WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO CARE AND PROVIDE SCHOOLING FOR A CHILD ORPHANED DUE TO HIV/AIDS IN CÔTE D'IVOIRE?: A QUALITATIVE STUDY

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dc.contributor.advisorKlees, Stevenen_US
dc.contributor.authorBriggs, Liza EAen_US
dc.contributor.departmentEducation Policy, and Leadershipen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2012-10-11T05:51:20Z
dc.date.available2012-10-11T05:51:20Z
dc.date.issued2012en_US
dc.description.abstractThis is a qualitative study about how a family describes what it means to care for and provide schooling for a child orphaned due to HIV/AIDS. The study offers a perspective beyond the lens of a family through the inclusion of interview data from representatives of the Ivorian Ministry of Health, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) located in Côte d'Ivoire. Descriptive data reveal how care and schooling are nearly synonymous constructs in the family at the center of this study. To care for a child means to provide schooling. The form of care and schooling are ordered through practices linked to established matrilineal and ethnic family system practices. The child, orphaned due to HIV/AIDS, offers rich descriptive insights about how the loss of his parents affected his care needs, how he negotiated the matrilineal system and how he embraced school achievement and religion to manage his sense of loss and the stigma attached to his status as an orphaned child. This study also offers descriptions that explore the complexity of the political dynamics, support mechanisms, and psychosocial constructs that delineate care and schooling practices in this family and, more broadly, in Côte d'Ivoire. This study contributes to existing scholarly literature by offering a nuanced depiction of the impact of HIV/AIDS from a variety of perspectives. This contrasts with studies that converge on demographic and statistical analysis. This study also places a great deal of emphasis on the inclusion of the perspective of Ivorians. Ivorian representation allows for Ivorian-centered depictions and responses to the research questions and reflects concerns about post-development critiques on discourse and representation.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/13175
dc.subject.pqcontrolledEducation policyen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledEducationen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledCultural anthropologyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledCote d' Ivoireen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledCultural Anthropologyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledHIV/AIDSen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledOrphans and vulnerable childrenen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledPost development theoryen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledWest Africaen_US
dc.titleWHAT DOES IT MEAN TO CARE AND PROVIDE SCHOOLING FOR A CHILD ORPHANED DUE TO HIV/AIDS IN CÔTE D'IVOIRE?: A QUALITATIVE STUDYen_US
dc.typeDissertationen_US

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