BAMBINI OVUNQUE - CHILDREN EVERYWHERE

Question 1

It is clear to me. Children are "underdeveloped" beings who, due to their underdevelopment, cannot think correctly or logically. Therefore, they cannot be happy. What children are we talking about?!

Answer

Right, right, a child is just the beginning of the development of a "normal" human, and they fully belong to the state. Once they grow up and are raised, they will become outstanding citizens who contribute to the welfare of their state.

Question 2

Golding:

Oh come on, children are capable of creating their own state. Not worse... but not better than the real one.

Answer

If only we could turn children into adults faster... Why is that? You constantly seek an adult in a child, without considering what they were before becoming adults. Humanity has its place in the universal order, and childhood also has its place in the universal order.

Question 3

Aristotle:

Oh, leave it be, they cannot, I tell you, they cannot be full-fledged individuals and citizens!

Answer

Not only that, they have become tyrants! They don't stand up when an elderly person enters the room, they talk back to their parents. In simple terms, they are very naughty...

Question 4

Аries:

Oh, of course, it's children we're talking about. How many such adults are there? Why do you, philosophers who lived 2000 years ago, still have an influence? Why even divide society into children and adults? Everything is relative, dear Socrates and Aristotle, much has changed after you. Throughout all times following you, the concept of "childhood" has been perceived very differently...

Answer

I confirm. Moreover, not only society, but parents have always treated their child differently, from the desire to get rid of them, continuing with the idea of strict discipline through punishments, and ending with the approach of assistance, which is relevant today. Today's child is fortunate: their parents listen and understand them, encouraging their interests!

Question 5

Аlexander:

Yes, but at the same time, the image of a child in culture is almost always the image of an alien. At best. And if we remember cinema: "Bad Blood," "The Exorcist," "Children of the Corn"... Adults, due to their lack of understanding of the child, seem to want to give them the image of something otherworldly and frightening.

Answer

And when did we actually start calling a child a child?

Question 6

UN

Ladies and gentlemen, let me intervene, it's all very simple. We settled this long ago, 30 years ago to be precise. A child is defined as every human being below the age of 18 unless, under the law applicable to the child, they attain majority earlier. We represent over 190 states from all over the world, so we believe our opinion on this matter is indeed correct.

Answer

Really? Are we equating it to a specific age of 18? It seems to me that childhood is a social artifact rather than a biological category. Consider this: our genes do not contain clear instructions on who is a child and who is not.

Question 7

Плум:

I agree, we are indeed not talking about biology, but something broader here.
Let's go back 400 years, for example, there was no such convention, but children still existed. However, there was no separate world of childhood then. Children and adults had the same games, toys, and stories. They lived together, never separately. On one hand, of course, all those iconic images of the Virgin Mary with the infant in her arms, where we definitely won't confuse who the child is. On the other hand, the crowded paintings of Bruegel, in which the real reality is reflected. Just look closely: children dance, have fun together with adults, do absolutely the same things as adults. A child-"not-yet-an-adult" is the same as an adult.

Answer

Yes, yes! By the way, I also studied the iconography of the Middle Ages and am convinced that in those times, a child was considered a little adult.

Question 8

Postman:

Truly, wonders indeed! You look at it, and they are all alike.
But the differences between an adult and a child are internal. One can say that an adult knows about certain aspects of life - its secrets, contradictions, cruelty, tragedies, while children do not, and it is considered better for them not to know about it.

Answer

Oh, the reality of adult life... Moral and political decisions, the burden of work, the intensity of the struggle, responsibility for oneself and loved ones. It's as if only a child has the right to play, spend hours in carefree joy, and squander time in vain...

Question 9

Kohl:

Oh no, Mr. Eugene, come visit me at my kindergarten. I created it especially for adults. You can play there, draw, and build towers with blocks.

Answer

Oh, I wish my dad could go there, he's always working... He has two jobs, and even when he eats, he's always on the phone! Maybe we should send him to the kindergarten...

Question 10

Gadamer:

I would even say that play is a way of being a work of art! And the highest level of human play, its "culmination," is the achievement of an ideal state, which is art.

Answer

Aha, aha ...

Question 11

Fink:

Oh, no, my boy, playing truly and in the real sense of the word is only for children. In adult life, there are only hints of childhood, unattainable attempts at "recreation"... Or is play still the main phenomenon for other ages as well?

Answer

I see, they started talking about play here! But this is my domain. Play, my dear Eugene, is undoubtedly for all ages; it is a function imbued with meaning. It is older than culture; it precedes culture; it creates culture!

Question 12

Elena

So, is play an art then? And do adults master this language?

Answer

Yes! Adults often come up with games for me, for example, once we were driving for a long time in the car, and dad suggested that I count windmills, while he counted watermills.

BAMBINI OVUNQUE - CHILDREN EVERYWHERE

Dialogue
instead of a Manifesto

Architectural Thinking School for Children

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BAMBINI OVUNQUE - CHILDREN EVERYWHERE

Dialogue instead of a Manifesto

Architectural Thinking School for Children

TEAM

Dialogue
instead of a Manifesto