title: Borders in Education and Living- a Case of Trench Warfare.
abstract: In this paper the notion of border will be examined in a cultural life course perspective. I will investigate borders as psycho-cultural constructions created to enable and control meaning-making in the intersection between subjects engagements and concerns and collectively constructed and guiding meanings. An empirical analysis of one boy's life course in and between home, school and a Leisure Time Activity Center in the years 1st to 3rd grade demonstrates a systemic construction of borders involving him, his teachers and his parents and renders the boy to choose between becoming an engaged pupil or a dedicated son. As such, the analysis can illuminate processes of school - home interactions that work opposite of what is intended and become detrimental to children's life. In a cultural life course perspective borders show how life is maintained as meaningful and not only guide the present living but also serve as directional guides into the future.
authors.affiliation: , Copenhagen, Denmark. Pernille.Hviid@psy.ku.dk.
authors.forename: Pernille
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hviid
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D002755:Choice Behavior; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male
keywords: Borders; Concerns; Cultural life course; Home-and-school interaction