Dilemmas and Contradictions in Hearing Children in Care Proceedings
Recorded in 2019
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Contributors
Author: Marie Hatlelid Føleide, Oddbjørg Skjær Ulvik
Publisher: The International Journal of Children’s Rights
Date: 2019
Geographic Coverage: Europe
Type of Resource: Report
Sector/setting: Academic
Vulnerable groups: Children, Young People
Developed with children and young people? Not specified
Type of participation: Report
Availability: Restricted Access
Keywords: Children in care, Children’s views, Norway
Introduction
The article is based on interviews with 22 children’s spokespersons in the Norwegian arrangement for indirect participation in care proceedings, and presents analyses of the spokespersons’ experiences of contradictions and dilemmas in their practices. Contradictions and dilemmas may be seen in light of the epistemological positions analysed from spokespersons’ accounts: their interpretation of their mandate and the status they ascribe to the child’s contribution to the dialogue. The article’s contribution is the presentation of analytical results that call for a discussion about the inherent contradictions in the mandate of an indirect participation arrangement, and contradictions between psychological and judicial aspects of the spokespersons’ practices.