Youth

Riding the Narrow Tracks of Moral Life: Commercial Motorbike Riders in Makeni, Sierra Leone

by Michael Buerge

Desire, Youth, and Realism in Tamil Cinema (2007)

by Constantine Nakassis

Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, co-authored with Melanie Dean

Book Review: Wired Youth (Mesch & Talmud)

by Brady Robards

Gustavo S. Mesch and Ilan Talmud, Wired Youth: The Social World of Adolescence in the Information Age. New York: Routledge, 2010. 184 pp. ISBN 9780415459945, $34.95 (pbk)

The hyperbolic rhetoric that surrounds discussions of the social implications of the internet often obscures the... more The hyperbolic rhetoric that surrounds discussions of the social implications of the internet often obscures the rapidly growing terrain of empirical research being done in this area. When young people are involved, the evidence is somehow further relegated by panicked discourses around bullying, obesity, delinquency, information overload, chronic anxiety and a bevy of claims about the anti-social implications of the internet. Wired Youth, by Gustavo S. Mesch and Ilan Talmud, cuts through this hyperbole to provide a meticulously well-supported set of arguments that position the internet as increasingly incorporated into the daily lives of young people. Mesch and Talmud weigh the positives and the negatives, seeking to understand the motivation for online relationship formation and to explore the structure of young people’s social networks in the ‘information age’.

This is Not For You: The Rise and Fall of Music Milieux in Seattle and the Pacific Northwest, 1950s -1990s

by Rylan Kafara

MA Thesis.

When Nirvana found sudden commercial success with the song “Smells Like Teen Spirit” in 1991, the music industry’s... more When Nirvana found sudden commercial success with the song “Smells Like Teen Spirit” in 1991, the music industry’s attention became focused on Seattle for the first time. The city, however, had a rich musical tradition going back decades.  This thesis examines the rise and fall of music communities in Seattle and the Pacific Northwest from the 1950s to the 1990s: the jazz mileu in Seattle in the 1950s, the Pacific Northwest garage rock network of the 1960s, and the alternative music community of the 1980s and early 1990s. It looks at the factors involved in the development of these three distinct scenes: timing, innovation, and marketability, showing the opportunities and limitations of regional music milieux. In doing so, it reveals a trend of musicians of each scene departing Seattle for more major industry centres like Los Angeles. What separated the milieu Nirvana participated in from earlier regional communities was the fact musicians stopped leaving Seattle. This thesis shows why it was finally more beneficial for them to stay.

Seattle in the 1960s: Music, Identity, and the Struggle for Civil Rights

by Rylan Kafara

Searching for Self and Society: LGBT Youth Online

by Elise Paradis

Postdoc Info - Fellowship at the Masaryk University

by TARKI Social Research Institute

Masaryk University, Brno, the Czech Republic is accepting applications for two Post-Doctoral Research Fellow positions... more Masaryk University, Brno, the Czech Republic is accepting applications for two Post-Doctoral Research Fellow positions for up to three years, beginning September 1, 2012. The successful candidate will work at well established Institute for Research on Children, Youth and Family, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, more at http://www.muni.cz/fss/235200

Disagio giovanile: la percezione del proprio Territorio

by michele filippo fontefrancesco

The Maniac in the Garden: Lolita and the Process of American Civilization

by Paolo Simonetti

In Lolita, Nabokov provided America with a new literary childhood, challenging both the Romantic myth of adolescence... more In Lolita, Nabokov provided America with a new literary childhood, challenging both the Romantic myth of adolescence and the pastoral myth conveyed by travel narratives to the New World. From a comparative analysis of the novel and its two cinematic adaptations, Lolita stands out as an embodiment of the “garden” described by Leo Marx, soon to be invaded by Humbert's “machine.” The result is a powerful and disturbing representation of America as youth, uncovering the violence and coercion of any act of civilization.

Youth sense of community: Voice and power in community contexts

by Scotney Evans

Published 2007 in Journal of Community Psychology, 35 (6), 693-709

Sense of Community theory suggests that people feel more attracted to groups and settings in which they feel... more Sense of Community theory suggests that people feel more attracted to groups and settings in which they feel influential or powerful. Unfortunately, young people have no voice or influence in many of the contexts in which they find themselves. Furthermore, teenagers are often unequipped and undersupported to participate fully and feel like they are making meaningful contributions to society. This is especially the case for young people who are disadvantaged or members of a minority groups. A two-part study was undertaken to explore sense of community in adolescents. The first phase utilized existing tools to measure adolescent sense of community in school, neighborhood, and city contexts. The second phase of the study relied on in-depth interviews with teenagers to better understand how they construct their sense of community. This article reports findings from the second phase and looks closely at the sense of community domain of “influence” as it applies to adolescents. Interviews with young people suggest that they feel a stronger self-described sense of community in contexts where they experience voice and resonance, some power and influence, and adequate adult support and challenge.

