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Publication Date: 2017
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Dinosaurs and Other Dangers: Navigational Play in a World of Trouble
Underwood, Charles; Welsh Mahmood, Mara; Pranzetti, Dirce M. F.; Toloza O. Costa, Maria Cecilia
International Journal for Research on Extended Education, v5 n1 p76-99 2017
This article presents a case study of a child who attended Projeto Clicar, an extended education program designed for the social and educational development of children living on the streets of São Paulo, Brasil. We discuss how his discovery of the existence of dinosaurs unleashed a sustained artistic output at Projeto Clicar. We document the "third space" of Projeto Clicar, which offered repertoires of practice that represented alternative modes of relation for the children of Projeto Clicar. We discuss how this alternative relational space provided the tools for ecological resilience in a hazardous world, as the child's dinosaur art became both a exploration of inter-relatedness and a means of expressing his own predicament of place, navigating between the open, inclusive world of Projeto Clicar and the closed, exclusive geographies of the city streets outside its reach.
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Homeless People, Foreign Countries, Program Effectiveness, Disadvantaged Youth, Paleontology, Resilience (Psychology), Childrens Art, Art Expression, Youth Programs, Informal Education, Inclusion, Safety, Museums, Hands on Science, Urban Areas
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Brazil
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