01770nas a2200157   4500008004100000022001400041245008900055210006900144300001000213490000600223520112700229653006601356100002001422700002301442856014701465       2015                        eng d  a2300-168200aWho Are We? Cultural Valence and Children’s Narratives of National Identifications0 aWho Are We Cultural Valence and Children s Narratives of Nationa  a13-340 v53 a<p>The article provides a sociological analysis of national identities of Polish children growing up in Norway. The research results presented are unique in the sense that the portrayals of national identifications constructed in the process of migration are shown through direct experiences of children. The analysis is based on semi-structured interviews with children, observation in the research situation (children&rsquo;s rooms) and Sentence Completion Method. Adopting Antonina Kłoskowska&rsquo;s analytical framework of national identity and her terminology of the so called &lsquo;cultural valence&rsquo; (adoption of culture), we argue that identities are processual and constructed, a result of the fact that mobility took place at a certain moment in time and in a specific geographical space. In addition, we see identities as conditioned by a plethora of identifiable objective and subjective reasons. The intensified mobility of children due to labour migrations of their parents leads to multiple challenges within the (re)constructions of children&rsquo;s identities in their new place of settlement.</p>10achildren; migration; national identifications; Poland; Norway1 aSlany, Krystyna1 aStrzemecka, Stella  uhttp://ceemr.uw.edu.pl/sites/default/files/CEEMR_Vol_5_No_1_Slany_Strzemecka_Who_Are_We_Cultural_Valence_and_Children%E2%80%99s_Narratives.pdf