童年的未来:儿童的公共参与和公共空间

The Future of Childhood: Children’s Public Engagement and Public Space

随着技术全球化和社会的变迁,童年与成年的边界愈发模糊。儿童研究开始重新审视童年研究中的现代思维和二元对立,提出为了适应童年的多元性和持续影响性,童年研究必须去寻找和有效利用非二元性的理论分析资源。一方面,"行动者网络理论""复杂性理论"为这样的研究转向提供了理论基础,跨越二元对立的视角,关注童年对于个体公共性的长期影响,以及儿童的公共参与。另一方面,信息媒介技术和社区参与在当代童年建构中,尤其是对弱势儿童群体获得公共参与能力,进入公共领域有着重要的作用。童年研究需要广阔的理论视野和跨学科的研究方法,需要关注儿童参与对于个体公共性获得的影响过程和机制。如何有效地利用信息技术促进公共参与,扩展现有的公共空间,与现实的社区参与形成有效的衔接,是实现儿童未来"美好社会"的关键。

With the globalization of technology and the changes of society,the boundaries between childhood and adulthood have become increasingly blurred.Children’s studies begin to re-examine the modern thinking and the binary opposition in childhood research,and propose that in order to adapt to the diversity and continuous influence of childhood,childhood research must find and effectively use non-dualistic theoretical analysis resources.On the one hand,"actor-network theory"and "complexity theory"have provided such research with theoretical basis,spanning the dualistic perspective,focusing on the long-term effects of childhood on individual publicity and the public participation of children.On the other hand,ICT ( Information and Communication Technology) and community engagement play an important role in the construction of contemporary childhood,especially for the vulnerable groups of children to gain public participation and to enter the public domain.Childhood research requires a broad theoretical perspective and an interdisciplinary approach,and it also requires attention to the processes and mechanisms of the effects brought by children’s engagement on the acquisition of individual publicity.How to effectively use information technology to promote public participation,and how to expand the existing public space to form an effective connection with realistic community participation are the keys to realizing a"good society"for children’s future.