What is childcare really about? An ethnographic analysis of care relationships in a resource-poor community
| dc.contributor.author | Bray, Rachel | |
| dc.contributor.author | Brandt, René | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-05-03T10:47:01Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-05-03T10:47:01Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2005 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2016-05-03T10:44:30Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | The main aim of this paper is to examine critically the nature of childcare, including ideals and practices, in a resource-poor community through close ethnographic analysis of three sets of data generated over the course of two years. We argue that childcare in Masiphumelele should be conceptualised as having an emotional component that operates in parallel with, and is as important as, material provision and practical action. Further, the analysis reveals the extent to which childcare is shaped by poverty and must be thought about in relation to broader physical and social mobility, and the continuities within such movement. We also show that HIV can further shape childcare by challenging existing cultural practices, such as those pertaining to communication between children and adults regarding death. Future work on childcare would benefit from the conceptual approach adopted across this work, one which views children and their carers in a series of interrelated and dynamic contexts that include both kin and non-kin, and extend from the household to the broader family and friendship networks which support these multiple individuals. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Bray, R., & Brandt, R. (2005). <i>What is childcare really about? An ethnographic analysis of care relationships in a resource-poor community</i> University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR). Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19373 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Bray, Rachel, and René Brandt <i>What is childcare really about? An ethnographic analysis of care relationships in a resource-poor community.</i> University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR), 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19373 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Bray, R., & Brandt, R. (2005). What is Childcare Really About?: An Ethnographic Analysis of Care Relationships in a Resource-Poor Community. Centre for Social Science Research, University of Cape Town. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 1-77011-073-9 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Working Paper AU - Bray, Rachel AU - Brandt, René AB - The main aim of this paper is to examine critically the nature of childcare, including ideals and practices, in a resource-poor community through close ethnographic analysis of three sets of data generated over the course of two years. We argue that childcare in Masiphumelele should be conceptualised as having an emotional component that operates in parallel with, and is as important as, material provision and practical action. Further, the analysis reveals the extent to which childcare is shaped by poverty and must be thought about in relation to broader physical and social mobility, and the continuities within such movement. We also show that HIV can further shape childcare by challenging existing cultural practices, such as those pertaining to communication between children and adults regarding death. Future work on childcare would benefit from the conceptual approach adopted across this work, one which views children and their carers in a series of interrelated and dynamic contexts that include both kin and non-kin, and extend from the household to the broader family and friendship networks which support these multiple individuals. DA - 2005 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - Centre for Social Science Research LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2005 SM - 1-77011-073-9 T1 - What is childcare really about? An ethnographic analysis of care relationships in a resource-poor community TI - What is childcare really about? An ethnographic analysis of care relationships in a resource-poor community UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19373 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19373 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Bray R, Brandt R. What is childcare really about? An ethnographic analysis of care relationships in a resource-poor community. 2005 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19373 | en_ZA |
| dc.language | eng | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.department | Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR) | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Humanities | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.rights | Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) | * |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | en_ZA |
| dc.source | Centre for Social Science Research | |
| dc.source.uri | http://www.cssr.uct.ac.za/ | |
| dc.subject.other | childcare | |
| dc.subject.other | ethnographic analysis | |
| dc.subject.other | poverty | |
| dc.title | What is childcare really about? An ethnographic analysis of care relationships in a resource-poor community | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Working Paper | en_ZA |
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| uct.type.publication | Research | en_ZA |
| uct.type.resource | Research paper | en_ZA |