Children's right to be hostile: Emotions and agency through psychodynamic lens |
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Institution: | 1. Instituto de Geografía, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Investigación Científica, Ciudad Universitaria, C.U, Coyoacán, 04510, Ciudad de México, CDMX, Mexico;2. Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Mario de La Cueva s/n, Ciudad Universitaria, Cd. Universitaria, 04510, Coyoacán, CDMX, Mexico;1. Senior Lecturer in Feminist Geography, School of Geography and Planning, Cardiff University, UK;2. Professor of Midwifery and Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Midwifery Development, School of Healthcare Sciences, Cardiff University, UK;3. Department of History-Geography, Ecole Jeannine Manuel, Paris, France;1. Aalborg University, Denmark;2. University of Sheffield, UK |
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Abstract: | This paper explores children's hostility towards adult researchers and shows how individual acts of hostility might be linked to wider contexts in children's lives and to their relationships with others. Drawing on ethnographic research with children in Slovakia and psychodynamic theories of Alfred Adler and Anna Freud, the paper argues for hostility to be seen as a legitimate form of children's political agency and one which might require escape from adult logics and interpretations. It suggests that children's hostility towards the researcher should be seen as a right before it is considered a problem, and it should not on its own exclude children from participation in research. Tracing the emotional dynamics of research-participant encounters and their links to other social relationships, personal histories and emotional materials, the paper suggests that recognising children's agency as too elusive for adult interpretations might facilitate new forms of research participation, one which would not rest as heavily on the adult conceptions of childhood. |
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Keywords: | Children Participation Agency Emotions Hostility Psychoanalysis |
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