This was 1976 reinvented”

The role of framing in the development of a South African youth movement

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ID11044515
AuthorsBen Kirshner (0000-0002-9557-9697, School of Education University of Colorado Boulder Colorado, corresponding author), Tafadzwa Tivaringe (0000-0001-7262-3993, School of Education University of Colorado Boulder Colorado), Jesica Siham Fernández (0000-0002-5513-7413, Department of Ethnic Studies Santa Clara University Santa Clara California)
Year2021
Volume49
Issue8
Pages3033-3053
Publication date2021-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Community Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-4392 • E-ISSN: 1520-6629
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/jcop.22405
PMID33016347
OpenAlexW3090548681
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited43

The literature on contemporary youth organizing has documented psychological benefits associated with participation and some evidence of local political impact. But how do local organizing campaigns transform into regional or national movements? This is a practical question facing youth organizers and one that calls for attention from researchers. In this article, we draw on 3 years of ethnographic fieldwork with South Africa's Equal Education (EE) to analyze collective action frames that enabled EE youth to assert legitimacy and construct shared aims across locales. Our findings focus on how youth constructed historical continuity frames that lent them legitimacy as upholders of the South African freedom struggle and flexible problem frames that linked young people's local struggles, such as inadequate sanitation or broken windows at their schools, to a national policy agenda. We discuss connections to other youth movements and implications for the interdisciplinary youth organizing field

Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Framing (construction) · Media studies · Movement (music) · Political science · Sociology · Diverse Education Studies and Reforms · History · Psychology · Social Psychology · Youth Development and Social Support · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics

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