Traces in the History of Swedish Transnational Adoption—A Diffractive Mapping through the Voices of Adoptees and Their Parents
Genealogy,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
8(2), С. 67 - 67
Опубликована: Май 24, 2024
The
initial
Swedish
discourse
of
transnational
adoption
as
a
win-win
situation
has
changed
over
its
more
than
60-year-long
history.
This
article
aims
to
trace
and
present
some
themes
in
this
history,
with
particular
focus
on
the
public
debate
different
narratives
that
representatives
triangle—the
adoptees,
adoptive
parents,
biological
parents—tell
when
dealing
transracial
personal
political
phenomenon.
draws
from
an
ongoing
study
discourses
based,
above
all,
journalism,
memoirs,
governmental
documents,
previous
research.
It
attempts
contradictory
perspectives
create
diffractive
pattern.
analysis
makes
it
possible
show
how
investigated
change
encounters
experiences
made,
even
so,
made
visible
knowledgeable,
social
practices.
Язык: Английский
Adoptivfamiljers motiv till att göra återresor – föräldrars och barns perspektiv
Barn – forskning om barn og barndom i Norden,
Год журнала:
2022,
Номер
40(1)
Опубликована: Май 25, 2022
Den
här
kvalitativa
artikeln
baseras
på
intervjuer
med
svenska
adoptivfamiljer
och
undersöker
hur
barn
föräldrar
resonerar
kring
motiven
till
att
göra
en
adoptionsåterresa.
Genom
kombination
av
teorier
om
samtida
föräldraskap
barns
röst
undersöks
föräldrars
perspektiv
både
åtskilt
tillsammans.
Artikeln
visar
det
i
första
hand
är
föräldrar,
ibland
samråd
barnen,
som
initierar
adoptionsåterresorna.
Vidare
analyserna
adoptionsåterresor
förenade
möjligheter
risker
för
barn.
Föräldrar
tar,
tillskrivs
via
allmänna
rekommendationer,
ett
stort
ansvar
bestämma
när
så
fall
bäst
genomföra
Är
barnet
litet
eller
vuxet?
skapas
samtal
mellan
blir
dynamiskt,
stundtals
motsägelsefullt,
nätverk
rädslor,
förväntningar
önskningar
”rätt”
nu
sen.
English
abstract
Adoptive
families’
motives
for
conducting
adoption
return
trips
–
parents’
and
children’s
perspectives
Based
on
interviews
with
Swedish
adoptive
families,
this
qualitative
article
explores
children
a
family
trip
(to
the
country
of
origin
adopted
child).
Through
combination
theories
about
contemporary
parenthood
perspectives,
stories
parents
areexplored
both
together
separately.
The
shows
that
it
is
primarily
parents,
sometimes
in
consultation
children,
who
initiate
trips.
analysis
also
are
associated
opportunities
as
well
risks
children.
Parents
carefully
consider
when
to
take
trip.
Is
child
young
or
she
he
older?
how
constructed
through
conversations
between
parents.
Return
informed
by
dynamic
contradictory
network
general
recommendations,
fears,
expectations,
desires
do
what
”right”
now
future.
The Child Tourist: Agency and Cultural Competence in VFR Travel
Tourism and Hospitality,
Год журнала:
2022,
Номер
3(2), С. 451 - 465
Опубликована: Май 17, 2022
In
this
article,
we
meet
a
seven-year-old
boy,
Matti,
who
was
adopted
from
his
birth
country
in
Africa
by
family
Sweden.
We
him
together
with
as
they
are
planning
adoption
return
trip
to
and
again
after
their
return.
argue
that
an
is
form
of
travel
and/or
visiting
friends
relatives
(VFR)
travel.
By
methodologically
using
so-called
children’s
perspective
primarily
focusing
on
Matti
how
he
talks
about
the
trip.
explore
some
key
concepts
child
studies
through
Matti’s
relational
encounters
world.
presenting
agency
cultural
competence
something
enacted
practice,
show
dependencies
between
mother
sister.
The
analysis
shows
fluid
sense
can
be
changed
topics
discussion
woven
one
another.
Staying
lived
practices
makes
it
possible
elaborate
demonstrate
different
forms
important
for
understanding
children
tourists
roles
Язык: Английский