„ Wild “ ) wurde Griffiths bewusst, wie unterschiedlich Kindheit in verschiedenen Kulturen erlebt wird.
In ihrem Buch „Kith“ analysiert sie den Befund, dass Kinder im europäisch-amerikanischen Kulturraum oft viel unglücklicher erscheinen als in traditionell geprägten Kulturen von der Arktis bis West-Papua.
www.pik-potsdam.deFrom communities in West Papua and the Arctic to the ostracised young people of contemporary Britain, she asks why we have enclosed our children in a consumerist cornucopia but denied them the freedoms of space, time and deep play.
She uses anthropology, history, philosophy, language and literature to illustrate children’s affinity for the natural world, for animals and woodlands, and examines the quest element of childhood.
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