Play and learn: Children's agency through the COVID-19 pandemic in Mozambique |
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Authors: | Marina Di Napoli Pastore Francesca Salvi |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Occupational Therapy, ISCISA - Higher Institute of Health Science, Maputo, Mozambique;2. School of Education and Sociology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK |
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Abstract: | Social distancing, one of the measures adopted in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, profoundly impacted on the lives of children. The consequences were, however, not homogenous. By focusing on the daily practices of 41 Mozambican children aged 3–10, we consider how differences in socioeconomic backgrounds led children to respond to the social restrictions in ways that made sense to them. Inspired by Abebe (2019), we identify how the interruptions of daily routines enabled specific instances of agency on children's part. These, we argue, produce new forms of continuity. |
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Keywords: | agency children COVID-19 Mozambique play school |
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