Hope and future: youth identity shaping in post-apartheid South Africa

This study explores what South African township youth presented as significant elements in their identity shaping. The youth participants were invited to take photographs and engage in reflective writing to explain the significance of what they had photographed. The theoretical framework is post mod...

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Published inInternational journal of adolescence and youth Vol. 24; no. 1; pp. 51 - 61
Main Authors Lundgren, Berit, Scheckle, Eileen
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Routledge 02.01.2019
Taylor & Francis Group
Subjects
culture
educational work
Identity
participatory approach
pedagogiskt arbete
reflective writing
township youth
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2164-4527
2164-4527
DOI10.1080/02673843.2018.1463853

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Abstract This study explores what South African township youth presented as significant elements in their identity shaping. The youth participants were invited to take photographs and engage in reflective writing to explain the significance of what they had photographed. The theoretical framework is post modern and post apartheid views of identity, where language is the medium for expressing experiences, feelings and identity. We used a methodological framework of participatory research, in which participants engage in the process of research actively by reflecting on the lives of their own or their communities. Thirteen previously disadvantaged Grade 11 students took photos every day for a week. After which the students selected their most significant photos to write their narratives. This paper focuses on the texts that the students wrote to explain their photographs. The students' photos and texts showed that democracy, family, present context and culture, have most influence on young people's lives.
AbstractList This study explores what South African township youth presented as significant elements in their identity shaping. The youth participants were invited to take photographs and engage in reflective writing to explain the significance of what they had photographed. The theoretical framework is post modern and post apartheid views of identity, where language is the medium for expressing experiences, feelings and identity. We used a methodological framework of participatory research, in which participants engage in the process of research actively by reflecting on the lives of their own or their communities. Thirteen previously disadvantaged Grade 11 students took photos every day for a week. After which the students selected their most significant photos to write their narratives. This paper focuses on the texts that the students wrote to explain their photographs. The students' photos and texts showed that democracy, family, present context and culture, have most influence on young people's lives.
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