Revealing the freedom of movement of youngsters in residential youth care
Towards the creation of a socio-spatial citizenship climate
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12605658 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Matthias Remmery (0000-0001-8904-4963, Ghent University, corresponding author), Laurine Bourgonjon (0009-0008-5235-7235, Ghent University), Rudi Roose (0000-0001-7508-4593, Ghent University), G Roets (0000-0003-0746-998X, Ghent University) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 89-101 |
| Publication date | 2024-12-22 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Journal of Social Work (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1369-1457 • E-ISSN: 1468-2664 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13691457.2024.2440591 |
| OpenAlex | W4405686719 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 20 |
Recent research shows the relevance of a socio-spatial citizenship climate in residential youth care to shift the focus from youngsters as objects of care due to their challenging behaviour to youngsters as citizens in their own right who give meaning to the various circumstances in their everyday lives. A socio-spatial citizenship climate acknowledges the synergy between residential youth care and the wider living environment, as residential youth care is embedded in a wider living environment in which youngsters practise and experience their freedom of movement by navigating socially and physically through different socio-spatial relationships, circumstances and pedagogical milieus. Based on a qualitative study in a residential youth care facility in Flanders (the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium), we explore how residential youth care can create circumstances for youngsters to realise their freedom of movement as part of the development of a socio-spatial citizenship climate. This article discusses three key findings: (1) creating local coalitions and partnerships, (2) creating circumstances for spatial appropriation, and (3) creating space for complexity and convivial encounters. The findings show that creating circumstances for a socio-spatial citizenship climate requires a critical and reflexive social and pedagogical professional discretion and orientation on different levels of the organisation
Active citizenship · Appropriation · Citizenship · Discretion · Epistemology · Freedom of movement · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Reflexivity · Social science · Sociology · Child Welfare and Adoption · Children's Rights and Participation · Gender Studies · Law · Social Work Education and Practice
The concept of the ‘lifeworld orientation’ for social work and social care
Place and space in social work
Social Rights and Human Welfare
Ideas for Mapping Lifeworld and Everyday Life in Practical Social Pedagogy
Spatial approaches to social work – theoretical foundations and implications for practice and research
Youngsters’ Perspectives on Continuity in Their Contacts with Youth-Care Services
Revisiting a Positive Living Group Climate as a Citizenship Climate
Risk, Instrumentalism and the Humane Project in Social Work
Professionals, Managers and Discretion
Convivial encounters
Tätigkeit - Aneignung - Bildung
Sozialraum
Inclusive Citizenship
Three Approaches to Qualitative Content Analysis
Lived citizenship
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