- Title
- Negotiating identity and belonging: perspectives of children living in a disadvantaged community in the Eastern Cape Province
- Creator
- Ridley, Tamerin Amy
- Subject
- Group identity -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Subject
- Children's rights -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Subject
- Broken homes -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Date
- 2013
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- M Soc Sc (C Psy)
- Identifier
- vital:11860
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1019871
- Identifier
- Group identity -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Identifier
- Children's rights -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Identifier
- Broken homes -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Description
- Developing an identity with self-esteem and a sense of self-worth is a child’s fundamental right (Vandenbroek, 2001). To encourage identity formation children need to ask and answer questions such as: ‘Who am I?’, ‘Where do I belong?’ and ‘Is it ok to be who I am?’ A child’s identity is shaped largely by his/her experiences with regards to relationships and belonging within communities and familial structures. However, South Africa faces a host of problems, including poverty, violence, HIV/AIDS, all of which contribute to the breakdown of these familial and community structures. Utilising a participatory action framework, this research aims to provide insight into how children living in a disadvantaged community negotiate identity and belonging. This insight into children’s perceptions of identity and belonging is useful for identifying resources within the community which promote a positive sense of identity and belonging, and also to identify areas where support and intervention are required.
- Format
- Format
- 170 leaves
- Publisher
- University of Fort Hare
- Publisher
- Faculty of Social Sciences & Humanities
- Language
- English
- Rights
- University of Fort Hare
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