Crafter
Biographic Data
| ID | 13741 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Crafter |
| FAMILY NAME | Crafter |
| SIGNATURE | CRAFTER |
| AFFILIATIONS | The Open University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9309-416X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 62 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
The Dialogical Self in Participatory Action Research
This paper examines new theoretical insights gained from drawing together participation action research (PAR), dialogical theorising of self-other relationships and the concept of care. We argue that dialogue is treated as an intrinsic element in PAR research but that the nature of the dialogue has been undertheorized and as such, dialogical self-other analysis had much to offer in providing new insights. To illustrate our argument we draw on dat…
The Crisis of Everyday Self-other Misalignments between Unaccompanied Minors and Adult Professionals: A Dialogical Self Study
Young people who travel across national borders as unaccompanied minors have become central figures in modern narrations about the ‘migration crisis’. At the macrosocial level, legal and policy frameworks intended to protect unaccompanied minors at times explicitly, or inadvertently, create everyday ‘crises’ at the microsocial level as part of asylum and welfare provision for children. In this paper, we use sociocultural approaches and dialogical…
Enhancing Pragmatic Language skills for Young children with Social communication difficulties (E-PLAYS-2) trial: Study protocol for a cluster-randomised controlled trial evaluating a computerised inte…
v1.1 19th June 2023
I’ll never forget: Remembering of past events within the Silent Generation as a challenge to the political mobilisation of nostalgia
The political mobilisation of nostalgia is increasingly preoccupying social and political psychologists. A key concern is with rising populism and the use of an imagined golden past to foster threat through anti-EU and anti-immigrant sentiment. This article introduces two key concepts, anemoia – imagining a past not experienced – and prolepsis – how the past influences actions in the present aligned to future goals – to argue that actual recall o…
Child language brokering as a family care practice: Reframing the ‘parentified child’ debate
This paper explores the perspectives of 29 child language brokers living in the UK who interpret for their family following migration. They were presented with vignette stories depicting a potentially conflictual situation between a language broker, a parent and an adult ‘other’ in a position of power or authority. Drawing on debates about language brokering as a family care practice, the ‘parentified child’ and discussions about non‐normative ch…
Precarious Care and (Dis)Connections: Adults Working With Separated Child Migrants in England and Their Understandings of Care
Adult stakeholders who work with separated child migrants (SCMs) face a substantial challenge to their capacity or remit to care amid increasingly hostile immigration environments. This paper explores a diverse range of adult stakeholders' understandings of the care of SCMs, filling an important gap in understanding how care is conceptualized by those working in often complex and contradictory positions. Drawing on the care literature, this study…
Engaging diversities in a changing world: A statement from the new editors of Children & Society
We are very pleased to have this opportunity to introduce ourselves as the new editorial team, and to share with you our vision for the journal over the coming years. We would like to begin by thanking the outgoing editorial team, comprising Janet Boddy, Sara Bragg, Wendy Sims-Schouten and Rachael Stryker, for their highly skilled leadership in growing and developing the journal and its audience over the last 4 years. We particularly note their w…
An absent presence: Separated Child Migrants' Caring Practices and the Fortified Neoliberal State
This paper explores the ambivalent positioning of separated child migrants in the UK with a focus on the care that they provide for each other. Drawing on interview data with state and non-state adult stakeholders involved in the immigration-welfare nexus, we consider how children’s care practices are viewed and represented. We argue that separated children’s caring practices assume an absent presence in the discourses mobilised by these actors: …
Media Representations of Separated Child Migrants
This article analyzes coverage of separated child migrants in three British tabloids between the introduction of the Dubs Amendment, which committed to relocating unaccompanied minors to the UK, and the demolition of the unofficial refugee camp in Calais. This camp has been a key symbol of Europe's "migration crisis" and the subject of significant media attention in which unaccompanied children feature prominently. By considering the changes in t…
Young peoples' reflections on what teachers think about family obligations that conflict with school: A focus on the non-normative roles of young caring and language brokering
