Sarah Crafter
Biographic Data
| ID | 3674854 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sarah Crafter |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sarah |
| FAMILY NAME | Crafter |
| SIGNATURE | CRAFTER S |
| AFFILIATIONS | The Open University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 51 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
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
Crisis for Whom?
Children feature centrally in the ubiquitous narratives of ‘migration crises’. They are often depicted as essentially vulnerable and in need of special protections, or suspiciously adult-like and a threat to national borders. At the same time, many voices, experiences, and stories are rarely heard, especially about children on the move within the global South. This bilingual book, written in English and Spanish, challenges simplistic narratives t…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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: …
Crisis for Whom?
Children feature centrally in the ubiquitous narratives of ‘migration crises’. They are often depicted as essentially vulnerable and in need of special protections, or suspiciously adult-like and a threat to national borders. At the same time, many voices, experiences, and stories are rarely heard, especially about children on the move within the global South. This bilingual book, written in English and Spanish, challenges simplistic narratives t…
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…
Psychology (7 works) · Children's Rights and Participation (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Developmental psychology (4 works) · Early Childhood Education and Development (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Migration, Refugees, and Integration (3 works) · Politics (3 works)