Pech Alexandria S, Valencia Bryant G, Romero Andrea J
Department of Family Studies and Human Development, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.
Center for the Study of Higher Education, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.
J Community Psychol. 2020 Mar;48(2):302-322. doi: 10.1002/jcop.22253. Epub 2019 Oct 9.
Rooted in multiracial feminist theory, this research investigated the roles of adults engaged in youth participatory action research (YPAR) projects focused on developing critical perspectives of gender, power, and critical hope with the youth of color. Across 10 weeks, two novice adult facilitators documented ethnographic observations (i.e., voice memos) of their experiences collaborating with youth in YPAR. Voice memos were transcribed and coded for emergent themes. Our findings highlight how we deconstructed adultism, prioritized humanizing youth, and integrated critical gender perspectives to understand gender as a mechanism of systemic oppression. Our purpose was to capture moments of breakthroughs, realizations, and tensions as scholars contending with inexperience in YPAR and share our journey with other researchers interested in YPAR. We provide recommendations for adults to develop pathways towards humanity for the youth of color, collective resistance and take social justice action steps towards a critically hopeful future.
本研究植根于多民族女性主义理论，调查了参与青年参与式行动研究（YPAR）项目的成年人所扮演的角色，这些项目专注于与有色人种青年一同培养对性别、权力和批判性希望的批判性观点。在为期10周的时间里，两名新手成年 facilitator 记录了他们在YPAR中与青年合作经历的人种志观察（即语音备忘录）。对语音备忘录进行了转录，并针对新出现的主题进行了编码。我们的研究结果突出了我们如何解构成人主义、将人性化青年置于优先地位，以及整合批判性性别观点，以将性别理解为一种系统性压迫机制。我们的目的是捕捉作为在YPAR中缺乏经验的学者所经历的突破、领悟和紧张时刻，并与其他对YPAR感兴趣的研究人员分享我们的历程。我们为成年人提供建议，以开辟通往有色人种青年人性之路、集体抵抗，并朝着极具希望的未来采取社会正义行动步骤。
