Participating in the impasse? The cruel optimism of the youth participatory democratic project fantasy - James Duggan, Stuart Dunne, Daniel O'Donnell, 2024 Participatory research often claims to inspire and empower young people to change their lives and communities but what if the problems are entrenched, and the w...

New publication in Qualitative Research: Participating in the impasse? The cruel optimism of the youth participatory democratic project fantasy

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

It's paywalled but contact me if you want to read a copy

Sara Ahmed on Substack I thought I was writing two handbooks with some old companions: a feminist killjoy’s handbook and a complainer’s handbook.  I did write them. For me a handbook is a hand and a handle: how we hold on t...

#NoIsNotALonelyUtterance
#TheArtAndActivismOfComplaining

Different title, same book!

Well almost 💜

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Lovely to see some great case studies on young people's arts engagement in this new report from British Council www.britishcouncil.org/sites/defaul... Including Birkenhead's own @futureyard.bsky.social

Party Poopers Or why we need to talk about the violence happening here

For all the party poopers out there. Don't stop talking about violence. Don't stop talking about Palestine. About freedom for all oppressed & colonized peoples. Whenever, wherever, however.

#FreePalestine #KilljoyTruths #SilenceAboutViolenceisViolence

feministkilljoys.substack.com/p/party-poop...

That sounds like a great initiative! Are you able to tell me more about how it was funded please?

So much killjoy solidarity! Thanks to you and to @sallyhines.bsky.social and to the whole gender research network 💜💜

Venn diagram with three intersecting circles: children and young people's health, inclusive public involvement and co-production and children's rights and youth participation

In an effort to build/rebuild online networks I've set up 3 starter kits in my main areas of research interest:
Links in the posts which follow - reply to be added.
And if you're in the intersecting areas, especially the middle bit, and we don't know each other already - do say hello 😊

A very cool thing happened this week. A group of people in the Gender Research Network at Sheffield got together to talk about the Feminist Killjoy Handbook and @saranahmed.bsky.social joined us online. What a wonderful discussion. Thanks @sallyhines.bsky.social for facilitating this space.

Happy Monday! One last boost for the Youth Studies Starter Pack - thanks everyone who asked to be on, or nominated colleagues. It's really helpful. Say hello if you'd like to be added... ECRs & PhDs welcome :) bsky.app/starter-pack...

The Guardian view on 30 years of the national lottery: winners and losers | Editorial Editorial: From the Angel of the North to the Eden Project, it has transformed the UK’s cultural landscape. But public funding for the arts is still needed

"Lottery grants were intended to work in addition to public funding, not to replace it. In propping up crumbling arts infrastructure, the lottery has helped let governments off the hook. Funding for the arts should not depend on crossing our fingers." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Youth studies starter pack! A work in progress - please send suggestions (and feel free to nominate yourself)

I miss our youth studies chat on the other place.... here we go! 💥

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