The Cultural Context of Motor Development: Postural Manipulations in the Daily Life of Bambara Babies (Mali)
- 1 December 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in International Journal of Behavioral Development
- Vol. 9 (4) , 439-453
- https://doi.org/10.1177/016502548600900403
Abstract
The present study is the first exploratory step of a larger investigation focusing on the influence of culturally-related caretaking practices on motor development. Four Bambara infants between 4 and 23 weeks of age were observed for two full days with a paper-and-pencil event-recording technique and with video films. We took down the infant's 'postural time-table', i.e., the different spatial positions experienced during everyday life (prone, supine, sitting, standing...) and the different postural adjustments required by maternal manipulations during caretaking and transportation.Keywords
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