Making Space for Youth Culture History: Berlin’sArchiv der Jugendkulturen

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 405-418
Author(s):  
Christine Feldman-Barrett

Berlin’s Archiv der Jugendkulturen (Archive of Youth Cultures) was opened in 1998 to provide scholars, journalists, students, and other interested parties with a dedicated space to research youth culture topics. Founder and journalist Klaus Farin, frustrated with the often negative depictions of young people in the mainstream media, hoped the archive’s materials would act as a corrective to such stereotypes. However, the archive has come to mean much more. This article argues that this unique space not only provides invaluable and rare resources but is both a symbolic and physical manifestation of Germany’s youth culture history. As such, it is an innovative site for the nation’s social memory. Since the archive is located in Kreuzberg, the city’s historic heart of bohemian culture, special attention is paid to Berlin’s long-standing reputation as an “alternative city” popular with young people interested in underground culture. Furthermore, this essay stresses the importance of this history- and memory-oriented space in connection with a recent “historic turn” in youth studies.

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 102-118
Author(s):  
Mark McLelland

In 1971 the editors of Oz magazine were prosecuted for obscenity in a London courtroom for their infamous ‘School Kids Issue’, almost the entire contents of which had been created by a team of young people. In today’s Web 2.0 environment, similar kinds of content to that featured in the magazine is created by young people and made ubiquitous on fan websites. In particular ‘manips’ (manipulated images) of all kinds of pop culture heroes from boy band members to characters from Harry Potter are inserted into pornographic contexts. Whereas in the 1970s it was obscenity legislation that was used to restrict this form of cultural commentary, today child pornography legislation can be used to capture this content. I argue that changes to child pornography laws across the western world in the last two decades have resulted in the capture of even fictional images that are or may only ‘appear to be’ a person under the age of 18, rendering some aspects of online youth culture problematic. The ‘juridicial discourse’ that increasingly collapses a complex range of cultural representations into the category of child pornography is a cause for concern for all academics working on online youth cultures and for the young people involved.


Revista Labor ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (17) ◽  
pp. 42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mayara dos Santos ◽  
Tiago Pereira Leite

“RAP IS A THING THAT CONNECTS, IS IT LINKED?!”: RESSIGNIFICATING CONTEXTS OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN COMPLIANCE WITH SOCIO-EDUCATIONAL MEASURERESUMO: O presente trabalho tem como propósito uma reflexão sobre o rap como possibilidade educativa, que contribui na ressignificação do contexto de jovens e adolescentes em cumprimento de medida socioeducativa na cidade de Cascavel – PR. Objetiva-se uma discussão acerca do rap como alternativa pedagógica em espaços de institucionalização, tratando de questões referentes à noção de juventude e culturas juvenis e também a relação entre juventude e violência. Na tentativa de compreender como o rap pode ser utilizado como instrumento educativo, realizou-se uma pesquisa de campo no Centro de Referência Especializado de Assistência Social – CREAS II na cidade de Cascavel - PR, tendo como ponto principal a observação da Oficina de Rimas. Ademais, foram realizadas entrevistas com o oficineiro e com a pedagoga do centro. Na busca de verificar de que forma o rap tem contribuído para ressignificar contextos, utilizamos como referência as letras de rap compostas pelos adolescentes. Concluímos destacando que o gênero musical em questão é de grande influência no que se refere à formação de identidades e um importante elemento de constituição do imaginário sobre a vida do jovem na periferia. PALAVRAS-CHAVE: ABSTRACT: This paper aims to reflect on the rap as an educational possibility, which contributes to reframe the context of youth and adolescents in compliance with socio-educational measures in the city of Cascavel – PR. The objective is to discuss about rap as a pedagogical alternative in spaces of institutionalization, addressing issues related to the notion of youth and Youth Cultures and also the relationship between youth and violence. In an attempt to understand how rap can be used as an educational tool, a field research in Specialized Reference Center for Social Assistance- CREAS II was held in the city of Cascavel– PR, having as the main point the observation of Rhymes Workshop. Moreover, we also conducted interviews with the work shopper and the pedagogue of the center. In seeking to verify how rap has contributed to reframe contexts, we use as reference the rap lyrics composed by the teenagers. We concluded by pointing out that the musical genre in question is of great influence in relation to the formation of identities and an important imaginary constitution element about the life of the youth in the periphery. KEYWORDS: Youth - Youth Culture – Identity – Rap - Education.


