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The everyday life of children 0-3 years and their families living in a settled rural community: meanings and practices families

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Author(s):
Marcella Oliveira Araújo
Total Authors: 1
Document type: Master's Dissertation
Press: Ribeirão Preto.
Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto (PCARP/BC)
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Examining board members:
Ana Paula Soares da Silva; Eliana da Silva Felipe; Isabel de Oliveira e Silva
Advisor: Ana Paula Soares da Silva
Abstract

The aim of this study was to comprehend the daily life of children between the ages of 0 and 3 who lives in a settled rural community, from and by significations and familiar practices. For that, it was conducted an ethnographic research from the perspective of theoretical methodological of Network of meanings (Rede de Significações RedSig). The construction of the empirical material was made through the following methodological resources: a questionnaire with 14 settled families with 16 children aged 0 to 3 years, observations recorded in format of a field journal, all carried out over four weeks with each one of the children and their families (Paulinha, 10 months old; Maria, 1 year and 5 months old; Joaquim, 2 years and 5 months old.) Interviews with members of the tree families studied. In the present research, the chosen way of appropriation of ethnography consists in a dialogue with the RedSig, the description of the different elements which make up the semiotic universe of the children and their families in the field as well as their family practices. From this, it was constructed the setup routine of 16 children 0-3 years of the rural community investigated, from the characterization of the sample, the persons listed as participants in the daily life of the child, from the activities, spaces and play times, from the significations about the care and education of the child from the fields; from the days and the typical weekend of children 0 to 3 years. The days of Paulinhas, Maria e Joaquim were descripted by Webs, elucidating their stories, their plots with scenarios, the characters, the types of relationships and roles and the relations with the objectives and the animals. To make up this description, were utilized also the excerpts of questionnaires and interviews in the composition of the networks of each child. The field journals of the children told not only their stories, but also networks of broader relationships, complex, permeated by affective aspects, economic, cultural and political relations marked by generational and ways of conceiving and care of the young children. Besides that, unlike traditional conceptions, the days of children 0-3 years of this community were not restricted to the domestic space, they participate in different household activities, work in the land and relations with animals, in different areas, rural and urban. The absence of public policy for children up to 3 years in the field plays an important role in the ways each family organizes itself and access to children\'s rights.The families also demonstrated the will of being assisted in their health, leisure, social assistance for children 0-3 years. The policies for 0-3 years children from the fields can be misguided in case of misunderstanding the daily life of the children, their conditions and their lives dynamic. Comprehend the routine of these babies, in a ethnographic perspective, can also help to understand the micro-transformations they suffer along the time; approaches to the appropriation of the rural concept by the child and therefore the understanding of the field as an area of the babies and for babies. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 11/04040-1 - The daily life of children 0 to 3 years in a rural community: family meanings and practices
Grantee:Marcella Oliveira Araujo
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master