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Grounding Childhood (Trans)National Identities in the Everyday
Author(s) -
Varvantakis Christos,
Dragonas Thalia,
Askouni Nelly,
Nolas SevastiMelissa
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
children and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1099-0860
pISSN - 0951-0605
DOI - 10.1111/chso.12299
Subject(s) - ethnography , sociology , meaning (existential) , identity (music) , experiential learning , gender studies , grounded theory , national identity , biography , qualitative research , psychology , aesthetics , anthropology , pedagogy , political science , art , literature , politics , psychotherapist , law
This paper engages with the lived and experiential aspects of (trans)national identities in childhood, through the exploration of an ethnographic biography of a Greek‐Albanian boy in Athens. Through a grounded ethnographic approach, we examine the ways in which he experiences and negotiates his (trans)national identity. Our analysis demonstrates the everyday subtle and sophisticated understanding of the complexities and contradictions of national identities, and the child's own positioning within that. In conclusion, we suggest that interdisciplinary approaches should be assumed in the study of (trans)national identities in childhood, and ones that are grounded in children's own meaning making of their experiences of such identities.