International Scientific and Artistic Conference Rethinking Childhood IV Towards Transdisciplinarity

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Zadar, May 28-30, 2026

With the fourth international scientific and artistic conference Rethinking Childhood IV, we aim to highlight the interdisciplinary nature of studies for teachers and educators as a distinctive feature from which we start our reflections on childhood and to encourage questioning the possibilities of connecting different areas of topics related to childhood. Therefore, in the title of the upcoming conference, we emphasised a transdisciplinary approach, which, through its inclusiveness, goes a step further than interdisciplinarity, promoting not only the connection but also the integration of various fields of science, as well as the intertwining of science and art. The transdisciplinary approach is also significant because it is inclined towards participatory practices, meaning that in such research, other interested parties from the broader community can participate, including children, whose active contribution to childhood studies has already been recognised within the framework of so-called child-focused research.