Barntolken - En kvalitativ studie om barn som tolkar i möten med professionella
(2023) SOPB63 20231School of Social Work
- Abstract
- It is known that the phenomenon of child language brokering, where children act as interpreters for family members, exists in Sweden. Several studies have shown problematic aspects of the practice. The aim of this study was to explore young adults' experiences of child language brokering in appointments with professionals. The method chosen for this study was qualitative interviews with nine young adults with experiences of child language brokering. The material was analysed through Goffman's role theory and the concept of parentification. We found that young adults perceived their role as child language brokers in various ways. The role came with responsibilities and some respondents described a feeling of entering the adult world at a... (More)
- It is known that the phenomenon of child language brokering, where children act as interpreters for family members, exists in Sweden. Several studies have shown problematic aspects of the practice. The aim of this study was to explore young adults' experiences of child language brokering in appointments with professionals. The method chosen for this study was qualitative interviews with nine young adults with experiences of child language brokering. The material was analysed through Goffman's role theory and the concept of parentification. We found that young adults perceived their role as child language brokers in various ways. The role came with responsibilities and some respondents described a feeling of entering the adult world at a young age. Diverse emotions related to the role of a child language broker arose in the empirical material, for example, anxiety and stress, as well as pride and joyfulness. The child-brokered appointments may also be understood through the concept of normalisation, where both the child and the professional normalised the child broker as a part of the appointment. Our respondents described both positive and negative treatment from professionals. However, they were able to describe the negative treatment in more detail. Lastly, the child's language brokering may be understood as more than just translating words. The respondents described how they also mediated between cultures as they brokered in appointments with professionals. (Less)
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- author
- Pietsch, Alice LU and Diamant, Ella LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- SOPB63 20231
- year
- 2023
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- child language brokering, interpretation, parentification, social work, migration
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9123832
- date added to LUP
- 2023-06-12 17:13:23
- date last changed
- 2023-06-12 17:13:23
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abstract = {{It is known that the phenomenon of child language brokering, where children act as interpreters for family members, exists in Sweden. Several studies have shown problematic aspects of the practice. The aim of this study was to explore young adults' experiences of child language brokering in appointments with professionals. The method chosen for this study was qualitative interviews with nine young adults with experiences of child language brokering. The material was analysed through Goffman's role theory and the concept of parentification. We found that young adults perceived their role as child language brokers in various ways. The role came with responsibilities and some respondents described a feeling of entering the adult world at a young age. Diverse emotions related to the role of a child language broker arose in the empirical material, for example, anxiety and stress, as well as pride and joyfulness. The child-brokered appointments may also be understood through the concept of normalisation, where both the child and the professional normalised the child broker as a part of the appointment. Our respondents described both positive and negative treatment from professionals. However, they were able to describe the negative treatment in more detail. Lastly, the child's language brokering may be understood as more than just translating words. The respondents described how they also mediated between cultures as they brokered in appointments with professionals.}},
author = {{Pietsch, Alice and Diamant, Ella}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Barntolken - En kvalitativ studie om barn som tolkar i möten med professionella}},
year = {{2023}},
}