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Now — and Now — and Now: Time, Space and the Material Entanglements of the Classroom
Author(s) -
Hohti Riikka
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
children and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1099-0860
pISSN - 0951-0605
DOI - 10.1111/chso.12135
Subject(s) - space (punctuation) , class (philosophy) , spacetime , epistemology , sociology , space time , psychology , mathematics education , computer science , physics , philosophy , engineering , quantum mechanics , chemical engineering , operating system
This study examines time and children in the classroom based on free‐flowing observations written in class by 10‐year‐old pupils. The concept of e ntanglement is activated to consider time together with space and matter and explore the dynamics in which these elements interact. The analysis unsettles the notion of time as a separate, ‘outside’ parameter: rather than examining children in time, this viewpoint enables us to see children as being or becoming of different times and entangling with material elements. On the other hand, entanglements also produce different moments of now , which are seen as multiple and hybrid. The author suggests an understanding of research with children as ‘lively entanglements’ in which special attention should be given to things that matter to children.