Dystopia and Hope: The Interrelation of Pandemic and Ecological Discourses in Drawings by Children in Sweden During the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Andrea Kleeberg-Niepage, Johanna Degen, Max Kleijberg, Anna-Clara Rullander, Sofía Weiss Goitiandía, Carol Tishelman
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Abstract
Research on young people's perspectives on COVID-19 remains limited. This qualitative serial picture analysis of Swedish children's drawings, predominately from spring 2020 (N = 169), aimed to explore their views and meaning-making processes. The focus was on the interconnections of two global crises in the drawings–pandemic and environmental crisis–revealing several links, such as negative emotions and dystopian expectations, as well as a lack of hope and agency, yet also resistance and utopian optimism for solutions. Our findings offer insights into young people's responses to contemporary global crises and their implications.
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Children & Society is an interdisciplinary journal publishing high quality research and debate on all aspects of childhood and policies and services for children and young people. The journal is based in the United Kingdom, with an international range and scope. The journal informs all those who work with and for children, young people and their families by publishing innovative papers on research and practice across a broad spectrum of topics, including: theories of childhood; children"s everyday lives at home, school and in the community; children"s culture, rights and participation; children"s health and well-being; child protection, early prevention and intervention.