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AUTOR(ES) Helle Wijk , Göran Lindahl , Sepideh Olausson , K. Nolbeck , Herbert Barber Howe , Dixon Ryan Fox
AFILIAÇÃO(ÕES) Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden, Chalmers University of Technology, Sahlgrenska Akademin
ANO 2019
TIPO Book
CITAÇÕES 2
ADICIONADO EM 2025-08-14
MD5 14FF549EC245C02985795BD2776BC1E6

Resumo

The aim of this study is to explore social interactions in the spatial and material environment within everyday life at special youth homes in Sweden, where youths with psychosocial problems, or criminal behavior are cared for involuntary. A microethnographic approach was chosen, and data was collected through participant observation. A theory integrating analysis, using Burke's (1969) dramatistic pentad as a tool for structuring the data and Goffman's (1956; 1961) dramaturgical perspective was undertaken. The findings demonstrate that the staff's control over settings and objects also means control over the definition of what kind of place the special youth home is, and what takes place there. This is shown through a decorous behavior of sociomaterial control practices, rather than care practices, by the staff. This study contributes to knowledge on spaces and objects as crucial parts of care practices highlighting the intentions inscribed in institutional design and objects.

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