Co-producing knowledge through critical encounters: Extending the critical turn in participatory research with children.

This article extends the critical turn in participatory research with children by developing critical encounters as a lens to analyse how participation is constituted and constrained in practice. Drawing on two doctoral projects in Belgium, it examines moments of institutional friction, methodologic...

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Publicado en:Childhood Vol. 33; no. 3; pp. 491 - 511
Autores principales: Meylemans, Eveline, Van Elsen, Saan, De Wilde, Lieselot, Bradt, Lieve
Formato: Journal Article
Publicado: Sage Publications Inc. Aug2026
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          Meylemans, Eveline
          Van Elsen, Saan
          De Wilde, Lieselot
          Bradt, Lieve
        affil: Departement of Social Work and Social Pedagogy, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium
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          Participant Observation
          Research Subjects
          Research, Medical
          Pediatric Care
          Professional Knowledge
          Critical Theory
          Peer Review
          Belgium
          Collaboration
          Research Personnel
          Methodological Research
          Social Change
          Feminist Critique
          Psychological Theory
      ab: This article extends the critical turn in participatory research with children by developing critical encounters as a lens to analyse how participation is constituted and constrained in practice. Drawing on two doctoral projects in Belgium, it examines moments of institutional friction, methodological tension, and positional negotiation. These encounters make visible the affective and material relations through which participation unfolds. In dialogue with feminist and decolonial perspectives, the article conceptualises co-research with children as a situated and ethically demanding practice of knowledge-making: one that requires attentiveness to silence, uncertainty, and the societal and institutional structures shaping research relations.
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