Open AccessEntanglements with Reggio in Northern Ontario, Canada
Author(s) -
Julie Kelly,
Sophie Anne Edwards,
Sharon B. Speir
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of childhood studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2371-4115
pISSN - 2371-4107
DOI - 10.18357/jcs00019332
Subject(s) - wonder , dialogic , active listening , fence (mathematics) , sociology , space (punctuation) , spring (device) , media studies , visual arts , aesthetics , pedagogy , psychology , art , social psychology , communication , engineering , computer science , mechanical engineering , structural engineering , operating system
In the fall and spring, water beckons to us to “jump the fence” and follow the pathways created by seasonal water changes within the watershed. Inspired by Reggio Children’s Dialogues with Places and their pedagogies of listening and relationality, we wonder how paying attention to water might open a different, imaginative space as we question our ongoing colonial relationships with land and water intended to keep water at a distance. Through photos and artwork, we make visible some of the dialogic and empathetic relationships between children and water while making the case that these Reggio principles are relevant to our engagements with children and place.