GAP working group 2014 - Childhood

Results from the GAP (Group Assembly Process) Group Childhood at the Degrowth Conference in Leipzig 2014

Ideas for Action – in communities > Participate in creating a library of resources: videos, books, articles, contacts, speakers, knowledge on degrowth for under-18s > When organizing events: always invite under-18s, always organize day-care/babysitting, think of other forms of presentation Ideas for Action – in the next Degrowth conference > Integrate under-18s in the Conference, Examples: Pictographs, Accessibility > Call for Papers and Workshops for under-18s > Create new formats, maybe speakers present twice: 1. academic, 2. in an integrated, including way addressing young people (easy language) > Include topics children are interested in. Research questions: > We don't know the basic needs of children. How can we create need-oriented spaces for children that allow their participation. > Question the “Childhood concept”: children are legally and socially discriminated by age, young people do have special needs... How can we avoid power abuse? What protection / reaction to their needs do children need? > What could be better discriminators for adulthood than “age”? Stirring paper: > Children and Degrowth More information and possibilities to engage!