In “Western” contexts school attendance is central for an ‘ideal’ childhood. However, many young people engage with home roles that conflict with school expectations. This paper explores perceptions of that process in relation two home activities - language brokering and young caring. We interviewed 46 young people and asked them to reflect on what the teacher would think when a child had to miss school to help a family member. This paper discuss…
Cultural psychology and Deconstructing Developmental Psychology
This paper looks at points of convergence and divergence between the different branches of cultural psychology and Burman's ideas in Deconstructing Developmental Psychology. The paper discusses the relationship between the developing ideas in cultural psychology over time and some of the shared theoretical and conceptual criticisms put forward in Deconstructing Developmental Psychology. This takes into account some of the differences between the …
The problem of interpretation in vignette methodology in research with young people
In this article, we explore how interpretation is dealt with by researchers using a vignette methodology. Researchers using vignette methodology often struggle with interpretation: how to interpret the responses when participants shift between discussing the vignettes as themselves, taking the perspective of the character in the vignette and commenting on what 'ought' to happen. We argue that by foregrounding a consideration of the method with an…
Young people's representations of language brokering
In recently arrived immigrant families, children and young people often act as language brokers for their parents and other adults. In public and academic debate, this activity is sometimes portrayed negatively as imposing excessive burdens of responsibility on the young people. This paper reports an analysis of qualitative data from a broader study of young people's representations of conflicting roles in child development. Interview participant…
Constructing Identities in Multicultural Learning Contexts
In this article we examine two concepts that aid our understanding of processes of identification in multiethnic schools. The first concept focuses on the complementarity of “three processes of identity” (identifying the other, being identified, and self-identification). This is brought together with the concept of sociocultural coupling introduced to examine the co-constructions of changes in practices (across places and times) and changes in id…
Constructing ‘normal childhoods’: Young people talk about young carers
There has been a great deal of attention paid to young carers in recent research, social policy and service provision. In this paper we report on a survey and interview study of 46 young people aged 15 to 18, nine of whom had experience as young carers, to explore the ways in which young people construct the young carer and their disabled parent. A key theme arising from the interview data analysis is the construction of a series of normative ass…
Young Peoples’ Representations of ‘Atypical’ Work in English Society
In this paper, we explore young peoples’ normative representations of work. In particular, we are interested in the ways young people view work roles which could be considered ‘atypical’ such as young caring or language brokering. Interviewed were 46 young people (15–18 years) some who did, and some who did not engage in the ‘atypical’ work roles of language brokering or young caring. Findings indicated that young people have a strong representat…
Media Representations of Separated Child Migrants
This article analyzes coverage of separated child migrants in three British tabloids between the introduction of the Dubs Amendment, which committed to relocating unaccompanied minors to the UK, and the demolition of the unofficial refugee camp in Calais. This camp has been a key symbol of Europe's "migration crisis" and the subject of significant media attention in which unaccompanied children feature prominently. By considering the changes in t…
The problem of interpretation in vignette methodology in research with young people
In this article, we explore how interpretation is dealt with by researchers using a vignette methodology. Researchers using vignette methodology often struggle with interpretation: how to interpret the responses when participants shift between discussing the vignettes as themselves, taking the perspective of the character in the vignette and commenting on what 'ought' to happen. We argue that by foregrounding a consideration of the method with an…
Constructing ‘normal childhoods’: Young people talk about young carers
There has been a great deal of attention paid to young carers in recent research, social policy and service provision. In this paper we report on a survey and interview study of 46 young people aged 15 to 18, nine of whom had experience as young carers, to explore the ways in which young people construct the young carer and their disabled parent. A key theme arising from the interview data analysis is the construction of a series of normative ass…
An absent presence: Separated Child Migrants' Caring Practices and the Fortified Neoliberal State
This paper explores the ambivalent positioning of separated child migrants in the UK with a focus on the care that they provide for each other. Drawing on interview data with state and non-state adult stakeholders involved in the immigration-welfare nexus, we consider how children’s care practices are viewed and represented. We argue that separated children’s caring practices assume an absent presence in the discourses mobilised by these actors: …
