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Socializing relations in the everyday lives of children

Comparing domestic texts from Norway and China

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ID3103159
AuthorsRandi Wærdahl (0000-0002-2288-8683, Agder Research), Marit Haldar (0000-0002-3505-1073, OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University)
Year2013
Volume20
Issue1
Pages115-130
Publication date2013-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueChildhood (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0907-5682 • E-ISSN: 1461-7013
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0907568212443269
OpenAlexW2125478432
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited5

The text material analysed in this article consists of 20 teddy-diaries that circulated between the families of 6-year-old children in Beijing, China and in Oslo, Norway. The circulation process makes teddy-diaries highly normatively saturated domestic stories from families with 6-year-old children. A quantitative analysis of these texts inspired by Membership Categorization Analysis (MCA) developed by Harvey Sacks (1972) reveals what is deemed significant relations for children in each culture. By identifying actions and contexts that are described as relevant and appropriate for these significant relations, the researcher can also achieve a better understanding of how these relations are constructed as socializing relations in the everyday lives of children. The article finds that the learning styles and positioning of the child in everyday lives is participatory, play and peer oriented in Norway and instructional, encouraging and progress oriented in China

Beijing · Categorization · China · Developmental psychology · Epistemology · Peer group · Peer relations · Sociology · Children's Rights and Participation · Early Childhood Education and Development · Gender Studies · History · Psychology · Social and Educational Sciences · Social Psychology

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Unique citing works4
Citations per year0,36
Citation span2015 - 2026 (12)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 3
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