Abstract
Complex interaction processes lie at the heart of everyday media technology
usage. An investigation of the child-technology relationship thus necessitates
concepts that are able to embrace both the intersubjective and the material relatedness
of human everyday life. Recently, child research has increasingly discussed
the conduct of everyday life concept, which emphasizes the two-sidedness of the
human-world relationship, the socio-material mediatedness of everyday life as
well as the directedness of human action. Consequently the concept has the potential
to overcome taken-for-granted, one-sided explanations for the childtechnology
interaction. The article includes data material collected in a kindergarten
in order to make the conduct of everyday life concept fruitful for psychologically
investigating technology together with children. It underlines the importance
of a precise analysis of material arrangements in specific practice relations
as well as the fact that parents, pedagogues, researchers and children all actively
contribute to these relations.
usage. An investigation of the child-technology relationship thus necessitates
concepts that are able to embrace both the intersubjective and the material relatedness
of human everyday life. Recently, child research has increasingly discussed
the conduct of everyday life concept, which emphasizes the two-sidedness of the
human-world relationship, the socio-material mediatedness of everyday life as
well as the directedness of human action. Consequently the concept has the potential
to overcome taken-for-granted, one-sided explanations for the childtechnology
interaction. The article includes data material collected in a kindergarten
in order to make the conduct of everyday life concept fruitful for psychologically
investigating technology together with children. It underlines the importance
of a precise analysis of material arrangements in specific practice relations
as well as the fact that parents, pedagogues, researchers and children all actively
contribute to these relations.
| Translated title of the contribution | Exploring media technologies with kindergarten children: The conduct of everyday life and subject-scientific technology research |
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| Original language | German |
| Journal | Journal fuer Psychologie |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Number of pages | 28 |
| ISSN | 0942-2285 |
| Publication status | Published - 2012 |
Keywords
- conduct of everyday life
- subject-scientific media research
- child-technology interaction
- transcontextual child research
- children’s participation in social practice
- material and intersubjective mediatedness of children’s actions