Borderline Cases in Everyday Life in Preschool

Privacy is a central part of children’s social lives, and although the concept has gained increased attention in recent years—often with a focus on physical boundaries—children themselves understand and negotiate privacy in far more complex ways in their everyday interactions.

In her dissertation, “Gränsfall: Integritet som social praktik i barns vardagsliv i förskolan” (“Borderline Cases: Privacy as a Social Practice in Children’s Everyday Life in Preschool”), Forsberg Koel examines how preschool children themselves perceive and enact privacy. Through ethnographic fieldwork conducted within preschool environments, she closely followed children’s daily activities and analyzed how they navigate relationships, friendships, boundaries, and social expectations.

The public defence will take place on 13 March. The opponent is Professor Emeritus Jan Kampmann from the Institute for People and Technology, Center for Daycare Research, Roskilde University.

You can follow the public defence via Zoom:
https://stockholmuniversity.zoom.us/j/64296421262

Read more about Josefin Forsberg Koel and her research.