Philosophy with Children: Toward a Literature of Childhood Voices

Abstract

Observing that children are on the margins of our society, through the Sociology of Childhood, the observation of the places they occupy begins: there arises the need to record and investigate the perspectives and conceptions that children have about being a child in our society. Thus, this research takes the form of qualitative action research, utilizing interviews grounded in Philosophy with Children as the main tool. Six meetings took place, each lasting an average of one hour, between the years 2022 and 2023. They were conducted with participants who agreed to be part of this research and are members of the Children's Committee, an integral activity of the Children's City project. The conversations were recorded, transcribed, and analyzed. The literature proposed by the children is an oral literature, primarily focusing on school events and gender conflicts. The power of the intersection between Philosophy with Children and the Sociology of Childhood is acknowledged.