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Na rota da violência: crianças em contexto armado

From a sociocultural constructivist perspective, this paper analyses the sociocultural processes involved in children's participation in criminal organizations in Rio de Janeiro, and in other violent and armed environments. The analysis is based on the work of Dowdney (2003, 2005), and the work of the Slum Monitoring Center (Observatorio de Favelas, 2006). The article discusses the concept of childhood, and identifies the major factors affecting child development within such contexts: the strategies used by adults to induct children into a criminal organization and to keep them there. It highlights the role of school and work, two environments universally present in the research participants' own narratives. To study the topic demands a systematic approach so as to account for the variety of factors at work, from the historicosocial forces revealed in the social practices and the collective culture of gangs, to issues such as autonomy and social responsibility. The paper stresses the need to create collective spaces for expressing and coconstructing meanings, which may encourage social and personal reflection, and so promote healthy developmental contexts for both the individual and society.

Na rota da violência: crianças em contexto armado

Urheber*in: Branco, Angela Uchoa; Pires, Sergio Fernandes Senna

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Alternative title
Towards violence: developing children within armed contexts
Extent
Seite(n): 153-169
Language
Portugiesisch
Notes
Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet

Bibliographic citation
Athenea Digital: Revista de Pensamiento e Investigacion Social(13)

Subject
Soziale Probleme und Sozialdienste
Soziologie, Anthropologie
Jugendsoziologie, Soziologie der Kindheit
soziale Probleme

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Branco, Angela Uchoa
Pires, Sergio Fernandes Senna
Event
Veröffentlichung
(where)
Spanien
(when)
2008

URN
urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-63397
Rights
GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
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21.06.2024, 4:26 PM CEST

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  • Zeitschriftenartikel

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  • Branco, Angela Uchoa
  • Pires, Sergio Fernandes Senna

Time of origin

  • 2008

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