hogar como un espacio dinámico (POVEDA et al., 2012), que no forma parte únicamente de lo público o lo privado, los límites entre ambos se vuelven más difusos, ya que los medios digitales ponen al alcance el espacio público dentro del entorno privado. Presentamos un estudio cualitativo de las rutinas y el uso que la infancia hace de los recursos que su entorno les proporciona. Se realizó con 4 menores de entre 9-13 años de 2 distritos de clase alta de Madrid. El análisis muestra cómo reparten su tiempo entre el espacio público y privado, cómo hacen uso de los recursos a tienen acceso y que les proporciona el hogar, y a su vez la familia, ambos ofrecen un amplio acceso al capital económico y cultural (BOURDIEU, 1994), asociado a su clase socioeconómica. (LAREAU, 2002)Home has been defined as a dynamic space (POVEDA et al, 2012), which is not just part of either the public or the private space. The boundaries between these spaces become more diffuse, since digital media place the public space within the private environment. We present a qualitative study of children’s routines and the use of resources that their environment provides. It was conducted with 4 children aged between 9-13, in 2 upper-class districts of Madrid. The analysis shows how they share their time between public and private spaces, how they make use of the resources they have access to, and what their homes, and in turn their families, provide to them; both offer broad access to economic and cultural capital (BOURDIEU, 1994) associated with their socioeconomic class. (LAREAU, 2002)La maison a été définie comme un espace dynamique (POVEDA et al, 2012), qui n’est pas exclusivement un espace public ni privé, les frontières entre les deux deviennent plus diffuse, car les médias numériques mettent accessible l’espace public dans l’environnement privé. Nous présentons une étude qualitative des routines et de l’usage des enfants qui s’en utilise des ressources offertes par l’environnement. L’étude a été réalisée avec 4 enfants âgés de 9 à 13 ans, de 2 districts de la classe privilégiée de Madrid. L’analyse montre comment ils partagent leur temps entre l’espace public et privé, comment ils font l’usage des ressources pour en avoir l’accès et les fournir à la maison, et à son tour, à la famille, les deux offrent un large accès au capital économique et culturel (BOURDIEU, 1994) associés à la classe socio-économique. (LAREAU, 2002

Migrant Teenagers, Walks around Bilbao and Mapping Dreams

L'objectiu principal d’aquest article és descriure les pràctiques de vida i socialitat d'adolescents migrants a la ciutat de Bilbao (País Basc, Espanya) a partir de les seues vivències i perspectives. Per a això utilitzem metodologia etnogràfica general i, en particular, un taller construït a partir de diferents tècniques artístiques, que va convidar a cinc menors migrants, residents en un centre de menors de la província de Biscaia (País Basc), a realitzar una cartografia per Bilbao per a la generació del material d’anàlisi sobre les seues rutines i activitats expressives a la ciutat. Aquesta estratègia metodològica i el mapa, com a producte final de la cartografia, permeten entendre i aportar un enfocament holístic del fenomen migratori d’aquests adolescents i joves a la ciutat. Aquests adolescents i joves migrants, més enllà d’ocupar físicament un seguit d’espais, es reivindiquen com a ciutadans plens i en constant interacció i negociació entre amics, paisans, família, l'escola, la comunitat al país d'origen.The main objective of this article is to study the life and social practices of migrant adolescents in the city of Bilbao (Basque Country, Spain) through their experiences and perspectives. To this end, we used ethnographic methodology, specifically a workshop structured around several artistic techniques, in which five migrant minors living in a Centre for Minors in the Basque province of Bizkaia were invited to create their own maps of Bilbao. The authors then used this material to analyse their routines and the activities that expressed their realities in the city. The holistic approach of this methodological strategy and the maps produced allowed us to understand the migratory experiences of these adolescents and young people. As well as physically occupying a series of spaces, these young migrant lay claim to their status as full citizens, in constant interaction and negotiation with friends, family, school and the community in their country of origin.El objetivo principal de este artículo es describir las prácticas de vida y socialidad de adolescentes migrantes en la ciudad de Bilbao (País Vasco, España) a partir de sus vivencias y perspectivas. Para ello utilizamos metodología etnográfica general y, en particular, un taller construido a partir de distintas técnicas artísticas, que invitó a cinco menores migrantes, residentes en un centro de menores de la provincia de Bizkaia (País Vasco), a realizar una cartografía por Bilbao para la generación del material de análisis sobre sus rutinas y actividades expresivas en la ciudad. Esta estrategia metodológica y el mapa, como producto final de la cartografía, permiten entender y aportar un enfoque holístico del fenómeno migratorio de estos adolescentes y jóvenes en la ciudad. Estos adolescentes y jóvenes migrantes, más allá de ocupar físicamente una serie de espacios, se revindican como ciudadanos plenos y en constante interacción y negociación entre amigos, paisanos, familia, la escuela, la comunidad en el país de origen

