Abstract

NOVARO, Gabriela; BORTON, Laureano; DIEZ, María Laura  and  HECHT, Ana Carolina. Sonidos del silencio, voces silenciadas: niños indígenas y migrantes en escuelas de Buenos Aires. RMIE [online]. 2008, vol.13, n.36, pp.173-201. ISSN 1405-6666.

In this article we present reflections derived from ongoing research on indigenous and migrant children in educational contexts. We emphasize the forms of approaching communication styles at school; we consider the (nonexclusive) possibility of linking these children's apparently silent attitudes to particular cultural representations of their groups of reference, as well as to processes of silencing. We also address teachers' conceptions of the children and especially of their silent attitude. As the analysis progresses, we present difficulties in identifying and characterizing associations among aspects that seem to be related (ethnic and national positions, school links and relations, classroom attitudes). Lastly, we examine the possibility of researching problems of this complexity by turning to ethnographic perspectives in combination with other focuses.

Keywords : school attendance; identity; intercultural education; childhood; Argentina.

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