Modernidade líquida e a construção de novas infâncias na era digital

Abstract

The changes brought by contemporary societies have modified the way of thinking the world, especially of thinking about childhood. Due to this context, it is important to know the movements of society generated by globalization. As a reflection of globalization, we can perceive some characteristics in society, such as: the valuation of the possession of goods matters in relation to human values, and the increase of child consumerism, changes that occur throughout history. The proposal of this research is to map some challenges in the conception of childhood, in view of the discussions about the formation of the child's identity in the contemporary context, called by Bauman as liquid modernity. Then, analyze in a general way, modern paradigms that interferes in the look on the childhood and the society in which they are inserted. As a result, it was noted that with the explosion of the digital age, the ways of life were modified, new customs were created, new looks that produce new and varied childhoods.