Young peoples' reflections on what teachers think about family obligations that conflict with school: A focus on the non-normative roles of young caring and language brokering
In “Western” contexts school attendance is central for an ‘ideal’ childhood. However, many young people engage with home roles that conflict with school expectations. This paper explores perceptions of that process in relation two home activities - language brokering and young caring. We interviewed 46 young people and asked them to reflect on what the teacher would think when a child had to miss school to help a family member. This paper discuss…
Young people's representations of language brokering
In recently arrived immigrant families, children and young people often act as language brokers for their parents and other adults. In public and academic debate, this activity is sometimes portrayed negatively as imposing excessive burdens of responsibility on the young people. This paper reports an analysis of qualitative data from a broader study of young people's representations of conflicting roles in child development. Interview participant…
Cultural psychology and Deconstructing Developmental Psychology
This paper looks at points of convergence and divergence between the different branches of cultural psychology and Burman's ideas in Deconstructing Developmental Psychology. The paper discusses the relationship between the developing ideas in cultural psychology over time and some of the shared theoretical and conceptual criticisms put forward in Deconstructing Developmental Psychology. This takes into account some of the differences between the …
Young Peoples’ Representations of ‘Atypical’ Work in English Society
In this paper, we explore young peoples’ normative representations of work. In particular, we are interested in the ways young people view work roles which could be considered ‘atypical’ such as young caring or language brokering. Interviewed were 46 young people (15–18 years) some who did, and some who did not engage in the ‘atypical’ work roles of language brokering or young caring. Findings indicated that young people have a strong representat…
Constructing Identities in Multicultural Learning Contexts
In this article we examine two concepts that aid our understanding of processes of identification in multiethnic schools. The first concept focuses on the complementarity of “three processes of identity” (identifying the other, being identified, and self-identification). This is brought together with the concept of sociocultural coupling introduced to examine the co-constructions of changes in practices (across places and times) and changes in id…
Constructing ‘normal childhoods’: Young people talk about young carers
There has been a great deal of attention paid to young carers in recent research, social policy and service provision. In this paper we report on a survey and interview study of 46 young people aged 15 to 18, nine of whom had experience as young carers, to explore the ways in which young people construct the young carer and their disabled parent. A key theme arising from the interview data analysis is the construction of a series of normative ass…
Young people's representations of language brokering
In recently arrived immigrant families, children and young people often act as language brokers for their parents and other adults. In public and academic debate, this activity is sometimes portrayed negatively as imposing excessive burdens of responsibility on the young people. This paper reports an analysis of qualitative data from a broader study of young people's representations of conflicting roles in child development. Interview participant…
The problem of interpretation in vignette methodology in research with young people
In this article, we explore how interpretation is dealt with by researchers using a vignette methodology. Researchers using vignette methodology often struggle with interpretation: how to interpret the responses when participants shift between discussing the vignettes as themselves, taking the perspective of the character in the vignette and commenting on what 'ought' to happen. We argue that by foregrounding a consideration of the method with an…
Cultural psychology and Deconstructing Developmental Psychology
This paper looks at points of convergence and divergence between the different branches of cultural psychology and Burman's ideas in Deconstructing Developmental Psychology. The paper discusses the relationship between the developing ideas in cultural psychology over time and some of the shared theoretical and conceptual criticisms put forward in Deconstructing Developmental Psychology. This takes into account some of the differences between the …
Young peoples' reflections on what teachers think about family obligations that conflict with school: A focus on the non-normative roles of young caring and language brokering
