I enjoyed thinking & discussing how we might decentre & recast #gang narratives in the context of diverse settings & colonial histories - a rich & stimulating session, a bit provocative & great fun! Thanks, my new friends, @crmnlgy & @alanfrance4 #GlobalSouth #JoYS2019

Nicoli Barnes challenging #deficit discourses of #youngpeople, reframing YP’s responses to systemic blocks & lack of power in #education in terms of #edgework - ‘experiential anarchy’, ‘boundary performance’ - as a way of exerting situational control #JoYS2019

@DrLucasWalsh talking about the ‘truths of youth’ in late-capitalism - young people’s views of their chances/hopes of a secure future: ‘...our dreams are being crushed all the time...’ #JoYS2019

@kittyteriele on #YoungPeople’s views of #education in #youthcustody #ParkvilleCollege: 1) v positive relations w teachers; 2) peers/school culture - rated highly in safety; 3) enjoy’t & usefulness +ve & -ve; 4) post-custody plans: motivated & confident in learning... #JoYS2019

Creative participatory methods eg #photovoice to elicit stories & externalise narratives of & experiences of violence - young people felt listened to #JOYS2019

Tamara Blakemore & Louise Rak in #NameNarrateNavigate program in #HunterValley for YP aged 13-17 involved in #FamilyViolence: deep understanding of intergenerational #trauma; #crime as #communication (hear me, see me) & #connection (identity & belonging) #JOYS2019

Mary Liya asks what facilitates & impedes young people’s #reintegration following #ProjectK #wildernessadventure in NZ - importance of #mentoring #JoYS2019

Pam Nilan suggests that Bourdieu’s early writing, in Algeria, & his first idea of symbolic capital is more useful to make sense of Global South contexts. And that we alway need to think about #place when we use Bourdieu #JoYS2019

@alanfrance4 & Lucy Cowie: #KaupapaMaori research approach + #Bourdieu’s concepts => eg highlights how notion of #individualcapital works to marginalise & devalue Maori young people’s cultural lives/identities & limit access to cultural resources #JoYS2019

@rarasekar and @benlaksana say it’s important for #GlobalSouth scholars to engage with, critique & build on #Northern theories #JoYS2019

@BronwynEWood’s virtual presenters @rarasekar and @benlaksana talking about how #Bourdieu’s theory of practice helps make sense of rural Indonesian young people’s understandings of success #joys2019

Such a full day of engaging presentations, deeply theorised & grounded in #youngpeople’s experiences & perspectives, w strong themes of: power, capitalism & structural inequalities, media constructions, gendered identity, place & placemaking. The joys of #JoYS2019!

Looking forward to being in Newcastle this week for #JoYS2019 & session on ‘Recentring the World of Gangs’ w @crmnlgy @alanfrance4 & Karen Joe Laidler - I’ll be talking about how #assemblage thinking helps us unmake myths of #youthgangs - come along!