Relational analysis and the ethnographic approach: constructing preschool childhood

This article elaborates the relational ontology in an ethnographic study. The aim is to seek construction of preschool practice and how children’s positions are constructed it. study based on understanding that ethnography sociology share idea society emerges through repeated relations. ontological thinking applied a micro-level analysis three episodes from Finnish preschool. We propose relations appear every single ethnographical episode carefully analysed repetitive can reveal stabilised organisational structure. shows position one child structuring being structured everyday actions argue data, it possible sociological knowledge institutions – this case,