Dystopia and hope: the interrelation of pandemic and ecological discourses in drawings by children in Sweden during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemicShow others and affiliations
2025 (English)In: Children & society, ISSN 0951-0605, E-ISSN 1099-0860Article in journal (Refereed) Epub ahead of print
Abstract [en]
Research on young people's perspectives on COVID-19 remains limited. This qualitative serial picture analysis of Swedish children's drawings, predominately from spring 2020 (N = 169), aimed to explore their views and meaning-making processes. The focus was on the interconnections of two global crises in the drawings–pandemic and environmental crisis–revealing several links, such as negative emotions and dystopian expectations, as well as a lack of hope and agency, yet also resistance and utopian optimism for solutions. Our findings offer insights into young people's responses to contemporary global crises and their implications.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
John Wiley & Sons, 2025.
Keywords [en]
children's drawings, COVID-19 (pandemic), ecological concerns among young people, Sweden, visual qualitative analysis
National Category
Health Care Service and Management, Health Policy and Services and Health Economy
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-237199DOI: 10.1111/chso.12959ISI: 001451536200001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105000864460OAI: oai:DiVA.org:umu-237199DiVA, id: diva2:1950355
Funder
Karolinska Institute2025-04-072025-04-072025-04-07