Alegrías y tristezas: una mirada a los saberes de los niños, las niñas y los jóvenes a través de sus narrativas

Abstract

This research was carried out within the framework of the emphasis on language and children’s narratives of the master’s degree in childhood and culture at the Francisco José de Caldas District University. It was based on the observation, inquiry, and analysis of a corpus of stories and definitions from a focus group of children and young people between 5 and 15 years old from the “Externado Nacional Camilo Torres” school, the “Atabanzha” school, and the “Semillero Artístico Vuelo”. The research is qualitative in nature with a descriptive narrative approach, and three thematic fields were established for analysis: narratives, emotionality, and children’s knowledge. The methodology consisted of workshops and reading aloud various children’s texts related to the emotions of joy and sadness. This allowed us to identify the expressions, knowledge, and language games of children, considering them as valid interlocutors capable of feeling and communicating their life experiences through their stories, based on their social and cultural context.