THE DAUGHTERS OF ALCOHOL GEL:

AN ESSAY ON HOW THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC CAN HELP US REFLECT ON CHILDHOOD AND BIOPOLITICS

Authors

  • Luciana Calado

Abstract

This paper rises from the experience of a walk through the neighborhood with my daughter – habitual, if it weren’t for the Covid-19 pandemic. Through this experience that involved the senses, the subjectivity, the city and the relationships between human and non-human animals, the goal was to problematize how we are building and conducting relationships in this pandemic context, especially with young children, alluded as “the alcohol gel daughters”, because they are being socialized in this historical time. I discuss issues related to citizenship, autonomy and children’s agency, situating relationally the (power) relationships between parents and children, through the instrument of discipline. Walking through the question “how can this pandemic help us to ponder on childhood and biopolitics”, I suggest that, currently, to think about control, power and discipline in the context of childhood, is to question how and for what we are educating our children.

KEYWORDS: Childhoods. Discipline. Pandemic. Biopolitics.

Image: Author walking with her daughter. Source: Luciana Calado.

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Author Biography

Luciana Calado

Doctorate student in Anthropology, Federal University of Paraíba

Author walking with her daughter. Source: Luciana Calado.

Published

2023-10-27