Children's Geographies
Volume 7, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 209-228

Making meaningful space for oneself: photo-based dialogue with siblings of refugee children with severe withdrawal symptoms (Article)

Svensson M.* , Ekblad S. , Ascher H.
  • a Nordic School of Public Health, Gothenburg, Sweden
  • b Stress Research Institute, Stockholm University, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Section of Psychiatry, Karolinska Institute, Sweden
  • c Nordic School of Public Health, Gothenburg, Sweden

Abstract

The current study explores the use of children's photographs to establish a dialogue about everyday life with healthy siblings of refugee children with severe withdrawal symptoms (SWS). Asylum-seeking refugee children in Sweden with SWS have been officially observed since 2000, yet research has overlooked their healthy siblings. We studied three healthy siblings and found photography to be an applicable communicative tool. When parents focus their attention on the ill child, the healthy children create space for themselves and indicate both resilience and vulnerability. We suggest that, together with a dialogue, children's own photographs are useful for research with refugee children in vulnerable situations. © 2009 Taylor & Francis.

Author Keywords

Resilience Severe withdrawal symptoms (sws) Sibling everyday life Refugee Photographs

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-70350463667&doi=10.1080%2f14733280902798902&partnerID=40&md5=aec6101b55b8b78bc7d7b6309491be5d

DOI: 10.1080/14733280902798902
ISSN: 14733285
Cited by: 12
Original Language: English