Sociologija ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 241-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlo Genova

Youth cultures are nowadays one of the main social forms among young people, and at the core of youth cultures is style. Variously defined, style is made up of all those elements through which each youth culture, and every individual involved in it, expresses itself and positions itself with regard to other cultural models, by processes of identification, distinction and recognition. Over time, different approaches to the analysis of youth cultures have been developed - on the basis partly of the different empirical phenomena which have been taken into consideration, and partly of the different sensitivities of the scholars - and thus different interpretive perspectives of style have also emerged. The article aims at reconstructing the core elements of the main approaches to style in the study of youth cultures - considering definitions, constitutive elements, and interpretive models - and then, on these bases, at reflecting about a possible methodological path in the concrete study of today?s youth cultures? styles.


2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 300-309
Author(s):  
Dr. Esperanza Viloria Hernández ◽  
Dr. Christian Fernandez Huerta ◽  
Dr. Angel Manuel Ortiz Marin ◽  
Dr. Victoria Elena Santillan Briceno

The object of study is the research of youth phenomena, which is, linked to the expansion of opportunities for socialization of young people, particularly those related to interactive cyberspace mobility. This confirms the sociocultural processes where youth culture makes sense, in the temporary space and the cultural context where they take place. Assumptions allied to the purpose of investigating the vision of young students from public universities in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico and Viedma, Rio Negro, Argentina. We are convinced that moving through cyberspace research by means of digital mediation can provide the advantage of new ways of organizing information, in addition to aid in expanding the ways information is analyzed and interpreted. Qualitative research of Cyberethnographics whose development favors the construction of a specific methodological model for sighting, examining and identifying the sense and action that young people produce. It is that description, the core purpose of this present work.


2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Ndwakhulu Tshishonga

This article examines the socio-economic implications that the controversial sub-culture of skhothane has on the development or underdevelopment of youth at Ekurhuleni and surrounding townships. It interrogates skhothane within the post-modern expressive youth culture. In the township(s) of Ekurhuleni, skhothane is regarded not only as a controversial sub-culture but also as a lifestyle whereby young people compete in acquiring material goods with the ultimate purpose of destroying them. This practice co-exists alongside youth unemployment and underdevelopment which is exacerbated by poverty, rising unemployment and gross inequalities. The author argues that the practice of skhothane sub-culture does not only undermine the policies and programmes aimed at the socio-economic upliftment of young people, but turns the youth into materialistic consumers. In this article, young people are viewed as victims of post-modern lifestyles who are socialised under an intergenerational culture of poverty and underdevelopment. It uses primary data from selected interviews with skhothane members and general members of local communities and secondary sources from books, accredited journals and newspapers.


2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 168-187
Author(s):  
Marluce Evangelista Carvalho Zacariotti

O eixo de atenção deste artigo é o conceito de eXtremo, de Massimo Canevacci, autor, cujas ideias inovadoras, e por que não dizer radicais, têm trazido boas contribuições para pesquisas sobre as juventudes, na interface comunicação/cultura/consumo na contemporaneidade. Trata-se também de uma perspectiva em plena discussão. Porque a temática juventude, destacada em inúmeras pesquisas, estudos, em incontáveis artigos, ensaios e livros que cada vez se proliferam mais, dada a sua crescente relevância, vem sendo abordada sob a perspectiva de vários campos do saber, gerando múltiplas possibilidades de percepção e teorização. Assim, estamos concordando com uma linha de pesquisadores, entre eles Canevacci, que caminham pelo terreno do múltiplo, do plural, envolvendo aspectos sócio-culturais-econômicos-geográficos que falam não de um jovem, mas de jovens; não de uma juventude, mas de juventudes. No limite deste trabalho, ficamos por aqui nesta justificativa para nos dedicar especificamente ao conceito de eXtremo e porque ele se mostra elemento-chave nas discussões que estamos proponho em nossas pesquisas em andamento sobre as juventudes, a cultura na pós-modernidade e os desafios à educação.   PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Juventudes; pós-modernidade; educação.     ABSTRACT The focus of this article is the concept of extreme, from Massimo Canevacci, author, whose innovative ideas, and why not say radicals, have brought good contributions to research on youth, at the interface communication / culture / consumption in the contemporary world.It is also a perspective in full discussion. Because the thematic youth, highlighted in countless researches, studies, countless articles, essays and books that are increasingly proliferating, given their increasing relevance, has been approached from the perspective of several fields of knowledge, generating multiple possibilities of perception and theorizing. Thus, we are agreeing with a line of researchers, among them Canevacci, who walk through the terrain of multiple, plural, involving socio-cultural-economic-geographical aspects that speak not of a young person but of young people; not of a youth but of youth. At the limit of this work, we remain here in this justification to dedicate ourselves specifically to the concept of eXtreme and because it is a key element in the discussions that we are proposing in our ongoing research about youth, culture in postmodernity and the challenges to education.   KEYWORDS: Youth; postmodernity; education.     RESUMEN El eje de atención de este artículo es el concepto de eXtremo, de Massimo Canevacci autor, cuyas ideas innovadoras, y por qué no decir radicales, han traído buenos aportes para investigaciones sobre las juventudes, en el interfaz comunicación/cultura/consumo en la contemporaneidad. Se trata también de una perspectiva en plena discusión. Porque la temática juventud, destacada en innúmeras pesquisas, estudios, en incontables artículos, ensayos y libros que cada vez se proliferan más, dada su creciente relevancia, viene siendo abordada bajo la perspectiva de varios campos del saber, generando múltiples posibilidades de percepción y teorización. Así, estamos concordando con una línea de investigadores, entre ellos Canevacci, que caminan por el terreno del múltiple, del plural, involucrando aspectos socioculturales-económicos-geográficos que hablan no de un joven, pero de jóvenes; no de una juventud, pero de juventudes. En el límite de este trabajo, quedamos por aquí en esta justificativa para nos dedicar específicamente al concepto de eXtremo y porque él se muestra elemento-clave en las discusiones que estamos proponiendo en nuestras investigaciones en andamiento sobre las juventudes, la cultura en la postmodernidad y los desafíos a la educación.   PALABRAS CLAVE: Juventudes; postmodernidad; educación.


