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Abstract
This presentation is based on an ongoing PhD project that combines qualitative and quantitative methods in the process of exploring “institutional inequality”, conceptualized as the institutional conditions that promote and prevent inequality as they unfold in situated practices. With a theoretical focus on the concept of “situated inequality” (Højholt, 2016; Højholt & Røn-Larsen, 2021a, 2021b), the project explores how inequality, studied as unequal opportunities of participation, are part of children’s everyday lives and how the institutional conditions are part of (re)producing inequality locally.
The empirical work of the project consists of participant observations and situated interviews with children from 6th grade and the professionals around them (e.g. teachers, pedagogues, school psychologists, school leaders etc.) in two different schools and youth clubs in Denmark in a period of around two years. The qualitative data is combined with analyzes of statistical data on institutional conditions from diverging municipalities e.g. from local schools, classes and municipalities.
The aim of the presentation is therefore to open up a discussion on how knowledge from fieldwork and statistical data can merge and enrich our understanding of how dynamics of inequality can be prevented by working on expanding children's opportunities of participation across the different institutions in which they live their everyday lives.
The empirical work of the project consists of participant observations and situated interviews with children from 6th grade and the professionals around them (e.g. teachers, pedagogues, school psychologists, school leaders etc.) in two different schools and youth clubs in Denmark in a period of around two years. The qualitative data is combined with analyzes of statistical data on institutional conditions from diverging municipalities e.g. from local schools, classes and municipalities.
The aim of the presentation is therefore to open up a discussion on how knowledge from fieldwork and statistical data can merge and enrich our understanding of how dynamics of inequality can be prevented by working on expanding children's opportunities of participation across the different institutions in which they live their everyday lives.
Original language | English |
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Publication date | Sept 2024 |
Publication status | Published - Sept 2024 |
Event | 3rd International Childlife Conference: Children and young people in everyday life and professional practices - Oslo Met, Oslo, Norway Duration: 23 Sept 2024 → 25 Sept 2024 Conference number: 3 https://www.oslomet.no/en/about/events/childlife-2024 |
Conference
Conference | 3rd International Childlife Conference |
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Number | 3 |
Location | Oslo Met |
Country/Territory | Norway |
City | Oslo |
Period | 23/09/2024 → 25/09/2024 |
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Deltagelse og Situeret Ulighed i børnelivets institutioner
Røn-Larsen, M. (Project manager), Højholt, C. (Project participant), Sylvest-Berg, R. (Project participant), Jensen, S. K. (Project participant), Szulevicz, T. (Project participant), Tybjerg, G. M. (Project participant) & Mardahl-Hansen, T. (Project participant)
01/08/2023 → 31/07/2026
Project: Research