Making Sense of Intersecting Crises: Promises, Challenges, and Possibilities of Intersectional Perspectives in Youth Research

I am from a fantasy, where Freire quotes become reality

English Teaching Practice & Critique ◽

10.1108/etpc-10-2016-0124 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 15 (3) ◽

pp. 461-466

Author(s):

Erika Castro ◽

Gabrielle Jackson ◽

Jenna Cushing-Leubner ◽

Brian Lozenski

Keyword(s):

Design Methodology ◽

Spoken Word ◽

Participatory Action ◽

Graphic Arts ◽

Content Type ◽

Making Sense ◽

Youth Research ◽

The World ◽

Young Black Woman ◽

Words And Images

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to show the viewpoint of two youth artists, researchers and activists who use spoken word and graphic arts to represent their research. Design/methodology/approach As a bilingual Spanish-speaking Latina and a young Black woman, the authors use artistic expression as a way to voice themselves and to give voice to the work they do as members of two youth research collectives. As individuals, they are members of two different youth participatory action research groups with different goals and ways of making sense of the world. But these groups have also come together to collaborate on issues of shared importance. Findings As youth artist-activists, the authors’ work could stand on its own, but they believe that they are stronger together. They have created a conversation of images and voices that represent the strength they have when they can be themselves. They work together to make a world one deserves to live in. Originality/value The authors’ work originates from within and is influenced by their experiences in the world, by the communities surrounding them, by those who love them, by those who have come before them and by the challenges that are thrown at them. They believe that their words and images have value because they do.

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Making sense….a failure to understand and a duty to explain: youth, youth policy and youth research 1975–1995

Youth and Policy: Contexts and Consequences ◽

10.4324/9780429401282-1 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 5-18

Author(s):

Howard Williamson

Keyword(s):

Youth Policy ◽

Making Sense ◽

Youth Research

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“They’re Always Complicated but That’s the Meaning of Family in My Eyes”: Homeless Youth Making Sense of “Family” and Family Relationships

Journal of Family Issues ◽

10.1177/0192513x18812512 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 40 (4) ◽

pp. 540-570 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Sarah Parker ◽

Paula Mayock

Keyword(s):

Longitudinal Study ◽

Young People ◽

Family Relationships ◽

Homeless Youth ◽

Meaning Making ◽

Making Sense ◽

Youth Research ◽

Supportive Family ◽

Over Time

Analyses of the relevance of family for young people are more visible than previously within youth research. Nonetheless, understanding of the nature and meaning of family relationships for those who experience separation from their family, including homeless youth, is relatively weak. Based on selected findings from a qualitative longitudinal study, this article explores the meaning-making processes of homeless young people with explicit attention to the ways in which “family” is produced and (re)negotiated in their lives over time. Four themes are presented— family as reliable and supportive; family as interrupted and “broken”; family as fragile and elusive; and family as fluid and ambiguous—revealing the unfolding nature of young people’s constructions of family and family relationships. The enduring impact of separation, dislocation, and conflict on how young people “make sense” of familial experiences is discussed, and we conclude with the practice implications arising from the findings.

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