Thalia Thereza Assan
Biographic Data
| ID | 1026734 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thalia Thereza Assan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thalia Thereza |
| FAMILY NAME | Assan |
| SIGNATURE | ASSAN T T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Edinburgh |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3782-2775 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Critical Friendship in the Modern World
Friendship is a critically important aspect of our lives, but is it always an unassailably 'good thing'? This book begins with the innovative premise that friendship is inherently complex and characterized by opposing qualities: it is both pleasurable and fraught, private and public, and inclusive and exclusionary. Rather than simply celebrating friendship as universally beneficial or worrying about its decline amid rising social disconnection, L…
The impact of school experiences and relationships on high school students’ activism
This qualitative study explores how high schools shape youth activism. • Activist students received implicit and explicit support from school staff. • Supportive schools were rare and did not represent mainstream schooling. • Peer relations were crucial to students’ activist engagements. • Youth actively foster their political socialisation and citizenship education. This article responds to the global rise in activism led by high school-aged you…
‘They don’t like us in the global movement’
While global movements are often lauded for the ability to unite action worldwide, this study foregrounds the hindrances and conflicts that may emerge between a global movement and its local chapters – particularly those at the periphery – that may even evolve into disconnection. To investigate such tensions, we focus on two national chapters of the youth climate action movement Fridays for Future, whose members perceive themselves as being on th…
Letting It Slide' and 'Dropping' Friends
Friendship relations and interactions are not commonly perceived as being influenced by structural power relations. This article contests this assumption by examining how everyday racism is entangled within friendships. The article is based on a 15-month ethnographic study with Black girls in Scotland. I conceptualise four different strategies participants utilised to contend with racism directed towards them by their friends: challenging friends…
Chosen and collective friendship
Friendship has been predominantly conceptualised as a highly positive and voluntary relationship. This article contributes to recent sociological challenges to these notions by ethnographically examining how conflicting friendship ideals are negotiated in everyday life. It is based on a year-long study of friendship socialisation and friendship between girls in an Israeli elementary school classroom, from the perspectives of both the girls and th…
‘Once you bond … you want to create social change’
This paper calls for greater attention to the interpersonal aspects of youth activism through a sociological and Black feminist exploration of peer relationships within youth political engagement. Drawing on a multi‐method qualitative research, the work foregrounds the perspectives and experiences of Black girls and girls of colour involved in an anti‐racist Scottish youth work charity. I argue that community and friendship ties cultivated partic…
What’s a Girl to Do
Nicholls, Emily. 2019. Negotiating Femininities in the Neoliberal Night-Time Economy: Too Much of a Girl? London: Palgrave Macmillan
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What’s a Girl to Do
Nicholls, Emily. 2019. Negotiating Femininities in the Neoliberal Night-Time Economy: Too Much of a Girl? London: Palgrave Macmillan
‘Once you bond … you want to create social change’
This paper calls for greater attention to the interpersonal aspects of youth activism through a sociological and Black feminist exploration of peer relationships within youth political engagement. Drawing on a multi‐method qualitative research, the work foregrounds the perspectives and experiences of Black girls and girls of colour involved in an anti‐racist Scottish youth work charity. I argue that community and friendship ties cultivated partic…
Chosen and collective friendship
Friendship has been predominantly conceptualised as a highly positive and voluntary relationship. This article contributes to recent sociological challenges to these notions by ethnographically examining how conflicting friendship ideals are negotiated in everyday life. It is based on a year-long study of friendship socialisation and friendship between girls in an Israeli elementary school classroom, from the perspectives of both the girls and th…
Letting It Slide' and 'Dropping' Friends
Friendship relations and interactions are not commonly perceived as being influenced by structural power relations. This article contests this assumption by examining how everyday racism is entangled within friendships. The article is based on a 15-month ethnographic study with Black girls in Scotland. I conceptualise four different strategies participants utilised to contend with racism directed towards them by their friends: challenging friends…
Critical Friendship in the Modern World
Friendship is a critically important aspect of our lives, but is it always an unassailably 'good thing'? This book begins with the innovative premise that friendship is inherently complex and characterized by opposing qualities: it is both pleasurable and fraught, private and public, and inclusive and exclusionary. Rather than simply celebrating friendship as universally beneficial or worrying about its decline amid rising social disconnection, L…
The impact of school experiences and relationships on high school students’ activism
This qualitative study explores how high schools shape youth activism. • Activist students received implicit and explicit support from school staff. • Supportive schools were rare and did not represent mainstream schooling. • Peer relations were crucial to students’ activist engagements. • Youth actively foster their political socialisation and citizenship education. This article responds to the global rise in activism led by high school-aged you…
‘They don’t like us in the global movement’
While global movements are often lauded for the ability to unite action worldwide, this study foregrounds the hindrances and conflicts that may emerge between a global movement and its local chapters – particularly those at the periphery – that may even evolve into disconnection. To investigate such tensions, we focus on two national chapters of the youth climate action movement Fridays for Future, whose members perceive themselves as being on th…
Friendship (4 works) · Politics (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Qualitative research (3 works) · Social science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Negotiation (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Youth Development and Social Support (2 works)