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Children in Israel integrate violence and death into their play, viewing them as normal parts of life, not isolated events. This study explores their coping mechanisms through spontaneous role-play in a community theater setting.

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Area of Science:

  • Anthropology
  • Psychology
  • Sociology

Background:

  • Children in regions of ongoing conflict often experience and process violence differently.
  • Community theater centers can serve as unique sites for observing children's social and emotional development.
  • Psychodrama, a therapeutic approach using theater, offers insights into subjective experiences of trauma.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To ethnographically examine how elementary school children in Israel express their understanding of life and death through spontaneous role-play.
  • To analyze children's assimilation of knowledge regarding violence and mortality within their everyday lives.
  • To explore alternative conceptualizations of how violence impacts the self, moving beyond traditional trauma discourse.

Main Methods:

  • Ethnographic fieldwork conducted over sixteen months (October 2021-January 2023) at the Lod Theater Center in Israel.
  • Analysis of children's spontaneous role-plays within a community theater setting that incorporates psychodrama.
  • Theoretical engagement with anthropological and psychodramatic theories.

Main Results:

  • Children do not perceive death and political violence as isolated incidents but as integrated aspects of their world.
  • Ordinary life events and violent occurrences are normalized within children's subjective experiences.
  • Spontaneous play serves as a primary mechanism for children to process and express their understanding of life, death, and conflict.

Conclusions:

  • Understanding children's subjective experience of violence requires examining how they integrate it into their everyday lives.
  • Focusing on everyday life and spontaneous play offers new perspectives on how conflict shapes identity and the self.
  • This research challenges trauma-centric models by highlighting children's resilience and adaptive coping strategies in environments of prolonged violence.