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Children’s perception of social boundaries: The intersectionality of age and social group affiliation in rural Pakistan
Author(s) -
Mughal Muhammad A. Z.
Publication year - 2021
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.12417
Subject(s) - intersectionality , kinship , perception , sociology , gender studies , context (archaeology) , ethnography , rural area , social group , social psychology , geography , psychology , social science , political science , anthropology , archaeology , neuroscience , law
This study explores how children perceive social boundaries in rural Pakistan. It discusses that children develop and navigate their social relationships through their perception of social boundaries, which are shaped by kinship and sociospatial organisation in rural areas. Children's perception of social boundaries is also mediated through the intersectionality of their age and social group affiliation. An ethnographic case study of a village in Southern Punjab, Pakistan, is presented here. It uses a quantifiable photo‐elicitation technique and social mapping to analyse children's everyday mobilities and intersectionality in the cultural context of rural Pakistan to illustrate their perception of social boundaries.