Abstract
Within the framework of Institutional Ethnography (IE), the research study
STRESS-Mums focuses on the standpoint of single mothers about the issues
that they face with judicial professionals and judicial institutions during their
transition from in-couple parenting to single parenting. Furthermore, it collects
the experience of judicial professionals (lawyers and court-appointed experts)
about the difficulties that single mothers face during this transition and how
they negotiate with the dominant definition of family and the multiple situated
definitions that they embody in their everyday life. In particular, the research
study pays attention to the period of judicial evaluation for child custody and
judicial decisions concerning allowances and other obligations.
The study collected data in four European countries through in-depth
interviews with single mothers, judicial professionals, and gender issues
activists, and photo-voice sessions involving mothers and professionals. The
sample (ten single mothers for each country) includes women with experience
of domestic violence.
This paper presents the findings of this research study by focusing, in
particular, on the experiences collected through the photo-voice sessions and
highlighting the disjunctures that the mothers with experience of domestic
violence underlined between their need for protection and the judicial texts
that actually rule the protection of them and their children.
This paper aims to add an empirical contribution to the discussion of the
application of Institutional Ethnography in the field of socio-legal studies
and discusses, through the study’s findings, the potential of Institutional
Ethnography to offer contributions to changing the law and procedures which
rule the everyday life of single mothers victims of domestic violence.
The research project received funding from the European Union’s Horizon
2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie
grant agreement no 843976.
STRESS-Mums focuses on the standpoint of single mothers about the issues
that they face with judicial professionals and judicial institutions during their
transition from in-couple parenting to single parenting. Furthermore, it collects
the experience of judicial professionals (lawyers and court-appointed experts)
about the difficulties that single mothers face during this transition and how
they negotiate with the dominant definition of family and the multiple situated
definitions that they embody in their everyday life. In particular, the research
study pays attention to the period of judicial evaluation for child custody and
judicial decisions concerning allowances and other obligations.
The study collected data in four European countries through in-depth
interviews with single mothers, judicial professionals, and gender issues
activists, and photo-voice sessions involving mothers and professionals. The
sample (ten single mothers for each country) includes women with experience
of domestic violence.
This paper presents the findings of this research study by focusing, in
particular, on the experiences collected through the photo-voice sessions and
highlighting the disjunctures that the mothers with experience of domestic
violence underlined between their need for protection and the judicial texts
that actually rule the protection of them and their children.
This paper aims to add an empirical contribution to the discussion of the
application of Institutional Ethnography in the field of socio-legal studies
and discusses, through the study’s findings, the potential of Institutional
Ethnography to offer contributions to changing the law and procedures which
rule the everyday life of single mothers victims of domestic violence.
The research project received funding from the European Union’s Horizon
2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie
grant agreement no 843976.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages | 756-756 |
| Number of pages | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jul 2023 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | XX ISA World Congress of Sociology 2023 - Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, Melbourne, Australia Duration: 25 Jun 2023 → 1 Jul 2023 Conference number: 20th https://www.isa-sociology.org/en/conferences/world-congress/melbourne-2023 |
Conference
| Conference | XX ISA World Congress of Sociology 2023 |
|---|---|
| Country/Territory | Australia |
| City | Melbourne |
| Period | 25/06/23 → 1/07/23 |
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