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Aims and Content:
All over the world, children are considered to be the continuance of societies. But even though all societies develop ways to raise children, the definition of childhood differs widely:
§ From what age is a human being called child?
§ What is “it” before, what is “it” afterwards?
§ Does the idea of man include ranks of age, social status or knowledge, and in which ways are children included in this way of thinking?
§ What initiates or influences the socialisation of a human being into the role of a boy or a girl?
§ Is there a reflection of patrilinearity or matrilinearity in the upbringing of children?
During the seminar the issues of the ideological and practical side of birth; the differences between socialisation, education, and cultivation; different examples of initiation; places of and for children; the consequences in terms of social status within a society after adoption; and spiritual and material legacy are going to be broached. The name giving, family ties, and identity building are going to be questioned in the research on children and childhood in Anthropology and neighbour disciplines.
Literature:
Bakke, O.M.2005 When Children Became People. Minneapolis: Fortress Press.
Davis, Rocio2007 Begin Here. Reading Asian North American Autobiographies of Childhood. Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press.
Heywood, Colin2001 A History of Childhood. Cambrigde: Polity Press.
O’Malley, Andrew2003 The making of the modern child. London: Routledge.
Renner, Erich (Hrsg.)1995 Kinderwelten. Pädagogische, ethnologische und literaturwissenschaftliche Annäherungen. Weinheim: Deutscher Studien Verlag.
Scourfield, J., B. Dicks, M. Drakeford and A. Davies2006 Children, Place and Identity. Nation and locality in middle childhood. New York: Routledge.
Sobel, David2002 Children’s Special Places. Detroit: Wayne State University.
van de Loo, M.-J. und M. Reinhart1993 Kinder. Ethnologische Forschungen in fünf Kontinenten. München: Trickster.
Wileman, Julie2005 Hide and Seek. The Archaeology of Childhood. Brimscombe: Tempus.
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*Dates:
§ Friday, Oct 17, 12 - 2 p.m.
§ Saturday, Oct 18, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
§ Friday, Dec 5, 12 - 6 p.m.
§ Saturday, Dec 6, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
§ Friday, Dec 12, 12 - 8 p.m.
§ Saturday, Dec 13, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
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