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British Journal of Social Work, doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcn102
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© The Author 2008. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The British Association of Social Workers. All rights reserved

Caring as a Moral, Practical and Powerful Endeavour: Peer Care in a Cambodian Orphanage

Ruth Emond

Ruth Emond is a part-time lecturer who teaches on the University of Stirling's social work programmes. She is also employed as a social worker at the Family Change Project in Perth—a therapeutic service offering support to children and families who have experienced trauma.

Correspondence to Dr Ruth Emond, Department of Applied Social Science, University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA, UK. Email: hre1{at}stir.ac.uk


  Abstract

Research on children's participation in domestic life has tended to focus on the experiences of those living within families. This article reports on a pilot project, undertaken in one Cambodian orphanage, which focused on the care that children provided to themselves and to one another. It argues that not only were such care practices manifest, but they were understood by children to contribute to their power and status within the orphanage as well as the construction of their individual moral self-identities. The boundaries of relationships between children were defined and redefined through care-related actions.

Keywords: Children, institutions, peer relationships, care


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