NARRATIVE REVIEW AND DATABASE RESEARCH: UNDERSTANDING CHILDREN’S CULTURES IN A PLAYGROUND

Abstract

This work is part of studies on childhood and aims to present the course of construction of the theoretical and methodological foundation guided by the narrative review of literature and database research. The methodology used is anchored in the database search to locate studies on listening to children in playgrounds, in the construction of selection criteria for articles, and in the analysis of the theoretical and methodological contribution of each study, followed by the complement of the narrative review of literature. The discussion process encompasses the details about the choice of articles, reading methodology, and elaboration of exclusion criteria, as well as the enrichment of the theoretical contribution through the narrative literature review. As a result, the need for complementarity between literature review methods is pointed out. The findings point to the strengths and limitations of narrative reviews of the literature and those based on bibliometric data. It is indicated that technology development conditions research activities but does not determine them. Finally, as a result, it is noted that studies on children in playgrounds depend on transdisciplinary dialogues and point to the playground as a place of compensation for children to play in urban contexts. In this way, the entry of researchers into playgrounds can favor the advancement of scientific research that seeks to understand children's cultures, as children express themselves through multiple languages, including play.