philosophical camp: playful experience of thinking with childhood

The article presents some of the results of the research project Ludica y juego en la educacion infantil: construccion conceptual-Play and Games in Early Childhood Education: A Conceptual Construct-financed by the Vicerrectoria de Investigaciones of the Universidad Pedagogica y Tecnologica de Colombia, Tunja, Boyaca, Colombia. The aim was to identify and explore the conceptions of what the Campamento Filosofico (Philosophy Camp) represents for its participants within the framework of the project Filosofia e infancia (Philosophy and Childhood). This study takes a qualitative approach, for which semi-structured interviews were used as an instrument for data collection. Also, Atlas.ti 8 (R) software was used for data analysis. An open, axial and selective coding was carried out, in which the emerging categories of the analysis were "experience," "encounter," "learning," "self-care" and "body". As a result of this conceptualization, it was found that philosophy camps are scenarios that make possible a relationship between university learning environments and primary, elementary and middle school educational contexts. They also enable an experience of the dialogic encounter between different perspectives on the same philosophical topic. Through the Philosophy Camp, philosophy is brought to the school, and the encounter with childhood -as a state, attitude and possibility -fosters spaces for thought, friendship and interaction.