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Scientific article 21. OCT 2021
  • The Social Sector
  • Children, Adolescents and Families
  • The Social Sector, Children, Adolescents and Families

Children out of Place? Negotiating Children's Places from the Margins

Authors:

  • Sofie Henze-Pedersen
  • The Social Sector
  • Children, Adolescents and Families
  • The Social Sector, Children, Adolescents and Families
Stock photo: Ricky John Molloy/VIVE
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  • Sofie Henze-Pedersen

    Senior Researcher, Msc anthropology, PhD sociology

    +45 33 48 09 60
    shp@vive.dk
Inspired by a central concept in the sociology of childhood – that of ‘place’ – this article explores how childhood is constructed and experienced in an atypical place for childhood to unfold. The place in question is a refuge for women and their children who have experienced violence in the intimate sphere. In this article, ‘place’ has a dual meaning as referring to both social positions and physical locations. Employing this dual concept to investigate an atypical place provides insight into the dynamics that shape childhood space. Based on ethnographic fieldwork and interviews with children, the analysis shows how children negotiate children’s places in challenging circumstances in a semi-public setting. It uncovers the plurality of children’s places and how these are shaped by the children’s positions in a protective context. The plurality of children’s places becomes apparent by paying attention to the temporality of these places, which foregrounds the relational qualities and fields of power that contribute to the shaping of childhood space.

Authors

  • Sofie Henze-Pedersen

About this publication

  • Financed by

    Danmarks Frie Forskningsfond
  • Published in

    Current Sociology
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