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Ursina Jaeger, "Children as Social Butterflies: Navigating Belonging in a Diverse Swiss Kindergarten" (Rutgers UP 2025)

Published: February 28, 2026

Duration: 1:06:45

How do children negotiate social belonging? Ursina Jaeger followed the children of a kindergarten class in a stigmatized and diverse neighborhood for several years, both inside and outside of school. Along with giving vivid insights into the children's everyday lives, Children as Social Butterflies: Navigating Belonging in a Diverse Swiss Kindergarten (Rutgers UP 2025) examines how social differentiation is learned in diverse societies.

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