Call for papers Volume 8(2) Publication: second semester 2024
Children's activisms for social and political justice
Deadline for receipt of articles: 15 August 2024
In the field of child studies, and more commonly in Europe and North America, the term 'childism' has come to be used to signify a deepening of some of the principles implicitly shared by the social disciplines included in this field.
On the one hand, it is a question of pointing out the opposition to adult-centrism and age discrimination (ageism, agism). But at the same time it is about responding, in a positive and affirmative sense, to the need to give greater promotion to children and adolescentsto social participation rights.
So far, there is no translation of the Anglo-Saxon term into Spanish or Portuguese. The temptation makes us think of "infantismo" as a provisional term, but the debate remains open, although the content and components of the new concept seem clear and acceptable to us. Therefore, beyond the term itself, we consider that the ideas that lead to the testing of new globalising concepts in favour of childhood deserve to be debated in our journal.
Thus, we invite children's researchers to submit papers, whether empirically grounded or theoretically reflective, based on the radical notion that children should be respected as human beings, with the same value as adults, despite differences in size, experience and power; and that children's perspectives and experiences should be taken into account on their own merits.
We suggest focusing on the very movements that have emerged from and by children: climate activists, working children, social media influencers, advocates for their rights to active participation and political representation, organising for mutual care and self-help, etc. We also suggest incorporating into the analysis the critical approaches that are currently informing children's studies.
THE CALL IS OPEN ALL TIME FOR THE ADMISSION OF ARTICLES FOR THE OTHER OF THE JOURNAL SECTIONS
(Miscellaneous, Reviews and Other Collaborations).
- The author’s guidelines can be found on the journal page: https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/SOCI/about/submissions.
- Articles written in Spanish, Portuguese and English will be accepted under the indicated conditions.
- For any questions, please contact the journal’s secretary : sociedadeinfancia@ucm.es
Sociedad e Infancias thanks all the people who, whether as authors, as evaluators, or as advisers to the journal, are contributing to making it a benchmark for childhood studies, especially in the Ibero-American sphere.
