Open AccessA REFLECTION ON QUEERCRIP CHILD AND YOUTH CARE PRACTICE: DREAMS OF CARE AND FUTURITY
Author(s) -
Casper Gemar
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of child, youth and family studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1920-7298
DOI - 10.18357/ijcyfs123-4202120342
Subject(s) - praxis , embodied cognition , futures contract , sociology , power (physics) , reflection (computer programming) , care work , critical reflection , foundation (evidence) , child care , work (physics) , epistemology , nursing , pedagogy , political science , medicine , engineering , law , computer science , philosophy , business , mechanical engineering , physics , finance , quantum mechanics , programming language
This paper engages with a reflection on the author’s embodied queercrip youth care praxis. The author uses queercrip theory to examine child and youth care practices and the relationships they hold to structures of power and domination. In so doing, he uses the terms eliminatory logics, survival dreaming, and crip constellations to understand the dynamics that undergird care and liberatory futures. Exploration of the (re)emerging queercrip paradigms that are the foundation of this work finds that these practices of care require moving beyond current imaginaries in youth care spaces. The paper concludes with recommendations for practice.