TY - JOUR
T1 - Radical democratic citizenship at the edge of life
T2 - Young children, cafés and intergenerational and intersectional activism
AU - Konstantoni, Kristina
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2021/12/21
Y1 - 2021/12/21
N2 - Current approaches to radical democratic citizenship seek to open up new spaces for political action and politicise ordinariness. However, a question remains as to the extent to which current radical approaches to citizenship include one of the most overlooked groups: very young children. This article focuses on radical democratic citizenship and early childhood (0 to 8 years old), where rights are often violated and activism is not always recognised, particularly in everyday public spaces. Drawing on critical reflections from recent research projects focusing on young children’s rights in everyday public spaces, I argue that radical democratic citizenship in early childhood can be conceptualised through intergenerational and intersectional activism and through an analysis of children’s ordinary political acts which render visible processes of radical change.
AB - Current approaches to radical democratic citizenship seek to open up new spaces for political action and politicise ordinariness. However, a question remains as to the extent to which current radical approaches to citizenship include one of the most overlooked groups: very young children. This article focuses on radical democratic citizenship and early childhood (0 to 8 years old), where rights are often violated and activism is not always recognised, particularly in everyday public spaces. Drawing on critical reflections from recent research projects focusing on young children’s rights in everyday public spaces, I argue that radical democratic citizenship in early childhood can be conceptualised through intergenerational and intersectional activism and through an analysis of children’s ordinary political acts which render visible processes of radical change.
KW - activism
KW - cafés
KW - intergenerational
KW - intersectional
KW - public spaces
KW - young children
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85121694124&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/1070289X.2021.2017591
DO - 10.1080/1070289X.2021.2017591
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85121694124
JO - Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power
JF - Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power
SN - 1070-289X
ER -