Anthropology and Childhood. From Research Teams to the Development of Teaching and Learning Spaces in the Buenos Aires Area (Argentina)

GARCÍA PALACIOS, MARIANA; VARELA, MELINA; ENRIZ, NOELIA; SZULC, ANDREA; HECHT, ANA CAROLINA; LEAVY, MARÍA PIA; SHABEL, PAULA

AnthropoChildren

University of Liège

Lugar: Liege; Año: 2012

2034-8517

In the last few decades in Argentina, childhood began to emerge as a legitimate field of anthropological research. Constant work by local researchers and the growth of research teams have given rise to educational activities in this field at universities all over the country. The focus of analysis in this paper are the different courses developed as part of undergraduate and graduate training programs in Anthropology at four public universities in the city and province of Buenos Aires. The study of the seminar?s syllabuses shows, on the one hand, plenty and varied subject matters concerning childhood both directly and indirectly. On the other hand, we will examine the shared stress of such courses on the potential of anthropology to deconstruct childhood through historical and ethnographical approaches.