The (city)age matters!

Conceptions, experiences and wanderings of young children

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https://doi.org/10.15448/1984-7289.2023.1.41964

Keywords:

Children, City, Kindergarten, Portugal

Abstract

Working theoretically on the idea of generation and the diversity of children’s experiences in the public space is a challenge that has gained visibility in recent years. Centred, above all, on ideas such as the right to the city and the public space by different generational groups and the rights to participate in the construction and design of spaces suitable for different ages, the theoretical perspectives have highlighted children’s competences in analysing, experiencing and living the public space. At the same time, the tensions and difficulties of these processes are discussed based on the Sociology of Childhood. The case study carried out in a kindergarten in Lisbon, during the school year of 2019/2020, wanted to characterize children’s conceptions and experiences about the neighbourhood where they live, thus breaking the idea of exclusion of younger children about thinking about the city and the environments they live and experience, every day. In the end, different questions are raised based on the theoretical frameworks worked and the analyses carried out. 

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Author Biographies

Catarina Tomás, Escola Superior de Educação de Lisboa (ESELx) e Centro Interdisciplinar de Ciências Sociais da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (CICS. NOVA), Lisboa, Portugal.

Doutora em Estudos da Criança – Sociologia da Infância pela Universidade do Minho (UMinho), em Braga, Portugal. Professora Coordenadora na Escola Superior de Educação de Lisboa, Portugal e investigadora do Centro Interdisciplinar de Ciências Sociais da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FCSH NOVA), em Lisboa, Portugal.

Gabriela Trevisan, Prochild Colab against Poverty and Social Exclusion (ProChild CoLAB), Guimarães, Portugal.

Doutora em Estudos da Criança - Sociologia da Infância pela Universidade do Minho, em Braga, Portugal. Investigadora do Prochild Colab against Poverty and Social Exclusion (ProChild CoLAB), em Guimarães, Portugal.

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Published

2023-01-09

How to Cite

Tomás, C., & Trevisan, G. (2023). The (city)age matters! Conceptions, experiences and wanderings of young children. Civitas: Journal of Social Sciences, 23(1), e41964. https://doi.org/10.15448/1984-7289.2023.1.41964

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Urban childhood in Social Sciences: problems and methodological challenges