diverse concept interrelates is important part of the deconstruction of discourses. This have to do with how of equivalence” or how systems of discourses also are “chains systems of distinctions with inherent positive and negative understandings (Bergström and Boréus, 2000: 229f). The revealing of such binary oppositions or dichotomies has been an important part of my discourse analysis. To conduct a discourse analysis includes estranging and distancing oneself from the documents or interview transcripts a process completed by underlining – “data” – specific key words or concept by the help of quotation marks (Sahlin, 1999: 91.) This process helps to underline the specifics of occurrences/ways of making sense of “things” that would otherwise seems just common sense to us, in a way that highlights them and make them present themselves to us in novel ways (Ibid). To conduct a discourse analysis means trying to critically deconstruct the often rather liquid distinctions between what is considered legitimate or illegitimate, between the correct or incorrect (Börjesson 2007:8) and includes an thorough analysis of different social categories in order to study how they are transformed and through social action. “performed” The data collection process, the reading of previous research and theory and analysis has been parallel flows or run during the course of work. I have also coded, “circular” organized and systematized my empirical data with the help of a program for qualitative analysis (Atlas.ti). In my first coding of the newspaper narratives and official documents I focused on how concepts or representations such as versus adults”, “children “gender” and and how was constructed and framed with reference to the “age” “vulnerability” concept of minors”. Themes or figures of thought raised in previous “unaccompanied research on asylum, migration and unaccompanied children (see for instance Engebrigsen, Eide, Hansen, Brown, Jackson, Van Djik, Watters 2008 etc. etc.) were other constructive tools in the further categorizations of the different textual elements. The samples of reports, plans of action, newspaper articles etc. comprised of more varied lookouts and topics regarding children” than expressed in “unaccompanied newspaper narratives. Confronted with the diversity of the empirical material, I soon
diverse concept interrelates is important part of the deconstruction of discourses. This have to do with how “chains of equivalence” or how systems of discourses also are systems of distinctions with inherent positive and negative understandings (Bergström and Boréus, 2000: 229f). The revealing of such binary oppositions or dichotomies has been an important part of my discourse analysis. To conduct a discourse analysis includes estranging and distancing oneself from the documents or interview transcripts – “data” – a process completed by underlining specific key words or concept by the help of quotation marks (Sahlin, 1999: 91.) This process helps to underline the specifics of occurrences/ways of making sense of “things” that would otherwise seems just common sense to us, in a way that highlights them and make them present themselves to us in novel ways (Ibid). To conduct a discourse analysis means trying to critically deconstruct the often rather liquid distinctions between what is considered legitimate or illegitimate, between the correct or incorrect (Börjesson 2007:8) and includes an thorough analysis of different social categories in order to study how they are transformed and “performed” through social action. The data collection process, the reading of previous research and theory and analysis has been parallel flows or run “circular” during the course of work. I have also coded, organized and systematized my empirical data with the help of a program for qualitative analysis (Atlas.ti). In my first coding of the newspaper narratives and official documents I focused on how concepts or representations such as “children versus adults”, “gender” and “age” and how “vulnerability” was constructed and framed with reference to the concept of “unaccompanied minors”. Themes or figures of thought raised in previous research on asylum, migration and unaccompanied children (see for instance Engebrigsen, Eide, Hansen, Brown, Jackson, Van Djik, Watters 2008 etc. etc.) were other constructive tools in the further categorizations of the different textual elements. The samples of reports, plans of action, newspaper articles etc. comprised of more varied lookouts and topics regarding “unaccompanied children” than expressed in newspaper narratives. Confronted with the diversity of the empirical material, I soon
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