Children who carry stones in their pockets: on autotelic material practices in everyday life |
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Authors: | Pauliina Rautio |
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Affiliation: | Department of Teacher Education, Siltavuorenpenger 5, 00014 University of Helsinki, Finland |
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Abstract: | This paper is based on an ongoing empirical journey into the materiality of children's everyday life environments. The theoretical framework relies on post-humanism relational/new materialism as influenced by Deleuze and Guattari. An inherently rewarding practice, often undertaken by children as if by default – the carrying of stones – is discussed as blurring the unfortunate and artificially produced nature-culture divide. |
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Keywords: | children's everyday life new materialism posthumanism autotelic practices |
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