La emoción como estrategia movilizadora de la acción política de niños, niñas y adolescentes
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Date
2017
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Corporación Universitaria Lasallista
Abstract
Introduction. The place of emotions in child and
adolescent participation processes has not been
a widely discussed topic; however, such emotions
play an important role in the development of actions
involving others. Objective. This article gives an
account of some of the emotions that are key and
which promote the collective actions undertaken by
the children and adolescents who make part of the
Participation Councils in Medellín. Methodology. In
a comprehensive exercise, the emotions associated
with the deployment of actions in the communities
were researched through ten focus groups with
ten participants each, and 21 social mapping
meetings with an average of 20 participants each,
corresponding to the City Council, the 16 district
councils, and the five township councils, respectively.
Results. It is important to highlight the potential that
council members attribute to friendship, indignation,
fear, and joy as decisive emotions in their shaping as political subjects and in the resulting collective actions
that may be implemented for a critical interpretation
of their contexts and for building, based on their
own conditions of vulnerability, viable and socially
productive alternatives regarding a decent life for all.
Conclusions. Emotions both determine the ways in
which the council members relate to the world and to
themselves and drive their collective actions, which
when carried out in public settings and in function
of the common good, acquire the nature of political
actions that, in turn, favor their shaping as political
subjects.
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Keywords
Corporación Universitaria Lasallista, Emociones, Participación infantil, Participación juvenil, Participación ciudadana, Cartografía social
Citation
Revista Lasallista de Investigación Vol. 14 N. 2