Eric Kimathi

• Kimathi, Eric (2023). Negotiating positionality within institutional ethnography as a non-native researcher in Norway. I Magnussen, May-Linda & Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund (Red.), Erfaringer med institusjonell etnografi. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. ISSN 9788202714840. s. 251–268. doi: 10.23865/noasp.195.ch12.
• Kimathi, Eric (2023). Tensions of Difference in Integrating Refugee Children in Norwegian ECEC Centers. Nordisk barnehageforskning. ISSN 1890-9167. 20(4), s. 43–62. doi: 10.23865/nbf.v20.409. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  This article explores the tensions that arise in the integration process of refugee children in Norwegian ECEC centres. For many refugee children, ECEC centres form the first public institution where they learn about the norms and values outside of their homes. Using institutional ethnography as a method of inquiry, data was gathered using semi-structured interviews with ECEC professionals, focusing on how they interact with refugee children and how they do everyday integration work. The article adopts the concept of the "civilizing process" by Norbert Elias as the overarching analytical concept. The findings reveal that integration of refugee children involves tensions in negotiating language, civilising children into Norwegian ideals of childhood, and civilising parents into the Norwegian cultural ideal of parenting.

• Kimathi, Eric (2022). The construction of a ‘traumatized’ refugee child in need of safety in Norwegian kindergartens. Journal of Comparative Social Work. ISSN 0809-9936. 17(2), s. 53–78. doi: 10.31265/jcsw.v17.i2.386. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Kimathi, Eric & Nilsen, Ann Christin Eklund (2021). Managing categories: The role of social technology in kindergarten teachers’ work to promote early intervention and integration. Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood. ISSN 1463-9491. s. 1–13. doi: 10.1177/14639491211045419. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv

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• Kimathi, Eric (2024). An institutional ethnographic study on the social organisation of integration work in Norwegian ECEC Centers. Universitetet i Agder. ISSN 978-82-8427-187-3. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv

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