From aphonia to children's voice in research: a critical understanding of the concept of voice

• Autor(a) principal: Fernandes, Natalia
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Souza, Luciana França
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Pesquisa (Auto)biográfica
• Texto Completo: https://www.revistas.uneb.br/index.php/rbpab/article/view/9015

Research with children is a field in progress that has contributed to face the invisibility of children both as objects and as subjects of research, bringing them to the center, because of their status as active subjects of rights and social actors which requires a methodological and ethical commitment that respects this condition. The consolidation of the idea that children are legitime subjects of knowledge (authoritative knowers), requires from adult researchers a refined ethical commitment that respectfully calls the children's voices, without leaving them invisible in the voice of the adult who interprets them. In this paper, we will mobilize questions about the concept of voice and reflections about the contexts in which these voices are produced. How are the power relationships considered? How are the alterities of adults and children considered in the production of these voices? What is the value of silences in research processes? To answer to these questions will situate the concept of voice in the field of complexities that cross the research with children, bringing to the center a debate about of an epistemological commitment to methodological and theoretical options and the way they are organized in order to respect the child as subject and author.