Giovanna Caetano-Silva
Biographic Data
| ID | 6714936 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Giovanna Caetano-Silva |
| GIVEN NAMES | Giovanna |
| FAMILY NAME | Caetano-Silva |
| SIGNATURE | CAETANO-SILVA G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidad de Sevilla |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8819-473X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
‘Until we see them, we won’t know . . .’
Approaching literacy from a more-than-human perspective can be a way of honouring the mundane politics that are part of children’s everyday lives globally. However, these politics require a different kind of attunement from adults, who are accustomed to not caring about events that seem to have no purpose and that, at first glance, appear to be unrelated to literacy. With that in mind, this study engages with the concept of the minor gesture to e…
‘The toys you sleep with’
Early childhood literacy is pervaded by dominant discourses telling children both what to say, how to say it, and what is worthy of adults' attention. These discourses are affected by the need to constantly see language through solely representational accounts, and children as still progressing, developing and becoming literate while excluding the strong presence of more-than-humans and the diverse ways of being child. However, the field of posth…
‘ What action did you see me do? ’
This paper offers a creative methodology for co-creating and analysing data when conducting research with children, families and practitioners in the early years. Instead of relying heavily on either adult observation or language when, for example, interviewing children, we propose the method of choreographed visual montage. We show the novelty and practical applicability of our posthumanist experimentation with visual and digital research method…
I just go headbutt a tree or something’
The relationship between children’s digital play and well-being remains under-researched, with debates often polarised and limited by a lack of holistic studies in diverse global contexts. This article draws on empirical data from an ecoculturally informed study of children’s (6–12) digital play in the United Kingdom, South Africa, Australia and Cyprus to examine how individual and contextual circumstances influence children’s self-led digital pl…
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‘ What action did you see me do? ’
This paper offers a creative methodology for co-creating and analysing data when conducting research with children, families and practitioners in the early years. Instead of relying heavily on either adult observation or language when, for example, interviewing children, we propose the method of choreographed visual montage. We show the novelty and practical applicability of our posthumanist experimentation with visual and digital research method…
I just go headbutt a tree or something’
The relationship between children’s digital play and well-being remains under-researched, with debates often polarised and limited by a lack of holistic studies in diverse global contexts. This article draws on empirical data from an ecoculturally informed study of children’s (6–12) digital play in the United Kingdom, South Africa, Australia and Cyprus to examine how individual and contextual circumstances influence children’s self-led digital pl…
‘Until we see them, we won’t know . . .’
Approaching literacy from a more-than-human perspective can be a way of honouring the mundane politics that are part of children’s everyday lives globally. However, these politics require a different kind of attunement from adults, who are accustomed to not caring about events that seem to have no purpose and that, at first glance, appear to be unrelated to literacy. With that in mind, this study engages with the concept of the minor gesture to e…
‘The toys you sleep with’
Early childhood literacy is pervaded by dominant discourses telling children both what to say, how to say it, and what is worthy of adults' attention. These discourses are affected by the need to constantly see language through solely representational accounts, and children as still progressing, developing and becoming literate while excluding the strong presence of more-than-humans and the diverse ways of being child. However, the field of posth…
Art (2 works) · Child Development and Digital Technology (2 works) · Literacy, Media, and Education (2 works) · Posthumanist Ethics and Activism (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Action research (1 work) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Art Education and Development (1 work) · children's lives (1 work) · Children's Rights and Participation (1 work)