'La partecipazione è…': L’utilizzo della metafora per esplorare i significati vissuti
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https://doi.org/10.7346/-fei-XXI-01-23_04Parole chiave:
Partecipazione dei minorenni, Metafore, Linguaggio poetico, Ricerca pedagogica, SignificatiAbstract
L’approccio fenomenologico-ermeneutico alla ricerca offre una cornice per significare e comprendere l’interrelata, condivisa e incarnata esistenza umana. Le metafore, parte del linguaggio poetico, rappresentano un metodo efficace per comprendere in maniera ricca e complessa, dando spazio al gioco e all’ambiguità, le esperienze vissute, generando nuovi e inaspettati significati. Prendendo spunto da un caso studio più ampio sulla collaborazione tra il Children’s Parliament Scotland e una scuola primaria di Aberdeen, questo articolo presenta come la metafora sia stata utilizzata per raccogliere materiale sui “significati della partecipazione dei bambini e delle bambine ai processi decisionali”. Questa scelta è stata guidata dalla convinzione epistemologica che le rappresentazioni legate alle immagini possano essere fonti significative di conoscenza relative al mondo umano, aprendo a nuovi significati in grado di illuminare sia la teoria sia la prassi.
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