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_bH35 2018
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100 1 _aO'Donnell, Darren,
_d1965-
_eauthor.
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245 1 0 _aHaircuts by children :
_band other evidence for a new social contract /
_cDarren O'Donnell.
250 _aFirst edition.
264 1 _aToronto :
_bCoach House Books,
_c[2018]
264 4 _c©2018
300 _a211 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c21 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
501 _aP.B
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references.
520 _a"We live in an "adultitarian" state, where the rules are based on very adult priorities and understandings of reality. Young people are disenfranchised and powerless; they understand they're subject to an authoritarian regime, whether they buy into it or not. But their unique perspectives also offer incredible potential for social, cultural and economic innovation. Cultural planner and performance director Darren O'Donnell has been collaborating with children for years through his company, Mammalian Diving Reflex; their most well-known piece, Haircuts by Children (exactly what it sounds like) has been performed internationally. O'Donnell suggests that working with children in the cultural industries in a manner that maintains a large space for their participation can be understood as a pilot for a vision of a very different role for young people in the world--one that the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child considers a "new social contract." Haircuts by Children is a practical proposal for the inclusion of children in as many realms as possible, not only as an expression of their rights, but as a way to intervene in the world and to disrupt the stark economic inequalities perpetuated by the status quo. Deeply practical and wildly whimsical, Haircuts by Children might actually make total sense."--$cProvided by publisher.
530 _aIssued also in electronic format.
650 0 _aChildren
_xEconomic conditions.
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650 0 _aChildren
_xSocial conditions.
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650 0 _aChildren's rights.
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650 0 _aCultural industries.
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650 0 _aSocial contract.
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