Popular media, education, and resistance

by Michelle Stack

Stack, M., & Kelly, D. (2006). Popular media, education, and resistance. Canadian Journal of Education, 29 (1) 5 - 26

Not so NEET? A critique of the use of 'NEET'in setting targets for interventions with young people

by Scott Yates

Published in Journal of Youth Studies
Co-authored with Malcolm Payne

There is a widespread current perception that being ‘NEET’ (not in employment, education or training) presents a major... more There is a widespread current perception that being ‘NEET’ (not in employment, education or training) presents a major risk for young people of becoming socially excluded. One of the key foci for combating social exclusion thus aims at reducing the numbers of young people who are NEET. This is reflected in the ‘programme theories’ of the Connexions service, whose effectiveness is measured in relation to targets for reducing the numbers of NEET young people. This paper argues, however, that ‘NEET’ is a problematic concept that defines young people by what they are not, and subsumes under a negatively-perceived label a heterogeneous mix of young people whose varied situations and difficulties are not conceptualised. Additionally, research evidence suggests that adherence to NEET-reduction targets encourages a ‘fire-fighting’ approach to working with young people rather than focusing support and intervention on areas where they may be most productive.

Digital natives with a cause

by Nishant Shah

La participación política de la juventud chilena. Entre las pautas clásicas y el desapego a sus instituciones

by Rubén Sánchez Medero

La participación política está condicionada por una serie de factores socioeconómicos, institucionales y coyunturales.... more La participación política está condicionada por una serie de factores socioeconómicos, institucionales y coyunturales. El efecto que ellos generan en el electorado ha sido estudiado por diversas corrientes académicas. En nuestra aproximación al estudio del comportamiento de la juventud chilena y su relación con la participación política emplearemos algunas de estas teorías para observar las altas tasas de abstencionismo que presenta este grupo de edad; será objeto de especial atención el contraste entre algunos supuestos teóricos que intentan explicar el abstencionismo electoral juvenil y la realidad chilena en esta materia.


The electoral participation is determined by a series of socioeconomic, institutional and contextual issues. The effect that these factors generate in electorate has been studied by diverse academic trends. A series of theories that we will use in our approach to the study of Chilean youth behaviour and its relation with political participation. This age group high rates of abstentions will be the object of our attention

After the NGO's departure: Changing memory strategies of young mayan refugees who returned to Guatemala as a community

by Patricia Foxen

« Société des savoirs et production sociologique : l’exemple de la jeunesse »

by vincenzo cicchelli

This article starts with the largely shared assumption that the circulation of knowledge between different kinds of... more This article starts with the largely shared assumption that the circulation of knowledge between different kinds of spheres of discourses (mediatic, scientific, policy and administrative discourses) is a major phenomenon. The paper intends to address both adolescence and youth as an object of knowledge as well as an object of policy intervention. After providing the history of the ways in which political discourses converge with scientific researches and construct age categories, I suggest an analysis of the numerous semantic coincidences that one can find when the question of youth autonomy is assessed. Finally, this article attempts to give some clues in order to answer the following question: how sociologist could practice his craft in a context of huge diffusion of his knowledge and his frequent access to the figure of expert?

young people and family: understanding the link between familial structure and personal success

by vincenzo cicchelli

“I’ll Be Waiting for You Guys”: A YouTube Call to Action in the Egyptian Revolution

by Melissa Wall

Co-author Sahar El Zahed

In this essay, we consider the ways the YouTube videos of Egyptian youth activist, Asmaa Mafouz, may be contributing... more In this essay, we consider the ways the YouTube videos of Egyptian youth activist, Asmaa Mafouz, may be contributing to the development of a new political language for Egypt, providing a space to create an individual public political self, and modeling a new form of citizenship and activism for Egyptians.

Free download: http://ijoc.org/ojs/index.php/ijoc/article/view/1238/608 ; (.pdf)

“Walls, Gates and Locks: Reflections on Sources for Research on Student Political Activism 门墙、门槛与门锁：反思追寻有关研究学生运动之资料的过程,” in The Makers and Keepers of Singapore History 新加坡历史的创造者与守护员 (Singapore: Ethos Books and Singapore Heritage Society, 2010), pp. 28-47.

by HUANG Jianli 黃坚立

"The Formation of the Guomindang Youth Corps: An Analysis of Its Original Objectives 中国国民党三民主义青年团的建构：关于其原先目的的分析," East Asian History 东亚历史, 5 (Jun 1993): 133-148.

by HUANG Jianli 黃坚立