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When a constant stream of normal folk came in through the door: An exploration of conditions for and experiences of belonging at a drug user-led organisation in Stockholm
Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Sociologiska institutionen.
2021 (Engelska)Självständigt arbete på avancerad nivå (masterexamen), 20 poäng / 30 hpStudentuppsats (Examensarbete)
Abstract [en]

There is a dearth of theoretically grounded research on initiatives that support drug users ingeneral, and on drug user-led initiatives in particular. Moreover, the body of research that existshas primarily been conducted in North America, thus eliciting a need for further researchconducted in other national contexts – in this case Sweden. The present thesis thereforeexplores conditions for and experiences of belonging that take place at a drug user-ledorganisation in Stockholm. It also examines how such conditions and experiences have beenaffected by the introduction of covid-19 prevention measures.The thesis both seeks to explore how conditions and practices allow experiences to emerge andwhat such experiences are like and therefore employs a qualitative phenomenologicalethnographic methodological approach. Data were collected through 6 semi-structuredinterviews and 34 hours of participant observation undertaken at the organisation duringFebruary and March 2021.The results of the study suggest that the inclusive and situation-centred approach of theorganisation is what allows a diverse group of marginalised people who use(d) drugs toexperience a sense of ease within it. The results also demonstrate how this inclusive approachis limited by the organisation’s position within a broader institutional and sociomaterialcontext, particularly in the face of the covid-19 pandemic. Moreover, the thesis will highlighta tension that can arise between this inclusive approach and the creation of equal participationopportunities.Going forward, it would be especially beneficial to conduct a multi-sited ethnographic studycomparing different harm reduction initiatives in order to explore how practices andexperiences vary between them. This would allow for more nuanced knowledge on how suchinitiatives could best provide a sense of ease for marginalised drug users in the future. 

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2021. , s. 60
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Drug user-led organisation, covid-19 pandemic, marginalisation, belonging, phenomenological ethnography
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Sociologi (exklusive socialt arbete, socialpsykologi och socialantropologi)
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URN: urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-445495OAI: oai:DiVA.org:uu-445495DiVA, id: diva2:1565514
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Tillgänglig från: 2021-06-14 Skapad: 2021-06-14 Senast uppdaterad: 2021-06-14Bibliografiskt granskad

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