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Asta Cekaite

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Publications

2024

Asta Cekaite, Vivien Heller (2024) Uses of interpersonal touch in educational settings: Organizing social relations, participation, and learning Learning, Culture and Social Interaction, Vol. 46, Article 100816 Continue to DOI
Asta Čekaitė, Madeleine Wirzén (2024) Social and Emotional Functions of Institutional Touch in the Relational Care of Young Children Child & Family Social Work Continue to DOI
Maria Simonsson, Asta Čekaitė (2024) Den guidade leken som resurs Svenska som andraspråk i praktiken, p. 113-134
Anna Ekström, Asta Cekaite (2024) Children's touch in a Swedish preschool: touch cultures in peer group interaction International Journal of Early Years Education, Vol. 32, p. 103-121 Continue to DOI

2023

Asta Čekaitė (2023) Känslor och konflikter Den utbildningsvetenskapliga kärnan för förskolan, p. 272-291
Juulia Suvilehto, Asta Cekaite, India Morrison (2023) The why, who and how of social touch NATURE REVIEWS PSYCHOLOGY, Vol. 2, p. 606-621 Continue to DOI
Julia Katila, Asta Cekaite (2023) Trajectories of love: Affective reciprocity during kissing in the everyday life of romantic couples Journal of Pragmatics, Vol. 214, p. 38-53 Continue to DOI
Asta Čekaitė, Marjorie Harness Goodwin (2023) Human Touch The New Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Linguistic Anthropology, p. 391-409

Research project

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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.
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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.
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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

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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

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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.

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