Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) 2.0: how technological innovation and digital organizing sparked a food revolution in East Oakland
| Autor: | Aaron Nakai, Aekta Shah, Tessa Cruz, Antwi Akom |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Emerging technologies
business.industry 05 social sciences 050301 education Participatory action research Public relations Article Education 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Action (philosophy) Citizen science Civic engagement Social media 030212 general & internal medicine Sociology Social science Action research business 0503 education Social movement |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education. 29:1287-1307 |
| ISSN: | 1366-5898 0951-8398 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/09518398.2016.1201609 |
| Popis: | This article argues that technological innovation is transforming the flow of information, the fluidity of social action, and is giving birth to new forms of bottom up innovation that are capable of expanding and exploding old theories of reproduction and resistance because 'smart mobs', 'street knowledge', and 'social movements' cannot be neutralized by powerful structural forces in the same old ways. The purpose of this article is to develop the concept of YPAR 2.0 in which new technologies enable young people to visualize, validate, and transform social inequalities by using local knowledge in innovative ways that deepen civic engagement, democratize data, expand educational opportunity, inform policy, and mobilize community assets. Specifically this article documents how digital technology (including a mobile, mapping and SMS platform called Streetwyze and paper-mapping tool Local Ground) - coupled with 'ground-truthing' - an approach in which community members work with researchers to collect and verify 'public' data - sparked a food revolution in East Oakland that led to an increase in young people's self-esteem, environmental stewardship, academic engagement, and positioned urban youth to become community leaders and community builders who are connected and committed to health and well-being of their neighborhoods. This article provides an overview of how the YPAR 2.0 Model was developed along with recommendations and implications for future research and collaborations between youth, teachers, neighborhood leaders, and youth serving organizations. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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