Open this publication in new window or tab >>2025 (English)In: British Journal of Sociology of Education, ISSN 0142-5692, E-ISSN 1465-3346, Vol. 46, no 1, p. 113-131Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
The present paper delves into how symbolic boundaries in a school that is undergoing a desegregation process come to shape social boundaries of ‘we-ness’ and ‘otherness’. The theoretical framework of the study starts from an interest in analysing whether symbolic and social boundaries emerge in new encounters during a desegregation process and whether this may produce different modes of incorporation. Peer interactions and schoolwork were observed and interviews with school staff were conducted to investigate school desegregation implementation in a large Swedish town. The town we investigated has formulated a desegregation policy that, over time, has not resulted in desegregation in practice. The results highlight that schools without a coherent pedagogy, idea, or practice for social inclusion face challenges. These challenges, in turn, promote internal micro-segregation and non-incorporation of minority students, despite intentions to promote inclusion.
Keywords
Desegregation, education, ethnography, modes of incorporation
National Category
Pedagogy
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:su:diva-240511 (URN)10.1080/01425692.2024.2428680 (DOI)001361047700001 ()2-s2.0-85210006120 (Scopus ID)
2025-03-112025-03-112025-03-11Bibliographically approved