Making kin, not babies? Towards childist kinship in the “Anthropocene”

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Making kin, not babies? Towards childist kinship in the “Anthropocene”. / Mattheis, Nikolas.
In: Childhood, Vol. 29, No. 4, 11.2022, p. 512-528.

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Mattheis N. Making kin, not babies? Towards childist kinship in the “Anthropocene”. Childhood. 2022 Nov;29(4):512-528. doi: 10.1177/09075682221098155

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abstract = "To “make kin, not babies” is what Donna Haraway has recently proposed in response to the so-called “Anthropocene”. Building on other critical engagements with Haraway{\textquoteright}s proposal, this paper interrogates it from a childist perspective. While striving towards a “pro-child” position on kinship, Haraway only goes so far in explicating this aim. The paper suggests that challenging adultism as well as attention to children's ongoing kinship practices are required.",
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