Browsing NTNU Open by Author "Ursin, Marit"
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Barnas Valg – når barna går til stemmeurnene
Ursin, Marit; Lorgen, Linn C. (Journal article, 2019)I forbindelse med stortingsvalget 2017 organiserte Redd Barna i Norge et valg for barn i form av en nettbasert stemmeavgivning. Barnas valg var inspirert av artikkel 12 i FNs Barnekonvensjon, og et av de uttalte målene var ... -
Children's experiences and perpectives on public spaces in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Nguyen, Thi My Chau (Master thesis, 2019)This study aims to explore children’s perspectives and experiences on public spaces in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It further questions structural and contextual forces that shape children’s everyday experiences in public ... -
A children’s election—Dilemmas of children’s political participation
Lorgen, Linn C.; Ursin, Marit (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)In this article, we explore how fifth graders (9–10‐year‐olds) and their teachers view children's participation in a parliamentary election for children arranged by Save the Children Norway in 2017. The participants draw ... -
Constructions of ‘the ageless’ asylum seekers: An analysis of how age is understood among professionals working within the norwegian immigration authorities
Sørsveen, Aurora; Ursin, Marit (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This article explores how professionals within the Norwegian immigration authorities conceptualise age when doing non‐medical age assessments. By using social constructivism, which challenges an ethnocentric quantifying ... -
Contemporary understanding of 'family' among socially vulnerable families and social workers in Lithuania
Salkauskiene, Ieva (Master thesis, 2019)Each person’s definition and perception of his or her family varies. Previous research has argued that the answer to the question of what is a ‘good’ or ‘bad’ family cannot be found, because we all have a distinct set of ... -
Contradictory and Intersecting Patterns of Inclusion and Exclusion of Street Youth in Salvador, Brazil
Ursin, Marit (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Drawing on longitudinal qualitative research in Brazil involving participant observation and narrative interviews with young homeless persons, and semi-structured interviews with middle class residents, local businesses, ... -
“Crack ends it all?” A study of the interrelations between crack cocaine, social environments, social relations, crime, and homicide among poor, young men in urban Brazil
Ursin, Marit (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)In this article, actor network theory is used to explore the consumption of crack cocaine in street settings. The article is based on multiple periods of fieldwork over several years among young men in Salvador, Brazil. ... -
Escutando os adultos sobre proteção da infância e crianças em situação de rua no Brasil urbano [Listening to adults about childhood protection and children in homeless situation in urban Brazil]
Libardi, Suzana; Ursin, Marit (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)This work is situated in the field of childhood studies, which conceives the child as an active subject in society and who is, among other factors, marked by its generational position in front of other generations. In this ... -
Feeling unsafe in Urban Areas: A Quantitative Study of Young People's Geographies of Safety in Mexico City
Gresdahl, May Kristin (Master thesis, 2019)In contrast to the adult and aspatial focus of much research on safety, this thesis examines the perspectives of safety amongst young people from three distinct areas in Mexico City within three contrasting urban locations; ... -
Four decades of Brazilian and international research on street children: A meta-narrative review
Ursin, Marit; Rizzini, Irene (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)The last 40 years has yielded a vast body of literature on street children. In this article, we reflect on the knowledge accumulated by several generations of scholars and across two bodies of research. The article’s aim ... -
Freedom, mobility and marginality: an interdisciplinary study of the historical roots of contemporary street youth in urban Brazil
Ursin, Marit (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)This study is focused on the lives of street youth in urban Brazil through an interdisciplinary and cross-historical approach, providing a conceptual analysis of three different but interconnected sources of knowledge: A ... -
Gatebarnet som offer og helt: En kritisk gjennomgang av den metodologiske utviklingen i den tverrfaglige barne- og barndomsforskningen
Ursin, Marit (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Denne artikkelen har som utgangspunkt at metodiske og metodologiske valg aldri er nøytrale, men bygger på dominerende politiske agendaer og teoretisering av feltet. Gjennom å granske utviklingen av gatebarnfeltet de siste ... -
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 ... -
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 ...