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| Author(s): |
Monique Aparecida Voltarelli
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Educação (FE/SBD) |
| Defense date: | 2017-09-15 |
| Examining board members: |
Maria Letícia Barros Pedroso Nascimento;
Lucia Rabello de Castro;
Marcia Aparecida Gobbi;
Maria Cristina Soares Gouvea;
Lourdes Gaitán Muñoz
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| Advisor: | Maria Letícia Barros Pedroso Nascimento |
| Abstract | |
In recent years, we have seen an increase in the productions and publications on the theme of childhood from the perspective of the social scientists who have investigated childhood by discussing it applying other methodologies when conducting research with and about children. It has led to a new movement which aims at understanding the role of children and childhood in the contemporary world. Considering the worldwide width of sociology of childhood, little has been shown in conferences and literature about childhood studies in South America. Having noticed this lacking, the present research headed to investigate the development of the field in at least two South American countries in order to understand what has been researched and produced from the sociology of childhood perspective. The study mapped the production of South American and Spanish-speaking authors from 2010 to 2013, by consulting different databases, visiting the selected countries and interviewing researchers so to have a better understanding of the productions. In order to comprehend the field in South America configuration, we adopted the concept of the scientific field of Bourdieu, and with his theoretical background and the content analysis, we were able to identify the themes consecrated, the theoretical approaches, the methodological procedures, the predominant areas, and also the elements that structure the field in Argentina and Chile, the investigated countries. We noticed that the field of the sociology of childhood and the interdisciplinary field of social studies of childhood coexist in these countries, which is due to the different academic background the researchers of the field have and the varied contexts of children\'s life. Initially, European and North American productions had a great influence on the conduct of scientific research in the countries investigated, but the movements of the field can structure other pathways for the productions and theorizations of children in the Southern Hemisphere. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 13/23337-0 - Childhood studies in South America: research and production in childhood sociology perspective |
| Grantee: | Monique Aparecida Voltarelli |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate |