Experiencing and practising inclusion through friendships
| Autor: | Riikka Korkiamäki, Kirsi Pauliina Kallio |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Yhteiskuntatieteiden tiedekunta - Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tampere |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Participatory methods
Inclusion (disability rights) spatial belonging media_common.quotation_subject Geography Planning and Development Yhteiskuntamaantiede talousmaantiede - Social and economic geography 0211 other engineering and technologies 0507 social and economic geography 02 engineering and technology Experiential learning young people Sosiaali- ja yhteiskuntapolitiikka - Social policy Muut yhteiskuntatieteet - Other social sciences Community life Narrative Situational ethics media_common 05 social sciences 021107 urban & regional planning Gender studies Variety (cybernetics) Friendship inclusion friendship Psychology 050703 geography Social psychology lived world |
| Zdroj: | Area. 50:74-82 |
| ISSN: | 0004-0894 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/area.12352 |
| Popis: | The late modern change in young people's community life has meant moving from traditional, place-based communities towards more fluid and situational contexts of belonging. These youth-initiated attachments often build on amiable relationships that fall under the umbrella of ‘friendship’. This paper analyses Finnish early youths’ friendship narratives that were produced by sequential participatory methods. It introduces the dimensional and flexible spaces created in and through the participants’ friendships. These indicate relational spheres of actual and imagined activities where young people engage with people and places important to them. As a result, the paper first shows how young people together with their peers develop committed ties of belonging that reach beyond physical connection, and how these ties constitute experiential spatial attachments. Second, it demonstrates how they also make friends with kin and non-kin adults and how these intergenerational friendships expand the variety of inclusionary spaces available to them. The findings provide alternative insights into young people's experiences and the practices of social and spatial inclusion. We hope they help to develop cross-generational inclusionary policies that acknowledge youths’ amiable relationships as important potential in their lived communities. |
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