Constructions of 'the ageless' asylum seekers: An analysis of how age is understood among professionals working within the norwegian immigration authorities.
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| Title: | Constructions of 'the ageless' asylum seekers: An analysis of how age is understood among professionals working within the norwegian immigration authorities. |
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| Authors: | Sørsveen, Aurora T., Ursin, Marit |
| Source: | Children & Society. Mar2021, Vol. 35 Issue 2, p198-212. 15p. |
| Subjects: | Age distribution, Personal beauty, Body image, Emigration & immigration, Ethnology, Experience, Body language, Refugees, Social constructionism |
| Geographic Terms: | Norway |
| Abstract: | This article explores how professionals within the Norwegian immigration authorities conceptualise age when doing non‐medical age assessments. By using social constructivism, which challenges an ethnocentric quantifying understanding of age, we delve into how socially constructed perceptions of childhood and adulthood manifest in assessment practices and the implications of these. By examining how applicants' physical appearance, body language and life experience are used as an assessment basis, we argue that the ways age is conceptualised relate to Western ideas and ideals while overlooking other social and cultural backgrounds in which age is embedded. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: | Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection |
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| Abstract: | This article explores how professionals within the Norwegian immigration authorities conceptualise age when doing non‐medical age assessments. By using social constructivism, which challenges an ethnocentric quantifying understanding of age, we delve into how socially constructed perceptions of childhood and adulthood manifest in assessment practices and the implications of these. By examining how applicants' physical appearance, body language and life experience are used as an assessment basis, we argue that the ways age is conceptualised relate to Western ideas and ideals while overlooking other social and cultural backgrounds in which age is embedded. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| ISSN: | 09510605 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/chso.12415 |
