Funds of Knowledge in Child-Headed Households: A Ugandan Case Study

Autor/inn/en	Kendrick, Maureen; Kakuru, Doris
Titel	Funds of Knowledge in Child-Headed Households: A Ugandan Case Study
Quelle	In: Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 19 (2012) 3, S.397-413 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0907-5682
DOI	10.1177/0907568212439587
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Parents; Death; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS); Children; Heads of Households; Learning Processes; Parent Role; Older Adults; Childhood Attitudes; Resilience (Psychology); At Risk Persons; Ethnography; Rural Areas; Documentation; Ability; Daily Living Skills; Experience; Adjustment (to Environment); Scaffolding (Teaching Technique); Cognitive Development; Child Development; Developmental Stages; School Role; Social Isolation; Hearing Impairments; Africa; Uganda + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Eltern; Sterbefall; Tod; Todesfall; Child; Kind; Kinder; Learning process; Lernprozess; Parental role; Elternrolle; Älterer Erwachsener; Risikogruppe; Ethnografie; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Dokumentation; Fähigkeit; Fertigkeit; Alltagsfertigkeit; Erfahrung; Kognitive Entwicklung; Kindesentwicklung; Soziale Isolation; Hearing impairment; Hörbehinderung; Afrika
Abstract	Much of the research on orphan and vulnerable children in sub-Saharan Africa has focused on their risks and vulnerabilities. This article describes the "funds of knowledge" (Moll and Greenberg, 1990) and means of acquiring new knowledge of children living in child-headed households in Uganda's Rakai District. Using ethnographic methods, the authors documented the experiences and activities of children in five rural home contexts. They advance the view of children as resourceful, competent, and knowledgeable, highlighting their ability to build on, utilize, and acquire new funds of knowledge while simultaneously recognizing their conditions of extreme adversity. The authors' aim is to expand and strengthen the current knowledge base on children living in child-headed households by providing a more nuanced understanding of the relationship between children's risks and capabilities. (Contains 4 notes and 3 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10