PANEL ORGAN - KIIT University

colonies that became an ethnic mark of identity. But in the first decades of the last
century those schools were the target of nationalist campaigns which required its closing
or a complete transformation. This research is based on school’s documents and oral
memories of three generations of German immigrants’ descendants. It shows that children
were forced into learn Portuguese and change their behavior, which caused evasion and
the children were held back. It is assumed that the perpetuation of positive or traumatic
memories of schooling is used to reinforce and reaffirm affection, consanguinity and
belonging to a common cultural heritage. In this way, the mental representations of the
inhabitants perpetuate the idea of making part of a Brazilian Europe, besides the social
preservation of “Germanity”.
PANEL-9(B): STUDIES OF CHILDREN AND CHILDHOOD IN LATIN AMERICA FROM THE
COLONIAL PERIOD TO THE PRESENT
27 th November, 2012 Time: 10.30-13.00hrs Hall No.:
PANEL ORGANIZER
GUADARRAMA, Nadia Marín, Autonomous University of the State of Mexico, MEXICO, E-
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PAPER PRESENTERS
ROSHANI, Niousha, Institute of Education, University of London, E-mail:
Beyond Child Soldiering: Understanding Children and Violence in Colombia through
Creative Research Methods
In situations of armed conflict or violence, a significant number of young people below the
age of eighteen join armed groups on their own decision, challenging conventional ideas of
children as passive victims and presenting evidence that they are also creative resilient
actors aiming to improve their lives (Rosen, 2005; Honwana, 2005, Hart, 2006; Rosen,
2008; Poretti, 2008). To date, relatively little research has sought to explore the lives of
children, especially those in situations of extreme violence from their own perspective,
and the majority of research on children and war has focused on trauma and pathology
leaving out the greater societal dimensions of violence (Hart, 2006; Boyden & de Berry,
1997; Hilker& Fraser, 2009). Employing arts-based methods, this research focuses on the
mobile trajectories of children’s lives under conditions of political violence and economic
uncertainty in Colombia and examines how children maintain everyday life in zones of
violent conflict.
MARIA, Rosa, Ramos Rodríguez Instituto de Investigaciones Antropológicas, Universidad
Nacional Autónoma de México, E-mail:
What We Prefer and What We Eat: Discrepancies of Children from Cuentepec, Morelos,
Mexico
Overweight and obesity are a World problem, due basically to inadequate eating practices
and low physical activity. In Mexico this health problem has reached an alarming degree
both in developed and marginalized communities. Public health policy seeks to better
eating practices and promote physical activity. We offer results from Cuentepec, a small
and highly marginalized nahuatl speaking community in the State of Morelos. We applied a