Snorerfigure i spejderpraksis - En analyse af voksen spejderpraksis
Oversat titel
String Figures in Scouting - An Analysis of Adult Scout Practice
Forfatter
Hasselager, Louise
Semester
4. semester
Uddannelse
Udgivelsesår
2026
Afleveret
2026-05-29
Resumé
Dette speciale undersøger, hvordan voksnes spejderpraksis udfolder sig og opretholdes i Det Danske Spejderkorps (DDS), og hvad der bliver analytisk synligt, når forpligtelse, leg og ledelse forstås som indbyrdes forbundne praksisdimensioner. Hvor spejderarbejde ofte beskrives gennem pædagogiske metoder, værdier og fokus på børn og unge, flytter studiet opmærksomheden til de voksne frivillige, hvis deltagelse organiserer, vedligeholder og bærer spejderpraksis videre. Med udgangspunkt i DDS formuleres spørgsmålet: Hvordan udfolder spejderpraksis sig blandt voksne deltagere i Det Danske Spejderkorps, og hvilke analytiske åbninger opstår, når forpligtelse, leg og ledelse belyses som sammenvævede praksisdimensioner gennem Etienne Wenger og Donna Haraway? Teoretisk bygger specialet på Wengers teori om praksisfællesskaber og Haraways naturkulturelle og relationelle perspektiver, suppleret af Brian Sutton-Smiths forståelse af leg. Disse tilgange bruges til at forstå, hvordan mening, deltagelse og tilhørighed skabes gennem fælles praksis, situeret viden og mere-end-menneskelige sammenfiltringer. Metodisk er specialet primært autoetnografisk og trækker på forfatterens mangeårige deltagelse i spejderbevægelsen, suppleret med deltagerobservation, et semistruktureret interview, organisatorisk materiale og kvalitative spørgeskemaer fra voksne spejdere. I analysen behandles forpligtelse som en relationel og praksisbaseret orientering mod fælles ansvar, hvor deltagelse gradvist udvikler en beredvillighed til at handle og bære praksis sammen med andre. Leg undersøges som en bredere praksusform end afgrænsede lege, hvor fantasi, samarbejde, materiel håndtering og fælles verdensskabelse indgår i alt fra byggeri til planlægning og koordinering. Ledelse fremstår som distribueret og relationel snarere end bundet til formelle roller og udvikles gennem deltagelse, hvor voksne spejdere lærer at se behov, koordinere situationer og føre praksis videre i fællesskab. Samlet argumenterer specialet for, at spejderpraksis ikke kan reduceres til organisatoriske strukturer eller individuel motivation, men må forstås som en relationel, responsiv og naturkulturel praksis, der kontinuerligt skabes i samspil mellem mennesker, materialer og omgivelser. Specialet konkluderer, at voksnes spejderpraksis i DDS kan forstås som sympoietisk – en praksis, der ikke eksisterer uafhængigt, men hele tiden skabes-med andre, hvor deltagelse flettes sammen med mening, tilhørighed og fælles ansvar.
This thesis examines how adult scout practice is enacted and sustained within The Danish Scout Association (Det Danske Spejderkorps, DDS), and what becomes analytically visible when commitment, play and leadership are understood as interconnected dimensions of practice. While scouting is often described in terms of pedagogical methods, values and a focus on children and young people, the study shifts attention to the adult volunteers whose participation organizes, maintains and carries scout practice forward. Situated in DDS, it asks: How is scout practice enacted among adult participants in The Danish Scout Association, and what analytical openings emerge when commitment, play and leadership are illuminated as intertwined practice dimensions through the perspectives of Etienne Wenger and Donna Haraway? The thesis is theoretically grounded in Wenger’s theory of communities of practice and Haraway’s naturecultural and relational perspectives, supplemented by Brian Sutton-Smith’s view of play. Together, these approaches are used to understand how meaning, participation and belonging are produced through shared practice, situated knowledge and more-than-human entanglements. Methodologically, the thesis is primarily autoethnographic, drawing on the author’s long-term participation in scouting, and is complemented by participant observation, a semi-structured interview, organizational documents and qualitative questionnaire responses from adult scouts. The analysis is organized around the dimensions of commitment, play and leadership. Commitment is explored as a relational, practice-based orientation toward shared responsibility, in which participation gradually generates responsiveness and readiness to act in sustaining collective practice. Play is examined as a broader mode of practice than bounded games, encompassing imagination, collaboration, material engagement and shared world-building in activities such as constructing, planning and coordinating. Leadership is shown to be distributed and relational rather than tied solely to formal positions, developing through participation as adult scouts learn to recognize needs, coordinate situations and move practice forward together. Across these strands, the thesis argues that scout practice cannot be reduced to organizational structures or individual motivation, but must be understood as a relational, responsive and naturecultural practice continuously co-produced by people, materials and environments. It concludes that adult scout practice in DDS can be understood as sympoietic – a practice that does not exist independently but is continually created-with others, where participation becomes intertwined with meaning, belonging and collective responsibility.
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