Violence and vulnerability: children’s strategies and the logic of violence in Burundi

Hendriks, T.D.; Reis, R.; Sostakova, M.; Berkcmoes, L.H. (2019)

Article / Letter to editor

This study explores how children in conflict-affected Burundi deal with violence in their everyday lives.
Focusing on schools as a context in which children are prepared for further roles in society, child-centred,
qualitative and mixed-methods research was conducted at 36 primary schools throughout Burundi.
Findings reveal that children use a variety of strategies to deal with violence they encounter. These
strategies reflect a learned ‘logic of violence’, matching dynamics of violence and vulnerability in society
at large. Children’s strategies are ultimately aimed at reducing vulnerability to (future) violence and
indicative of the omnipresence of violence and uncertainty in Burundi.

• Burundi
• Violence
• Children

• All authors: Hendriks, T.D.; Reis, R.; Sostakova, M.; Berkcmoes, L.H.
• Date: 2019-06-11
• Journal: Children & Society
• Volume: 34
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 31 - 45
• DOI: doi:10.1111/chso.12349