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'Talking bodies': Power and counter-power between children and adults in day care

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Childhood: A journal of global child research

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Abstract

The article examines how children use bodily expressions as an instrument of power and a method of being heard when adults place them in positions of powerlessness in everyday life practice. The main focus is on children with social difficulties. The article focuses on children and adults in situations during time spent outdoors. The findings show that children and staff have different perceptions of what is desirable, and that they use different power mechanisms to change or maintain the power of definition.