Code
01D01008
Duration
01 October 2008 → 30 September 2012
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Research disciplines
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Humanities and the arts
- Linguistics
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Social sciences
- Social and cultural anthropology
Keywords
transnational connections
transnational adoption
adoption cultures
adoption networks
Project description
This research project investigates by means of ethnographic fieldwork, the meaning of adoption cultures created by adoptive families. The project examines discourses, practices and networks of Flemish adoptive parents of children from Ethiopia, to gain insight in the ways parents deal with the difference of their child.