Exploring “institutional inequality” in the intersection between fieldwork and statistical data from diverging municipalities

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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.
Original languageEnglish
Publication dateSept 2024
Publication statusPublished - Sept 2024
Event3rd International Childlife Conference: Children and young people in everyday life and professional practices - Oslo Met, Oslo, Norway
Duration: 23 Sept 202425 Sept 2024
Conference number: 3
https://www.oslomet.no/en/about/events/childlife-2024

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Conference3rd International Childlife Conference
Number3
LocationOslo Met
Country/TerritoryNorway
CityOslo
Period23/09/202425/09/2024
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