The “foreigner”: Preschool and school children’s graphic and verbal representation
| Title | The “foreigner”: Preschool and school children’s graphic and verbal representation |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2011 |
| Authors | Raccanello D |
| Journal | Interdisciplinary Journal of Family Studies |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pagination | 42-56 |
| Date Published | 06/2011 |
| Publisher | Padova University Press |
| Place Published | Padova, IT |
| ISSN Number | 2282-2011 |
| Keywords | children, drawings, foreigner, representation, verbal reports |
| Abstract | Taking into account the central role recently assumed by racial/ethnic themes, we have explored the spontaneous representation of the foreigner among Italian preschool and school children (n = 122). The children produced a drawing and participated in a semi-structured interview related to meeting two newcomers, one of them a foreigner. Ability to give elements which allow to identify a person as a foreigner – related to somatic, linguistic, geographic, cultural and/or social aspects – increases with age and is associated with contact with foreign people. At a methodological level, the analysis of the verbal reports reveals a richer – and never contradictory – elaboration of the concept of foreigner with respect to the drawings. |
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