Drawing pictures in the dust
Rajasthani children's landscapes
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3103097 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ann Grodzins Gold (Syracuse University), Bhoju Ram Gujar |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 73-91 |
| Publication date | 1994-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Childhood (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0907-5682 • E-ISSN: 1461-7013 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/090756829400200106 |
| OpenAlex | W2066652708 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 21 |
Our paper conveys some of the ways children in rural Rajasthan, North India, think about their relationships with the environment, and how these relationships are enacted in their workday lives and expressed in their stories and songs. Due to severe deforestation in the region over the past 50 years, these children inherit a landscape very different from the one that was familiar to their parents and grand- parents. Interviews with children and the oral traditions they perform are our two major sources, supplemented with knowledge gained through participant obser vation and experience. We contrast children who work all day herding their families' livestock with children who attend school, focusing on attitudes toward work and on what daily chores and school books teach children about their natural surroundings. Folktales and folksongs rich in images and morals drawn from nature offer vivid insights into children's imaginative worlds
Deforestation · Participant observation · Children's Rights and Participation · Environmental Education and Sustainability · Geographies of human-animal interactions
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Nature, culture, and gender
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The Child and the State in India
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A Carnival of Parting
Politics of knowledge, models of development and literacy
Rethinking the commons
Of Gods, Trees and Boundaries
Sow What You Know
Is Female to Male as Nature is to Culture
Population Growth and the Decline of Common Property Resources in Rajasthan, India
The Child and the State in India
Birds on a Branch
From the Research Assistant's Point of View
India's green movements
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,1 |
| Citation span | 1997 - 2009 (13) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |