FACULTY OF EDUCATION AND SOCIETY | Event
Laura Gilliam: Finding a fit
Wednesday 8 October, 15:00 - 17:00
Niagara, NI:A0513, 5th floor, Nordenskiöldsgatan 1
Social orientations and divisions in young people’s transition to youth education
Laura Gilliam will talk about an ongoing project, Diverging Paths. Educational Choices and Social Divisions, which focuses on educational choices and social divisions. The project consists of four complementary ethnographic studies that examine how children, young people and parents from different social and ethnic backgrounds make their choices of school, upper secondary education and further education.
The lecture is part of the Sociology@MaU seminar series.
Laura Gilliam is an educational anthropologist at Aarhus University researching children, schools and ethnicity. Her research focuses on the relationship between children and young people's self-perceptions, communities, practices and experiences on the one hand, and the institutional logic and practice of schooling on the other, and how this relates to cultural norms, conflicts and ‘civilising’ projects of society. She has conducted ethnographic fieldwork in several schools in Denmark, and also among children in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa.
Sociology@MaU is a seminar series that highlights sociological perspectives in research, both within and outside Malmö University. Sociology@MaU brings together researchers and practitioners in discussions on contemporary issues and challenges and stimulates interdisciplinary dialogue based on sociological perspectives. The seminars aim to encourage intellectual exchange and conversation about theories, methods and empirical fields, thereby providing a breeding ground for ideas about new – more equitable – ways of organising society. The seminars are open to anyone who is interested.
