Fantasiflykt : fantasins betydelse i läsfrämjande insatser för barn och unga 1980–2020
(2021) ABMM54 20211Division of ALM and Digital Cultures
- Abstract
- In this master thesis, I analyse a wide array of texts on children’s and youths reading and reading promotion in Sweden during 1980–2020, in order to assess how the concept of imagination is depicted and valued. The source material consists of official documents on reading promotion, such as commission reports, strategy plans, and surveys; a variety of texts dealing with children’s and youths reading in general, handbooks in reading promotion for children and youths, and reports from reading promotion projects in public libraries. I use a qualitative method to locate
and analyse how imagination is described, or not described, in the sources.
The thesis is inspired by a rich literature on imagination as a philosophical, psychological,... (More) - In this master thesis, I analyse a wide array of texts on children’s and youths reading and reading promotion in Sweden during 1980–2020, in order to assess how the concept of imagination is depicted and valued. The source material consists of official documents on reading promotion, such as commission reports, strategy plans, and surveys; a variety of texts dealing with children’s and youths reading in general, handbooks in reading promotion for children and youths, and reports from reading promotion projects in public libraries. I use a qualitative method to locate
and analyse how imagination is described, or not described, in the sources.
The thesis is inspired by a rich literature on imagination as a philosophical, psychological, pedagogical, and literary phenomenon. The thesis builds on the postulation that imagination is essential in literature and in life, but that current political and economic trends in society promote quite different ideals. The critical philosophy of Jonna Bornemark and Martha Nussbaum, among others, has inspired the theoretical framework of the thesis.
The empirical study shows that imagination certainly do play different roles in documents on reading promotion in the last forty years. A notable results is that imagination has a natural place in official documents on reading promotion in the 1980s and 1990s, but completely disappears in the 2010s. Another find is that even texts from the 2010s that do promote the essential components of imagination (such as visualisation, creativity, a sense of awe) employ other terms.
The thesis ends with a discussion on how the changing role of imagination in reading promotion for children and youths can be understood in a wider perspective of societal change. (Less)
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- author
- Riving, Cecilia LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- ABMM54 20211
- year
- 2021
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- Library Studies, Reading Promotion, Imagination, Children, Youths
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9050381
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- 2021-06-24 22:09:19
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abstract = {{In this master thesis, I analyse a wide array of texts on children’s and youths reading and reading promotion in Sweden during 1980–2020, in order to assess how the concept of imagination is depicted and valued. The source material consists of official documents on reading promotion, such as commission reports, strategy plans, and surveys; a variety of texts dealing with children’s and youths reading in general, handbooks in reading promotion for children and youths, and reports from reading promotion projects in public libraries. I use a qualitative method to locate
and analyse how imagination is described, or not described, in the sources.
The thesis is inspired by a rich literature on imagination as a philosophical, psychological, pedagogical, and literary phenomenon. The thesis builds on the postulation that imagination is essential in literature and in life, but that current political and economic trends in society promote quite different ideals. The critical philosophy of Jonna Bornemark and Martha Nussbaum, among others, has inspired the theoretical framework of the thesis.
The empirical study shows that imagination certainly do play different roles in documents on reading promotion in the last forty years. A notable results is that imagination has a natural place in official documents on reading promotion in the 1980s and 1990s, but completely disappears in the 2010s. Another find is that even texts from the 2010s that do promote the essential components of imagination (such as visualisation, creativity, a sense of awe) employ other terms.
The thesis ends with a discussion on how the changing role of imagination in reading promotion for children and youths can be understood in a wider perspective of societal change.}},
author = {{Riving, Cecilia}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Fantasiflykt : fantasins betydelse i läsfrämjande insatser för barn och unga 1980–2020}},
year = {{2021}},
}