Child as Method as a Resource to Interrogate Crises, Antagonisms and Agencies

In this article, I discuss the peculiar ‘agencies' attributed to child/childhood under neoliberalism as a symptom of its crises and antagonisms, with focus also on practical struggles solidarities such analyses might promote/afford. Specifically, theme Special Issue aligns an approach have named ‘Child method', which geopolitical dynamics intersections performed resisted by practices around children childhood. will start outlining key starting points for discussion that follows, relation between child (neo)liberalism, site consumption/display. outline ways child, cypher modern late capitalist European subject, has been aligned imperialism, colonialism extractive racial capitalism particular reading Freud's ‘His Majesty Baby'. Following this, explore range subject (including affective) positions accorded (which themselves may sometimes occupy), expression Child Method's commitments map how ‘child' reflects contributes transnational dynamics, in service identifying new subjective possibilities relations.