Conclusion: Lived Childhoods

The conclusions highlight how the chapters of the collection can contribute to a deeper analysis of relevant issues also for future theoretical investigation, above all concerning children’s “real” lives, or “lived childhood”. These issues include a reflection on the variety of theoretical angles to analyse lived childhood and their possible combination; the impact of institutions on lived childhood; the meaning of the glocal dimension of lived childhood; the analysis of the different dimensions of lived childhood, such as gender, social class and ethnicity. The conclusion discusses the forms and conditions of lived childhood that are not visible in intergenerational relations, as they are constructed among children themselves. The conclusion offers the possibility of subverting the existing social and cultural presuppositions of childhood by elaborating the actual lived conditions and meanings of childhood in respect to their citizenship, rights and participation.