Silence of specific groups of children in researches

ABSTRACT Gradually, we have seen the expansion of space granted to the voice of children in researches on social and human sciences, although historically they have disregarded children’s voice, because they were seen as incompetent to judge or properly inform. The article discusses how their perspective has been incorporated in Brazilian research, with special emphasis on the characterization of the children involved. We have analyzed 179 research report articles of anthropology, education, psychology and sociology with the involvement of children that were published between 2000 and 2012 in journals classified as A1 or A2 by the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES). Young children, living in non-urban areas or located in the North, Northeast and Midwest remain silenced. There is this absence with important theoretical and political repercussion.

摘要：长期以来，社会与人文学科研究中一直忽视儿童的声音，认为其无能力作出合理判断或提供准确信息；而如今这类研究中赋予儿童发声的空间正逐步扩大。本文探讨了巴西研究界如何吸纳儿童视角，并重点聚焦于对所涉儿童的特征刻画。本研究分析了2000至2012年间发表于巴西高等教育人才提升协调署（Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel, CAPES）评为A1或A2级的期刊中，179篇涉及儿童参与的人类学、教育学、心理学与社会学研究报告论文。年幼儿童、居住于非城市地区的儿童，以及巴西北部、东北部与中西部地区的儿童仍处于失声状态。这种失声状态具有重要的理论与政治影响。