Asta Cekaite

Professor

Publications

2022

Research project

Learning to Communicate and Collaborate through Bodily Expression and Art

In this project artists and pedagogues engage in developing an innovative methodology that will empower young people who may be facing fewer opportunities and social exclusion, particularly those with minority or migrant background.

Preschool children sitting in a row on a bench out in the sun.

Touch cultures, bodily integrity and embodied socialization in preschools

The project aims to further understanding of touch cultures, bodily integrity and bodily socialization in Swedish preschools by examining children’s and educators’ embodied practices and experiences of physical contact in everyday interactions.

The Assessment of Prospective Adoptive Parents

Becoming a parent involves a highly private decision. However, adults who want to adopt a child must open their private lives to institutional scrutiny. In this project we study the assessment process preceding an adoption.

News

Close up of a kid who is jumping in a puddle.

How we nag at our kids – and how they try to escape it

Parents can sometimes feel they don’t do anything but nag at their children. But when referring to the commands that Swedish parents give their children, LiU researcher Asta Cekaite uses the word “negotiate”.

Organisation

Child Studies (TEMAB)

Education and research at Child Studies is about childhood and family with a focus on interaction and language, children's culture and consumption, and childhood over time and space, all to better see the perspectives of children and young people.