Mapping Children’s Life-Worlds: A Content-Analytical Study of Drawings of Favourite Gifts

Author:

Kruuse Kristiina1,Kalmus Veronika2,Runnel Pille3,Siibak Andra4

Affiliation:

1. PhD Student Faculty of Social Sciences , Institute of Social Studies University of Tartu Lossi 36, 51003 Tartu , Estonia

2. Professor of Sociology Faculty of Social Sciences , Institute of Social Studies University of Tartu Lossi 36 , 51003 Tartu , Estonia

3. Research Director-Deputy Director Estonian National Museum Muuseumi tee 2 , 60532 Tartu , Estonia

4. Professor of Media Studies Faculty of Social Sciences , Institute of Social Studies University of Tartu Lossi 36, 51003 Tartu , Estonia

Abstract

Abstract What children count as their favourite things tell us not only about children but also about their social and cultural experiences. This study,* based on the outcomes of a children’s drawing competition organised by the Estonian National Museum and applying a combined framework of visual sociology and participa-tory research, proposes an innovative angle to using the museum’s experimental approach to contemporary collecting of cultural heritage. This large-sample (n=926) content-analytical study of children’s favourite gifts gives a rich ethno-graphic and sociological perspective on children’s life-worlds. On the one hand, the children’s wishes reflected contemporary global trends in technology and commercialisation. On the other hand, the children’s prevailing dream of having a pet shows loneliness shaped by societal changes, including urbanisation and changing family models and time regimes.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Subject

Anthropology,Cultural Studies

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