Niemi2015
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| BibType | ARTICLE |
| Key | Niemi2015 |
| Author(s) | Kreeta Niemi, Amanda Bateman |
| Title | 'Cheaters and stalkers': accusations in a classroom |
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| Tag(s) | EMCA, MCA, Classroom, Accountability |
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| Year | 2015 |
| Language | English |
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| Journal | Discourse Studies |
| Volume | 17 |
| Number | 1 |
| Pages | 83–98 |
| URL | Link |
| DOI | 10.1177/1461445614557755 |
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Abstract
This article explores accusations as collaboratively accomplished in classroom peer interactions in the absence of a teacher. The analysis shows how the children use local classroom rules and teacher authority as resources and warrants to invoke multi-layered moral orders and identities, and hold one child accountable through accusations about their behavior. The accused children are categorized in a duplicative way with morally degrading descriptions and as out-group members. This article argues that understanding children’s accusations requires understanding of how such interactions compose and reflect the school context that is co-produced through the implementation of accountable ways in which to behave.
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