Offentlig konst och barns deltagande som demokratifrämjande processer : En kvalitativ diskursanalys av Barnens Skulpturpark i Rosengård

Sammanfattning: Carol Bacchi (2009) emphasizes the importance of critically examining ideas about social and political problems that are taken for granted, as well as the power relations these conceptions maintain. In this essay, the aim is to contribute to the critical, interdisciplinary discussion about the relationship between children, democracy and public art by studying the project Children's Sculpture Park in Rosengård, Sweden. With the project as an analytical hub, and inspired by Carol Bacchi’s critical approach WPR, I examine how the underlying values are articulated. The various assumptions regarding children, art and democracy, are underlying the presented problem representations. In the empirical research, three problem representations can be distinguished: (1) People perceive Herrgården, Rosengård as an insecure neighborhood; (2) The voices of children and young people have not been heard in public spaces, and (3) public art is not meant for everyone.