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Publisher:Coach House Books, 2018 -
Publisher:Coach House Books, 2018Note: This book was purchased with support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component.
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- Author: O'Donnell, DarrenDate:Created2018Summary:
We live in an "adultitarian" state, where the rules are based on very adult priorities and understandings of reality. Young people are disenfranchised and powerless; they understand they're subject to an authoritarian regime, whether they buy into it or not. But their unique perspectives also offer incredible potential for social, cultural and economic innovation. Cultural planner and performance director Darren O'Donnell has been collaborating with children for years through his company, Mammalian Diving Reflex; their most well-known piece, Haircuts by Children (exactly what it sounds like) has been performed internationally. O'Donnell suggests that working with children in the cultural industries in a manner that maintains a large space for their participation can be understood as a pilot for a vision of a very different role for young people in the world--one that the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child considers a "new social contract." Haircuts by Children is a practical proposal for the inclusion of children in as many realms as possible, not only as an expression of their rights, but as a way to intervene in the world and to disrupt the stark economic inequalities perpetuated by the status quo. Deeply practical and wildly whimsical, Haircuts by Children might actually make total sense.
Contents:- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; 1. Children vs. Capitalism; 2. Children vs. Work; 3. Children vs. Social Acupuncture; 4. Children vs. Mammalian Diving Reflex; 5. Children vs. The Future; Appendix 1: The Performance Work of Mammalian Diving Reflex and Darren Oâ#x80;#x99;Donnell in Collaboration with Children and Young People; Appendix 2: The Mammalian Protocol for Working with Children and Young People; Appendix 3: The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child; Appendix 4: The International Play Associationâ#x80;#x99;s Declaration of the Childâ#x80;#x99;s Right to Play; Notes; Works Cited.
Genre:Subject(s): Children | Children's rights | Cultural industries | Economic conditions | Social conditions | Social contractOriginal Publisher: Toronto, Coach House BooksLanguage(s): EnglishISBN: 9781770564770, 1770564772, 9781770564787, 1770564780, 9781770564794, 1770564799
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