Author(s):  
Kirk A. Denton

The Landscape of Historical Memory explores the place of museums and memorial culture in the contestation over historical memory in post–martial law Taiwan. The book is particularly oriented toward the role of politics—especially political parties—in the establishment, administration, architectural design, and historical narratives of museums. It is framed around the wrangling between the “blue camp” (the Nationalist Party, or KMT, and its supporters) and the “green camp” (Democratic Progressive Party, DPP), and its supporters) over what facets of the past should be remembered and how they should be displayed in museums. Organized into chapters focused on particular types of museums and memorial spaces (archaeology museums, history museums, martyrs’ shrines, war museums, memorial halls, literature museums, ethnology museums, ecomuseums, etc.), the book presents a broad overview of the state of museums in Taiwan in the past three decades. The case of Taiwan museums tells us much about Cold War politics and its legacy in East Asia; the role of culture, history, and memory in shaping identities in the multiply “postcolonial” landscape of Taiwan; the politics of historical memory in an emergent democracy, especially in counterpoint to the politics of museums in the People’s Republic of China, which continues to be an authoritarian single party state; and the place of museums in a neoliberal economic climate.


Author(s):  
Jack Reid

This chapter explores how hitchhiking—with its promise of free, untethered, and spontaneous mobility—allowed youths of the late sixties and early seventies the ability to maintain a largely nomadic existence while living out the values of the hippie (or freak, as many self-identified) lifestyle. Within the national culture soliciting rides became closely connected to an increasingly politicized counterculture—one that sought to upend the Protestant work ethic and conventional sexual and gender norms. Notably, this radicalized youth culture and its dismissal of traditional values generated resentment among many, creating a deep cultural divide between young people and older, so-called straight Americans. Because of its association with the freak movement, the act of hitchhiking became a key point of confrontation. An increasingly mature regulatory state began cracking down on the practice, in part to reign in the counterculture and women’s liberation movement, but also to promote safer and more uniform traffic behavior. Still, these efforts did little to slow the growing popularity of the practice in the early 1970s.


Author(s):  
Markus Reuber ◽  
Gregg H. Rawlings ◽  
Steven C. Schachter

This chapter focuses on the experience of a nurse when working with children and adolescents with Non-Epileptic Seizures (NES). Young people today have challenges on many levels, and for some, the total load becomes so great that they develop “seizures” for which a biological cause cannot be identified. Young people who develop NES have often been overloaded for a long time, many describing family problems, long-term bullying problems, exclusion or problems at school. The nurse is also increasingly meeting young people who struggle to adapt to youth culture. They are exhausted from trying to find a balance in their lives—a balance between achievement and rest, between their own needs and society’s demands, between “what the mind wants” and “what the body can tolerate.” Some come from families who have strong ideals that are not compatible with youth culture. This can result in a loyalty conflict that seems impossible to solve.


Young ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorcan Byrne ◽  
Cathal O’Connell ◽  
Siobhan O’Sullivan

This article explores how rap music workshops can be an effective method when researching neighbourhood regeneration and refurbishment with children and young people, especially in disadvantaged communities. The article draws a research with 78 children and young people in a large social housing estate which is undergoing regeneration and refurbishment in Cork City in the South of Ireland. The focus of this article is on a sub-group of six teenagers who participated in a rap workshop. The research demonstrates that rap music workshops are an insightful data collection method, particularly in contexts where rap music is already an embedded part of the local youth culture. This research also reveals how children and young people have the imaginative capacity to make an informed analysis of their communities and that they hold a strong desire to influence the decision-making process. This article will be of interest to researchers concerned with creative methodologies designed to elicit and understand children’s and young people’s experiences and perspectives.


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