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I discovered a new word
By Thomas Pololi ( Museum of Children's Notebooks, Italy ), translated by Elisa Viale ( EMMIR - European Master in Migration and Intercultural Relations - Edition 13) Original Publication: Ho Scoperto una Parola Nuova, in Quarantotto, Vol. 4, pgs. 11 – 15, February 2023 Translator’s Introduction Delving into childism means recognizing the importance of language. Thomas Pololi writes about a new word he discovered, and in this text he describes and reflects what he learned ab
Tanu Biswas
Apr 175 min read
Grupo de leitura: ler o texto, ler o outro, ler o mundo
Por Daniele Bruno Santana , anfitriã do grupo de leitura em português sobre criancismo Que sorte poder organizar um espaço de encontro. Encontros transcontinentais em que singularidades puderam estar juntas e conectadas por uma mesma tarefa. O grupo de leitura, em seu primeiro semestre foi assim - pessoas em diferentes territórios, atravessadas por experiências, formações e contextos diversos, reunidas pelo desejo comum de dialogar sobre adultocentrismo e criancismo. A hora e
Tanu Biswas
Apr 144 min read


A Journey Toward Childism in Italian Educational Practice
by Maura Tripi, Adjunct professor of General and Childhood Pedagogy, LUMSA University (Palermo), Italy The cultural construct of...
Tanu Biswas
Mar 23, 20254 min read


My encounter with Childism: The power of expansive framing
Rachel Flottman Australian National University, School of Medicine and Psychology @optimistic.anarchist Having icecream with my 11...
Tanu Biswas
Feb 25, 20254 min read


Moving Forward in Overheated Times for Beta: 2025 - 2039
Photo by John McMohan on Unsplash We are at a significant cusp of the early 21st century, the first quarter is nearly behind us as we are...
Tanu Biswas
Dec 30, 20246 min read


A Childist Conference
Mathilde Lévêque Professor of Literature - Children's Literature Université Sorbonne Paris Nord Member of the Pléiade Research Team...

Mathilde Lévêque
Oct 8, 20248 min read


Childism and Decoloniality: a need for scholarly conversations
by Serena Iacobino Since the 1950s, there have been numerous controversies in Europe concerning the teaching of colonialism,...
Serena Iacobino
Jan 6, 20235 min read


Children/youth climate advocates ‘doing’ rights themselves ...
Children/youth climate advocates ‘doing’ rights themselves: Post-paternalism for the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child? Aoife...
Aoife Daly
Nov 9, 20227 min read


Cutting Children from the Budget
The New York Times released a report today on the legislative successes and failures of President Joe Biden’s first two years in office...
John Wall
Oct 20, 20222 min read


Slowing Down Fast: Safe Spaces for Childism?
Tanu Biswas In the last transnational childism colloquium on Childist Approaches to Law, Prof. Karl Hanson, pointed out the pertinent...
Tanu Biswas
May 12, 20223 min read


Diving into Childism
Jana Effertz The exploration of childism over the past couple of weeks has been a brand new territory for me. Changing the angle on age...
Tanu Biswas
Nov 5, 20215 min read


Childism and the Vote
John Wall Most people, including academic experts, consider the question of which groups deserve the right to vote to have been largely...
John Wall
Sep 22, 20214 min read


The Promise of Childism for Imagining Transformation: Reimagining the Future of Activism
David Charles Metler “Imagine a world where mistrust, power-over dynamics, domination, and oppression no longer exist because children...
Childism Institute
May 10, 20217 min read


Childism and Ancient Philosophy
Susanna Saracco You cannot defend the rights of someone that you do not know. Otherwise, you would impose your idea of what is necessary...
Childism Institute
Apr 26, 20214 min read


Childism - Mother Philosophy's Newest Child
The following is an email-interview with Dr. Tanu Biswas by Stefan Herzer, Association of Curative Educators, Switzerland. Translated...

Tanu Biswas
Jan 8, 202111 min read


The Pandemic through a Childist Lens
The global coronavirus pandemic has upturned lives, livelihoods, economies, politics, global dynamics, and much else. The longer it drags...
John Wall
Aug 12, 20202 min read


Supporting the Black Lives Matter Movement
The murder of George Floyd, an unarmed African-American, at the hands of Minneapolis police officers leaves us heartbroken but resolved....
Childism Institute
Jun 22, 20202 min read
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