‘We can play tag with a stick’. Children's knowledge,experiences, feelings and creative thinking during the COVID-19 pandemic |
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Authors: | Nwakerendu Waboso Laurel Donison Rebecca Raby Evan Harding Lindsay C Sheppard Keely Grossman Haley Myatt Sara Black |
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Institution: | 1. Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada;2. University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;3. York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;4. Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
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Abstract: | Using a relational approach, we draw on repeated interviews with a group of 30 diverse children from Ontario to share and reflect on their knowledge, experiences and feelings early in the COVID-19 pandemic. Prioritising relational interdependence and relational agency, this paper illustrates our participants' embedded engagements with the pandemic and their contribution to the co-production of knowledge. We emphasise their thoughtful responses to the pandemic; their creative, self-reflexive strategies for managing a difficult time; and their advice to others. We thus prioritise children's viewpoints and emphasise their relational interconnections with others during a time that was marked by social isolation. |
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Keywords: | agency children health & well-being participation youth |
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