Barnfattigdom 2012 : Ett levande problem i Uppsalas skolor

Sammanfattning: In this essay we aimed to find how economic scarcity among children and youth presents itself in school, according to how school staff experience it. We have conducted interviews with student welfare staff to hear their experiences of this subject and how the schools try to help these pupils. We have used interpretative phenomenology as a base for our work. We have also used some of this traditions most important notions along with notions of Erving Goffman and Sara Ahmed during our processing off the material.  With help from these, we report our most interesting results. We have seen that a lack of resources exists among youth today and that everyone not has easy access to things many of us might take for granted. Also, we have seen examples of how these circumstances can be mentally perceived. In the interviews we have been given examples of how schools try to support these pupils through free activities and through advices about and contact with helping agents in society. Some quotes and information from our interviewees has inspired us to discuss how the attitude and the relation we have to the subject may influence our work with it and the results that we reach.