Infancia y representación. Hacia una participación activa de los niños en las investigaciones sociales.

Abstract

In this paper the author argues about the value that working with children has for the social sciences, for their understanding, experiences and social representations about the world constitute a very important source of sociocultural knowledge. In conducting new kinds of social research with the active participation of children, social sciences will open for themselves the possibility to enlarge and heighten their comprehension about cultural dialogue, as well as the genesis and the dynamics of sociocultural processes. Here, we expose the convenience and the importance of exploring the social representations that children are capable to apprehend and communicate even at their short ages as a really valuable source for the improvement of social sciences in general. Approaching to those representations by the means of art, game and other alternative ways of representation will undoubtedly enrich the field of dialogue, reflection and development of every social discipline.