Children, training, subjectivation and political socialization in Medellín in times of social insurgence

Abstract

This work aimed to recognize the political arguments, practices and discourses used to justify or condemn the participation of children un the city’s politics. Both aesthetic prosaic dimensions of situated text were analyzed: photos, utterances, news excerpts, policies, manifestos, chronicles, and voices of actors involved in the educational processes of the political body of children in institutional and non-institutional, formal and non-formal settings. Findings can be used as a reference for the creation social, curricular, and educational public policies to redefine the life, manifestability, and political formation and habitation of children in the city.