Enchanted Animism: A Matter of Care

Autor/in	Merewether, Jane
Titel	Enchanted Animism: A Matter of Care
Quelle	In: Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 24 (2023) 1, S.20-31 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Merewether, Jane)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
DOI	10.1177/1463949120971380
Schlagwörter	Early Childhood Education; Caring; Piagetian Theory; Childrens Attitudes; Developmental Stages; Young Children; Imagination + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Care; Pflege; Sorge; Betreuung; Frühe Kindheit
Abstract	Jean Piaget, whose work continues to be very influential in early childhood education, associated young children's animism with their 'primitive thought' claiming children remain animists until they reach a more advanced and rational stage of development. This article proposes a rethinking of the Piagetian view of animism, suggesting instead that children's animism be conceived as a 'matter of care' which may then offer possibilities for living more responsively and attentively with non human others. Drawing on two recent research projects involving two-to-eight-year-old children, the article contends that children's playful and speculative 'enchanted animism' can create a spaces for curiosity, wonder and immersion in and of the world. The author argues that enchanted animism has the potential to open children to their "worldly embeddedness" and can ignite possibilities for more responsive and attentive ways of living with an increasingly damaged Earth. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01