The Participation of Small Children in Indigenous Games: A Teaching Methodology in the Context of a Pataxó School Iramar Lage Santos, Juliana Prates Santana, Manuel Jacinto Sarmento Ideas, 2025 O presente artigo visa discutir a participação das crianças pequenas nos Jogos Indígenas Infanto Juvenis, que ocorrem na Aldeia Velha, como parte da proposta curricular da escola indígena Pataxó. Baseado nos Estudos Sociais da Infância e através de uma pesquisa qualitativa, de orientação etnográfica, foi possível observar a centralidade dessa atividade na preservação, afirmação e valorização da cultura do Povo Pataxó. A Aldeia Velha abriga pessoas pertencentes ao Povo Indígena Pataxó e localiza-se em Arraial d’Ajuda, distrito do município de Porto Seguro, no Extremo Sul da Bahia, Brasil. Como parte da proposta pedagógica da escola, a preparação e a execução dos jogos envolvem toda a comunidade escolar, sendo que as crianças pequenas participam diretamente da produção de saberes que envolvem os elementos da cultura. Elas são parte constituinte dos processos de produção e reprodução da cultura indígena, em um movimento de interação, enquanto brincam, produzem ativamente um mundo social próprio. Para o Povo Pataxó, as crianças representam o sagrado e a esperança de continuidade deste povo, elas são cuidadas e educadas para se tornarem um/uma guerreiro/a para, junto com a comunidade, manter viva a tradição cultural indígena, seus modos originários e seus rituais tradicionais. As observações permitiram constatar a importância da ludicidade e das culturas da infância na construção da identidade indígena.
HOW MUCH TIME DOES TIME HAVE? THE DAILY LIVES OF CHILDREN DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC Juliana Prates Santana, Lia da Rocha Lordelo, Adriana Freire Pereira Férriz Cadernos Cedes, 2022 Articulating the Social Studies of Childhood and a contemporary approach in Developmental Psychology, this study aimed to investigate the experience of children from Salvador, Brazil, and its metropolitan region, concerning their organization of time during Covid-19pandemic; particularly, how children organize their days, how they perceive the passage of time, and how they have been managing free and institutionalized time within the domestic space. Results show a significant increase in the time spent with electronic devices and screens, a reduction is physical activities, and the feeling of boredom by some children. This feeling was preceded by the reorganization of their weeks with the main activities they usually did before the pandemic – school, extracurricular, and leisure activities – in the remote system.
CHILDREN’S DIGITAL ACTIVISM IN TIMES OF PANDEMIC Bianca Orrico Serrão, Manuel J. Sarmento, Juliana Prates Santana Educacao E Sociedade, 2022 RESUMO O presente trabalho, realizado pelo viés da Sociologia da Infância, tem como objetivo principal apresentar algumas das ações das crianças consideradas digital influencers para a promoção de conscientização e enfrentamento daCovid-19. A recolha dos dados foi realizada a partir de uma etnografia digital, analisando as redes sociais e notícias vinculadas na mídia de onze crianças de diferentes países (Brasil, Estados Unidos, Uganda e Suécia). Foi possível identificar que a Internet tem possibilitado uma visibilidade a grupos minoritários, como as crianças, permitindo que esse grupo social se engaje em ações que considera relevantes, obtendo maior visibilidade de suas lutas por meio das redes e acessando pessoas que até então eram desconsideradas nas agendas dos movimentos sociais.
Capturing the heterogeneity of life on the streets: A person-centered analysis of street histories and social connections of youth Rebeca Fernandes Ferreira Lima, Marcela Raffaelli, Normanda Araujo de Morais, Juliana Prates Santana, Silvia H. Koller Journal of Adolescence, 2021 IntroductionThe heterogeneity of street‐involved youth was examined using a person‐centered approach. Youth were classified based on patterns of street involvement and the identified profiles compared to identify theoretically coherent and practically significant differences.MethodsParticipants were 111 street‐involved youth aged 9 to 18 (M age = 14.15 years; 81.1% male, 91.1% non‐white) from three Brazilian cities. Youth completed a life history interview and structured assessment. Latent class analysis was used to identify three profiles of youth based on reasons for going to the street and connections to major developmental contexts (street, family, institutions). Profile comparisons on psychosocial variables (e.g., age, life events) and adjustment indicators (e.g., drug use, life satisfaction) were conducted using multinomial logistic regression.ResultsThe largest profile (48.6%) included youth drawn to the street by drug use or trafficking, who had moderate connections to street and family. Another group (40.5%) went to the street to escape family dysfunction, and the street represented their primary developmental context. These groups differed on some psychosocial indicators but had similar patterns of adjustment. The third group of youth (10.8%) had families with a history of street involvement and maintained strong ties to all three developmental contexts. These youth had generally better adjustment than their peers (e.g., less drug use, higher life satisfaction) but had higher levels of sexual risk related to the overrepresentation of girls.ConclusionsStreet involvement is a multidetermined phenomenon that may expose young people to distinct conditions of vulnerability. Findings have implications for research, practice, and policy.
Adolescents, Street, Drugs and Psychoactive Substances: A Study on Risk and Protection Juliana Prates Santana, Marcela Raffaelli, Lucas Vezedek, Silvia Helena Koller Psicologia Teoria E Pesquisa, 2021 The article describes the consumption of psychoactive substances (PSs) by street-involved children and adolescents (SCA) in three Brazilian state capitals and examines adverse life events due to drug involvement. The longitudinal study included 108 SCA (9-18 years old, both sexes), grouped according to the main reason for going to the street: drugs, caregivers, escape, work and freedom. It also discusses the impact of drugs, trafficking and the place that this theme has occupied in public policies, social interventions and the life trajectory of these participants, through a case study. It is intended that these data can support the operation of interventions and the formulation of public policies that guarantee integral protection.
Trajectories of Adjustment in a Brazilian Sample of Street-Involved Youth Rebeca Fernandes Ferreira Lima, Marcela Raffaelli, Normanda Araujo de Morais, Juliana P Santana, Carlos J Nieto, et al. Child Development, 2020 Trajectories of adjustment were examined in a sample of street-involved youth across a 1-year period. Participants (N = 113; Mage = 14.18 years; 80.5% male, 91% non-White) were recruited in three Brazilian cities. Interviews conducted at three time points included six measures of physical and psychological adjustment. Unconditional growth models revealed linear declines over time (i.e., improved adjustment) on three indicators: health symptoms, sexual risk behaviors, and negative affect. There were no linear changes in drug use, positive affect, or life satisfaction. Conditional growth models revealed few significant effects for age or gender, but ratings of stressful life events moderated longitudinal changes in health symptoms, drug use, and negative affect. Implications for practice, policy, and theory are discussed.
Poverty, risk, and resilience: The case of street- involved youth Silvia H. Koller, Juliana Prates Santana, Marcela Raffaelli Handbook of Adolescent Development Research and Its Impact on Global Policy, 2018 This chapter aims to present a selective review that can be used to identify some contradictions about street life; once recognized, this knowledge may be used to inform interventions and social policy initiatives. We begin by defining street children and adolescents; examining evidence of vulnerability and resilience in research on the daily lives of street-involved youth; discussing methodological and ethical challenges to advancing understanding of this population; and examining how research with street-involved youth can be used to advance local and global practice and policy. Our aim is to present literature from around the globe, but our discussion is informed by—and draws on—our long-standing program of research and practice in Brazil.
