Ep. 19 The Born Criminal

In the first episode of this series, Yamila Rodríguez and Seran Demiral speak with Basia Vucic, who is an expert on the philosophy of education -and especially on JK educational philosophy- from UCL, London (UK) about the good or evil nature of the child in the history of childhood and its relation with criminological theories and educational approaches.

Yamila Rodríguez, Lawyer & PhD Scholar, Department of Law, University of Buenos Aires, researches the extension of the international obligation of the state to ensure children's rights to participation and access to justice in the criminal justice system, focusing on children who are victims and witnesses of crimes with her academic training and career as a civil servant at a Criminal Court in Buenos Aires, where she worked for over ten years. 

Seran Demiral, PhD in Sociology at Mimar Sinan University, has studied the subjectivity of children through their interaction with digital technologies. She is interested in changing childhood experiences within online environments and teaches digital childhoods, children's literature, creative writing and sociology at various universities as a part-time lecturer.

Edited by Nipunika Sachdeva

Music:  Little Idea by Scott Holmes (scottholmesmusic.com) / CC BY-NC