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Gabriel Scheidecker

@gabrielscheidecker.bsky.social

Anthropologist working on #childhood, #parenting, #migration, and #early Intervention in Vietnam, Madagascar, Germany. Assist Prof @UZH, PI of Starting Grant "Saving Brains?" https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=63P4J0wAAAAJ&hl=de&oi=ao

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Emily Yates-Doerr@eyatesd.bsky.social · last yr.

An important short correspondence by @gabrielscheidecker.bsky.social et al. pointing out that the Lancet’s ‘Next 1000 Days’ series risks repeating “a deficit model, which can cause harm by promoting negative stereotypes about people living in poverty.” www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Beyond deficit models in early childhood development science

We appreciate the efforts of the Lancet Series, Early Childhood Development and the Next 1000 Days, to draw attention to the needs of young children in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs).1...

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Seye Abimbola@seyeabimbola.bsky.social · last yr.

“We urge early childhood development researchers to systematically address well documented biases when assessing needs and to shift towards approaches that fully recognise and build on existing, context-adapted practices, expertise, and aspirations of caregivers and their children around the world.”

Gabriel Scheidecker@gabrielscheidecker.bsky.social · last yr.

Finally out! For the first time, The Lancet has published a critical paper on the science of Early Childhood Development (#ECD). As an interdisciplinary team of authors, we call on the ECD field move beyond the widespread use of deficit-based models. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Gabriel Scheidecker@gabrielscheidecker.bsky.social · last yr.

Finally out! For the first time, The Lancet has published a critical paper on the science of Early Childhood Development (#ECD). As an interdisciplinary team of authors, we call on the ECD field move beyond the widespread use of deficit-based models. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Beyond deficit models in early childhood development science

We appreciate the efforts of the Lancet Series, Early Childhood Development and the Next 1000 Days, to draw attention to the needs of young children in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs).1...

thelancet.com

Gabriel Scheidecker@gabrielscheidecker.bsky.social · last yr.

In our new paper "Help can harm," Nga T.T. Mai and I examine the unintended consequences of parenting interventions among Vietnamese migrant families in Germany. We argue that such harmful effects deserve much closer attention. anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Ethos | AAA Sociocultural Anthropology Journal | Wiley Online Library

In this paper, we explore the unintended consequences of parenting support and child protection services for families who have migrated from Vietnam to Berlin, Germany. We identify such negative cons....

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Anthropology of Children and Youth Interest Group@acyig.bsky.social · 2y ago

Fab essay from member @gabrielscheidecker.bsky.social: "early childhood science implicitly promotes Western, urban middle-class skills and behaviours... a child has reached their full potential when they behave and think like a Western, urban middle-class child." aeon.co/essays/the-p...

The problem with parenting interventions in the Global South | Aeon Essays

Early childhood development interventions in the Global South is a huge industry built on highly questionable assumptions

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Decolonize Berlin@decolonizeberlin.bsky.social · 2y ago

Am Sonntag wurde gewählt, bald könnten die Koalitionsverhandlungen für eine neue Regierung beginnen. Wir fordern, dass die Aufarbeitung der deutschen Kolonialgeschichte im Koalitionsvertrag verankert wird. Diese Forderung kann hier unterstützt werden: weact.campact.de/petitions/au...

Aufarbeitung der deutschen Kolonialgeschichte im Koalitionsvertrag verankern!

Die Auseinandersetzung mit dem Kolonialismus und seinen Wirkungen bis in die Gegenwart stößt in Deutschland auf zunehmendes Interesse. Auf zivilgesellschaftlicher Ebene erforschen lokale Initiativen k...

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