Representaciones de Infancia en el Proceso Editorial y la Literatura Infantil en Colombia

Abstract

This qualitative research in artistic education with historical, interpretative and contextual approach, innovate in the field of Colombian children's literature research given that, the relationship between the child and children's literature has been historically explored through analysis of documentary archives and the children's literature books. However, there has been few research, like this one, that using a dyadic interaction to create spaces for critical transformative dialogues with several agents of the publishing industry of children's literature. This research work investigates what are the representations of childhood they have in their editorial processes and how these representations influence the elaboration of editorial products. In the investigative process it was observed that the child as one of the main recipients of children's literature was occasionally taken into account in editorial production and in criticism of children's literature. Being that in parallel there is the need to investigate children about the representations they have towards their population group and their visions about children's literature.