In “Western” contexts school attendance is central for an ‘ideal’ childhood. However, many young people engage with home roles that conflict with school expectations. This paper explores perceptions of that process in relation two home activities - language brokering and young caring. We interviewed 46 young people and asked them to reflect on what the teacher would think when a child had to miss school to help a family member. This paper discuss…
Media Representations of Separated Child Migrants
This article analyzes coverage of separated child migrants in three British tabloids between the introduction of the Dubs Amendment, which committed to relocating unaccompanied minors to the UK, and the demolition of the unofficial refugee camp in Calais. This camp has been a key symbol of Europe's "migration crisis" and the subject of significant media attention in which unaccompanied children feature prominently. By considering the changes in t…
Precarious Care and (Dis)Connections: Adults Working With Separated Child Migrants in England and Their Understandings of Care
Adult stakeholders who work with separated child migrants (SCMs) face a substantial challenge to their capacity or remit to care amid increasingly hostile immigration environments. This paper explores a diverse range of adult stakeholders' understandings of the care of SCMs, filling an important gap in understanding how care is conceptualized by those working in often complex and contradictory positions. Drawing on the care literature, this study…
Engaging diversities in a changing world: A statement from the new editors of Children & Society
We are very pleased to have this opportunity to introduce ourselves as the new editorial team, and to share with you our vision for the journal over the coming years. We would like to begin by thanking the outgoing editorial team, comprising Janet Boddy, Sara Bragg, Wendy Sims-Schouten and Rachael Stryker, for their highly skilled leadership in growing and developing the journal and its audience over the last 4 years. We particularly note their w…
An absent presence: Separated Child Migrants' Caring Practices and the Fortified Neoliberal State
This paper explores the ambivalent positioning of separated child migrants in the UK with a focus on the care that they provide for each other. Drawing on interview data with state and non-state adult stakeholders involved in the immigration-welfare nexus, we consider how children’s care practices are viewed and represented. We argue that separated children’s caring practices assume an absent presence in the discourses mobilised by these actors: …
Child language brokering as a family care practice: Reframing the ‘parentified child’ debate
This paper explores the perspectives of 29 child language brokers living in the UK who interpret for their family following migration. They were presented with vignette stories depicting a potentially conflictual situation between a language broker, a parent and an adult ‘other’ in a position of power or authority. Drawing on debates about language brokering as a family care practice, the ‘parentified child’ and discussions about non‐normative ch…
I’ll never forget: Remembering of past events within the Silent Generation as a challenge to the political mobilisation of nostalgia
The political mobilisation of nostalgia is increasingly preoccupying social and political psychologists. A key concern is with rising populism and the use of an imagined golden past to foster threat through anti-EU and anti-immigrant sentiment. This article introduces two key concepts, anemoia – imagining a past not experienced – and prolepsis – how the past influences actions in the present aligned to future goals – to argue that actual recall o…
Enhancing Pragmatic Language skills for Young children with Social communication difficulties (E-PLAYS-2) trial: Study protocol for a cluster-randomised controlled trial evaluating a computerised inte…
v1.1 19th June 2023
The Crisis of Everyday Self-other Misalignments between Unaccompanied Minors and Adult Professionals: A Dialogical Self Study
Young people who travel across national borders as unaccompanied minors have become central figures in modern narrations about the ‘migration crisis’. At the macrosocial level, legal and policy frameworks intended to protect unaccompanied minors at times explicitly, or inadvertently, create everyday ‘crises’ at the microsocial level as part of asylum and welfare provision for children. In this paper, we use sociocultural approaches and dialogical…
The Dialogical Self in Participatory Action Research
This paper examines new theoretical insights gained from drawing together participation action research (PAR), dialogical theorising of self-other relationships and the concept of care. We argue that dialogue is treated as an intrinsic element in PAR research but that the nature of the dialogue has been undertheorized and as such, dialogical self-other analysis had much to offer in providing new insights. To illustrate our argument we draw on dat…
Psychology (12 works) · Social Psychology (10 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Political science (9 works) · Children's Rights and Participation (7 works) · Early Childhood Education and Development (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Developmental psychology (5 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Politics (5 works)