ABSTRACT
Though context has yet to receive an unequivocal definition, it is a concept that frequently appears in research in children's knowledge and its construction. This article examines the scope and meaning of context in genetic psychology and social anthropology in order to better understand the relationship between children's construction of knowledge and the context in which it occurs. Meta-theoretical, theoretical and methodological complexities arise when the concept is analyzed in the two disciplines, and these will also be addressed herein. The fields of anthropology and constructive psychology are both affected by the relationship between the building of knowledge and the social practices surrounding this process. Finally, based on these empirical examinations, the article explores how research methodologies could incorporate the notion of context in research focused on the construction of knowledge.
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Anthropology , Child Development , Knowledge , Psychology, Developmental , Child , HumansABSTRACT
La investigación participativa con niños y niñas compone el objeto de análisis de este trabajo. Definiendo el conocimiento como una herramienta de transformación de la realidad, se avanza con un recorrido por diversas matrices teóricas de niñez, dando cuenta del proceso de invisibilización sufrido por niños y niñas en tanto sujetos de su propia historia, capaces de comprender su realidad y reflexionar sobre ella. En este punto propongo los enfoques co-participativos para recuperar las voces de los niños y niñas que han sido históricamente silenciadas. Esta hipótesis se pone en práctica en una experiencia llamada Aula Vereda, un espacio barrial de educación popular con niños y niñas de un barrio de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, donde se desarrolla una Investigación Participativa.
Participative research with children is the object of analysis of this work. Defining knowledge as a tool for transforming reality, progress is made along a tour of the different theoretical matrices on childhood, exposing the process of invisibilization children have been submitted to as subjects of their own history who are capable of understanding their reality and reflect about it. On this point, I expand on the co-participative approaches to regain the childrens voices, which have been silenced historically. This hypothesis is implemented in an experience called AulaVereda, a neighborhood space for popular education with children from a neighborhood in the City of Buenos Aires, where a Participative Research is being carried out.
