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Namibia's Children - Living Conditions and Life Forces in a Society in Crisis

English · Paperback / Softback

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Many children in Namibia find themselves facing a social crisis. They have been abandoned or abused, are malnourished, homeless, or live in shacks that barely provide any protection. However, amidst these disastrous living conditions, children have developed remarkable survival skills, and come up with equally clever and disillusioned analyses of their situation.
For three years, Michaela Fink and Reimer Gronemeyer conducted interviews in Namibia with women who take care of vulnerable children. The book gives these children a voice in interviews and essays.

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Michaela Fink (Dr. phil.), geb. 1973, ist wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am Institut für Soziologie der Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen. Ihre Arbeits- und Forschungsschwerpunkte sind die Versorgung am Lebensende, Ehrenamt und Demenz sowie Studien zum subsaharischen Afrika. Sie promovierte 2011 zur Frage der Institutionalisierung des Sterbens in der Hospiz- und Palliativarbeit, arbeitet in verschiedenen Forschungsprojekten zum Thema Ehrenamtliche Sterbebegleitung und war am Aufbau und der Leitung des ambulanten Kinderhospizdienstes Gießen (2006-2012) beteiligt.Reimer Gronemeyer (Dr. theol., Dr. rer. soc.) ist Professor für Soziologie an der Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen (i.R.) sowie Vorsitzender der Aktion Demenz und Ehrensenator der Justus-Liebig-Universität. Er forscht und lehrt zum Thema Alter und ist Mitherausgeber der Zeitschrift »Demenz Magazin«.

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Many children in Namibia find themselves facing a social crisis. They have been abandoned or abused, are malnourished, homeless, or live in shacks that barely provide any protection. However, amidst these disastrous living conditions, children have developed remarkable survival skills, and come up with equally clever and disillusioned analyses of their situation.For three years, Michaela Fink and Reimer Gronemeyer conducted interviews in Namibia with women who take care of vulnerable children. The book gives these children a voice in interviews and essays.

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Besprochen in:Peripherie, 165+166 (2022), Reinhart Kößler

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Besprochen in:
Peripherie, 165+166 (2022), Reinhart Kößler

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