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The Cosmopolitanization of Childhood: Eco-Knowledge in Children’s Eco-Edutainment Books
University of Gothenburg, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8454-2891
2012 (English)In: Young - Nordic Journal of Youth Research, ISSN 1103-3088, E-ISSN 1741-3222, Vol. 20, no 2, p. 199-218Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This article discusses one particular aspect of the cosmopolitanization of childhood by analyzing children’s ‘eco-edutainment’ books, giving advice on how to save the world from environmental catastrophe. Its purpose is to analyze how such books articulate and spread ‘eco-knowledge’, encouraging children to become environmentally aware world citizens. The analysis shows that these books urge children and pre-teens not only to become self-disciplined and caring, ethical ‘ecological selves’, but also to partake in producing local eco-knowledge and monitoring ecodiscipline in their families, schools and local communities. The interconnection of problems, blame, possibilities, responsibilities, commitment and tactics and techniques made in these books articulates a persuasive and potentially mobilizing discourse. By simultaneously empowering the children, stimulating their cosmopolitical commitment and suggesting certain techniques and tactics for improving their families’ and schools’ environmental performances, these books encourage children to identify with a duty of becoming cosmopolitical problem solvers.

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Sage Publications, 2012. Vol. 20, no 2, p. 199-218
Keywords [en]
environmental education, sustainable development, governmentality, discipline, children’s edutainment books
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Sociology
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Social Sciences, Sociology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-97447DOI: 10.1177/110330881202000205OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-97447DiVA, id: diva2:1456646
Available from: 2020-08-06 Created: 2020-08-06 Last updated: 2020-09-15Bibliographically approved

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