Freedom! Freedom? Children's dreams and the right to housing and life
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Childhoods, Squatters’ communes, Children's dreams, Democracy and the Carnation RevolutionAbstract
This paper was prepared in connection with the celebrations of the April 25th Carnation Revolution and the Seminar held at UMinho aimed at reflecting on democracy in relation to childhood. Written from São Paulo, Brazil, it intends to present reflections that address the weaknesses of democracy and the need for discussion in order to maintain and deepen democratic principles. Based on research carried out by the author with children in the Metropoliz squatters’ commune in Rome from 2022 to 2023, the dreams of a boy living there stand out as emblematic of the need to discuss children’s needs and their dreams when both asleep and awake. The aim is to reflect on fear as an affection, and on how children’s lives and rights are vilified daily, depending on social class, creed, race and gender.
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