Children at home in Madrid

In this article we focus on transformations occurring in middle/upper-class children’s homes in Madrid (Spain). We examine emergent patterns of use and appropriation of domestic space in children’s lives and focus on two themes: (1) the reutilization of daily tasks and home spaces for children’s leisure and socialization, (2) the role of new technologies of communication in children’s lives and social relations from home. The results show children’s active role in the appropriation of domestic space and suggest that discussions of children’s withdrawal from public space need to be reconsidered from an ecological-systemic perspectiv

Strategies for socialization into a non-conventional family project

In this paper we put together data from various projects focused on the construction of nontraditional family projects in Spain: (1) a multi-sited ethnographic study on the construction of singleparent families by choice in Spain; (2) a qualitative comparative study of adoptive families in Madrid and Chicago; (3) an on-going multi-sited ethnographic project on disclosure processes in families formed via gamete donation. Across the data of these studies, involving a wide variety of family configurations (single and two-parent families, heterosexual and homo-parental families, international and interracial adopted children, partially-related biological offspring, etc.), we have identified a series of socialization strategies that are explicitly pointed out by parents as playing a role in socializing children into understanding their non-conventional family experience. Some of these strategies include creating socialization, support and leisure spaces with families of similar characteristics, multiple forms or narrative and storytelling activity on children's origin and the construction of their family project, managing conversations and interactions about their family when their children are present as over hearers or using daily interactions to construct and explore their family project. Across our data and studies socialization emerges as an active, bi-directional and reflexive process central to family and parental identities. With our findings we present a portrait of emergent processes in Spain and open the door to cross-cultural comparison

‘Unaccompanied’ Minors? Accompanied Foreign Minors, Families and New Technologies

This work aims to make apparent the importance of family, throughout the life trajectories of a group of young people whose very juridical designation—unaccompanied foreign minors—seems to preclude the possibility of recognising and appreciating such importance. Here, we present the results of an ethnographic and participatory research with ‘unaccompanied’ foreign minors in Bizkaia (Spain). By using our chosen methodology, we were able to understand how, with their currently transitory lifestyles as children in care, they fulfil their own social, emotional and identity needs, needs that the Social Care System alone is unable to meet. This study also shows how digital media cross all the social relations of these children. Digital media become an essential methodological tool for studying the daily life of young migrant

Mobility and the mobile: A study of adolescent migrants and their use of the mobile phone

In this article, we explore the day-to-day importance of digital media, specifically the use of mobile phones in the lives of migrant minors—also known as unaccompanied foreign minors—in juvenile residential centres. For this study, we employed a general ethnographic methodology and, in particular, a workshop based on different artistic techniques that encouraged the young people involved to become active participants, committed from the start in the generation of the material to be used for the analysis of their daily practices. This approach emerged from the recognition of the importance for these young people to feel included and connected. Migrant adolescents take refuge in their mobile devices to participate in the youth microculture, both locally and globally. In addition, they are able to access different social networks that allow them to play out the personas they wish to adopt. Finally, we recognise the importance of digital media in allowing them to maintain close and affective relationships with their relatives, fellow citizens, and communities in their country of origi

Negotiation of subjectivities and intersubjectivities in the classroom

The purpose of this paper is to describe and analyze the presence of intersubjective asymmetries as an ethical, epistemological, and social challenge in a school. We explore various aspects of interaction between teacher, students, and researcher in school during a music room. A workshop of audiovisual narratives that has been made with teenagers in a Spain school with the aim that young people themselves documented their own musical practices through tools and narratives that are common outside of school (audio, photography, video, etc.). We based our work on the principles of participatory research, participants showed those meanings that they had music in their life, all aimed to all the work that serve to modify practices and musical activities at school that were taking place. Some of the obstacles found in workshop are described as barriers that relate to the processes of delegitimization of musical culture of youth reported previously and their knowledge in the school. This project began founding the presence of those intersubjective asymmetries as a challenge to constituting a community of practice and learning, where a pedagogical transformation was waited, new forms of teachers and students participatio