ForFamily

Family is created in complex negotiation processes in which social, economic and cultural dynamics play a role. Family is formed in everyday practices that are legally standardised, culturally interpreted, politically framed and spatially conditioned. Negotiations can be understood as practices and discursive communication processes. In this cross-cutting topic, three aspects of negotiation are examined in depth: We focus on intra-family, neighbourhood and societal processes in which both everyday practices of 'doing family' and cultural models interact in a variety of ways. Theoretical approaches and empirical findings from the sub-projects will be discussed in an inter- and transdisciplinary dialogue and reflected on with regard to different dimensions of negotiation. The focus of the exchange is on (1) processes of boundary formation and dissolution, (2) the material foundations and (3) the normative dimensions of negotiation. In this way, we are organising a cross-project transfer across the boundaries of specialist cultures, methodological approaches and theoretical paradigms.