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Youth Studies: Collaboration, Creativity and Complexities | Manchester Conference w CUSP sessions and CYCLES exhibition, 26-27 June 2019
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Youth Studies: Collaboration, Creativity and Complexities

CUSP researchers Kate Burningham, Sue Venn and Anastasia Loukianov will be presenting from CUSP work at the first international multidisciplinary conference being held in the UK which focuses on creative methods and co-production with children and young people.
Manchester 26–27 June 2019

Drawing on work with young people using visual methods, Anastasia will be reflecting on the research practices of participative filmmaking with young people as part of her PhD research. She will trace the evolution of her research goals in light of her experiences in the field. In the process, she will consider the potentials of participatory research methods to give both participants and researchers a space for critical reflection, learning, and discussion about environmental issues and sustainable wellbeing, space which may not be afforded in everyday life.

Kate will be presenting from our CYCLES project, reflecting on the challenges of conducting an international, interdisciplinary photo-elicitation project with young people in seven cities around the world. She is making the case that an ‘ethics in context’ approach and an attitude of ‘methodological immaturity’ is necessary in international research with children in order to balance the need for methods to be appropriate, ethical and feasible, whilst also achieving comparable data across the project.

CYCLES Exhibition

There will also be an opportunity to view the images and narratives from the CYCLES project in our touring exhibition ‘Young Lives in Seven Cities’ which tells the story of ‘a day in our lives’ from the perspective of young people aged 12-24 in Dhaka, New Delhi, São Paulo, Makhanda, Yokohama, Lambeth and Christchurch, NZ.

About

The conference is hosted by the Manchester Centre for Youth Studies, the Education and Social Research Institute and the Health, Psychology and Communities Centre at Manchester Metropolitan University. From the conference website: “Co-production has become more mainstream recently within a number of disciplines and contexts across the social sciences and arts and humanities. This conference will address methods and ideas in the broad area of co-production with a focus on making change happen. Our interest is on sharing ideas, inspiration and experiences around co-production with children and young people.”

For the full programme and registration details, please visit the conference website. Closing date for registrations is 16 June 2019.

FURTHER READING

What conditions enable young people to live sustainable, fulfilling lives in cities? How do young citizens see their future? What best practices for city planning and community action can make the biggest sustainable difference? How can we help cities track progress and help young citizens flourish within the limits of a finite planet? These questions are addressed in CYCLES.
What conditions enable young people to live sustainable, fulfilling lives in cities? How do young citizens see their future? What best practices for city planning and community action can make the biggest sustainable difference? How can we help cities track progress and help young citizens flourish within the limits of a finite planet? These questions are addressed in CYCLES.
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January 27, 2017
“What can children tell you about the good life? Oh popsicles are great, raisins suck.’’ — conversations like this can make for a good laugh, but exemplify an almost systemic skepticism towards children’s legitimacy in social debate, CUSP researcher Anastasia Loukianov finds. There are compelling reasons, she argues, for working alongside young people in defining what it might mean to live well in a world of planetary limits.
“What can children tell you about the good life? Oh popsicles are great, raisins suck.’’ — conversations like this can make for a good laugh, but exemplify an almost systemic skepticism towards children’s legitimacy in social debate, CUSP researcher Anastasia Loukianov finds. There are compelling reasons, she argues, for working alongside young people in defining what it might mean to live well in a world of planetary limits.
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The question of whether it is possible to live better by consuming less is a central one for CUSP. In order to answer this we need a rich understanding of the meanings that ‘stuff’ has in our lives. In this research log, Kate Burningham and colleagues offer insights into their analytical work in progress, summarising initial observations from a recent qualitative interview project with ten 18-22 year olds.
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