The purpose of this study is to examine peer cultures in relation to everyday routines at institutions for younger children in two different cultures. This study is a comparative study of institutions for younger children in England and in Sweden. This study has an ethnographic approach, and the methods that have been employed to gather empirical data are observation and informal interviews. The theoretical basis for the analysis of this study is childhood sociology, which includes interpretive reproduction and access strategies/ withdrawal strategies. Foucault's disciplinary power theory has also been used to analyze. The result of this study shows that when children interact with each other in peer cultures they use similar access strategies and withdrawal strategies to create, protect and maintain peer cultures - even though they belong to different cultures and institutions. However, the interpretive reproduction in peer cultures vary since the children live in different cultures and have different norms and structures. This study also shows that within both institutions there are governance over the children in how, where, when and what they can do. It was made clear that the everyday routines of the institutions provide either possibilities or obstacles for the children to interact in pursuit of creating peer cultures.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:mau-29178 |
| Date | January 2019 |
| Creators | Göransson, Maria, Grenerström, Johanna |
| Publisher | Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS), Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS), Malmö universitet/Lärande och samhälle |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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