Archive | 2021
Daily life and school engagement: An empirical study privileging the first-person perspectives of unaccompanied asylum-seeking adolescents in a Danish context
Abstract
Drawing on the tradition of the Danish–German school of critical psychology, this\n empirical study discusses seven unaccompanied asylum-seeking adolescents’ experiences\n of the process of applying for asylum in Denmark. By privileging the first-person\n perspectives of the adolescents, the authors explore the conduct of their everyday\n lives at the asylum centre and at school. The project’s findings emphasise the societal,\n political, social and spatial conditions that contribute to the lack of meaningfulness\n the adolescents experienced regarding their engagement in schooling. In conclusion,\n the authors reflect on the potential in privileging the first-person perspective in\n social pedagogical work.