Browsing NTNU Open by Author "Ursin, Marit"
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Hijaben: Kampen om frihet, kvinnefrigjøring og den muslimske kvinnens «beste»
Kalkman, Kris; Ursin, Marit (Chapter, 2024) -
Hvilke diskurser former fremtiden til dagens ettåringer
Gåseidnes, Kari (Master thesis, 2019)Jeg har valgt følgende problemstilling for min oppgave: Hvilke diskurser former fremtiden til dagens ettåringer? Hvordan blir innholdet i normalitetsdiskursen påvirket av rammeplanens forståelse av tilknytning og tidlig ... -
Institutionalized Children's Participation in Decision-making Processes: A case in SOS Children's Villages International - Ethiopia
Brhane, Wellesslasse Abrha (Master thesis, 2017)The goal of this study was to get knowledge about institutionalized children’s experience in decision-making processes that affect their lives. Thus, the study has sought to answer questions relating to; the way both ... -
Ivaretakelse av barns rettigheter i sosialt arbeid med familier
Ellingsen, Ingunn Tollisen; Studsrød, Ingunn; Ursin, Marit (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)FNs barnekonvensjon og norsk lovgivning skal sikre barn rett til beskyttelse, informasjon og medvirkning. Til tross for økt forskning på implementering av barns rettigheter, er det lite forskning på hvordan barns rettigheter ... -
Militarized everyday lives, logics and responses among children and youth in a violent community in urban Brazil
Ursin, Marit (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This article draws on interviews with 40 participants (12–25 years) to examine how drug trafficking and armed violence militarizes the everyday lives of young residents in a deprived community in urban Brazil. The overall ... -
"No matter where you live, you need to belong": Unaccompanied minor Afghan refugees' reflections and experience of identity, citizenship and integration
Bolstad, Frida Louise Hall (Master thesis, 2019)Throughout the years, unaccompanied minor refugees have received increasing levels of attention in different contexts of society. In Norway, the phenomenon of immigration and integration are acknowledged as key elements ... -
''Norwegian people think we come from behind cows'' - From Syria to Norway: A study of Parenting in a Different Socio-cultural Context
Ong, Siok Hui (Master thesis, 2018)The aim of this study is to understand the ways Syrian refugee parents constitute children and construct childhood with respect to their rights, roles and responsibilities, and to explore their experiences of parenting in ... -
“Not Everyone Can Become a Rocket Scientist”: Decolonising Children’s Rights in Ethnic Minority Childhoods in Norway
Ursin, Marit; Lyså, Ida Marie (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)This paper uses a case study to critically reflect on contemporary discourses in Norway connected to ethnic minority childhoods and children’s rights to education and work. Based on a narrative interview with an ethnic ... -
Promoting Intergenerational Justice Through Participatory Practices: Climate Workshops as an Arena for Young People’s Political Participation
Ursin, Marit; Lorgen, Linn C.; Ortega Alvarado, Isaac Arturo; Smalsundmo, Ani-Lea; Chang Nordgård, Runar; Bern, Mari Roald; Bjørnevik, Kjersti (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)In the fall of 2019, Trøndelag County Council, Norway, organized a Climate Workshop for children and youth. The intention of the workshop was to include children’s and youth’s perspectives as a foundation for a policy ... -
Relational rights and interdependent wellbeing: Exploring the experiences of an ethnic minority girl with the Norwegian Child Welfare service
Ursin, Marit; Langfeldt, Camila Caldeira; Lyså, Ida Marie (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)In this article, we draw on a case study where the Norwegian Child Welfare services placed an ethnic minority girl, Amara, into foster care. Her sensemaking around being moved into foster care is used as entry point to ... -
School experiences of children on the move: voices of immigrant and refugee children in primary education in the periphery of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Langfeldt, Camila Caldeira (Master thesis, 2020)This is a study about the school experiences of children on the move in Duque de Caxias, which is one of the 22 municipalities that compose the Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Region. The study consists of qualitative child-focused ... -
''The ageless'' - Age-disputed unaccompanied minor asylum seekers - caught between constructions of childhood and adulthood
Sørsveen, Aurora Terjesdatter (Master thesis, 2018)Age-disputed unaccompanied minor asylum seekers (UMAs) are a group of undocumented young people who have received increased attention both in the media and by scholars during the last decade. Due to heightening numbers of ... -
‘The meaning of my life will always be to defend our Motherland’: Raising and educating citizens in a child protection institution in Mexico
Ursin, Marit (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)The point of departure of this paper is that childhood is socially constructed and continuously re-defined through public policies, laws, practices and ideologies. The paper explores the perspectives on children, upbringing ... -
The social world of street children : street children's peer friendship, group life and subculture in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Fikre, Kaleab (Master thesis, 2016)This study attempts to explore the street children’s social world, focusing on their peer friendship, group life, and street subculture in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The study shows how street children’s peer friendship, ... -
The twisting path to adulthood : a qualitative study with Gypsy youth in Cascais, Portugal
le, Judite (Master thesis, 2016)Gypsies are amongst the vulnerable and most deprived individuals, and the largest ethnic minority in Europe with approximately 10-12 millions. Despite much study conducted on Gypsies and a growing body of research on youth ... -
The transformative power of representation among youth: Towards appreciating diversity and inclusion in Norway
Hoem, Irene Bisasso; Ursin, Marit; Ramirez, Carla (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2025)In Norway, contemporary challenges linked to racism, discrimination, and social exclusion advocate for original approaches to enhance inclusion and appreciation of diversity. In this article, we draw on empirical material ... -
The Twisting Path to Adulthood: Roma/Cigano Youth in Urban Portugal
Ie, Judite; Ursin, Marit (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Abstract: While there is a growing body of research on Ciganos/Roma in Portugal, little is known about how Cigano youth transition into adulthood. In this article, we address this gap by drawing on a qualitative study on ... -
Volunteer tourism in Cambodian residential care facilities-A child rights-based approach
Ursin, Marit; Skålevik, Mona (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Cambodia has experienced a rapid and uncontrolled increase in the institutionalisation of children in the last decade. In this article, we analyse the impact of volunteer tourism on children’s wellbeing in residential care ... -
'What matters is what you are inside, what you think and feel'' - Children presenting an alternative understanding of who we are: Hybrid Cultures and Hybrid Identities in the Netherlands
Kik, Nathalie (Master thesis, 2018)External effects of globalisation have caused discussions in European societies whereby people express feelings of a loss of culture and a loss of identity. Striking in these debates is the negative expression towards ... -
Young People’s Marginal Livelihoods and Social Transitions in Urban Brazil: Tale of Four Lives
Ursin, Marit; Abebe, Tatek (Chapter, 2017)In this chapter, the contextualized narratives of four boys coming of age in a street environment in urban Brazil will be analyzed, and the socio-spatial dynamics shaping their livelihood paths from vending on the city ...