What is the Role of Adult Facilitators in Critical Participatory Action Research? Employing Affective Labor While Navigating the Politics and the Perils Alongside Minoritized Youth Researchers

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ID21581998
AuthorsVan Lac (0000-0003-2167-6571, The University of Texas at San Antonio, corresponding author), Ana Carolina Antunes (0009-0003-2909-6106, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA), Julia Daniel (0000-0003-0317-1959, University of Colorado Boulder), Janiece Mackey (Rutgers University, New Brunswick, USA)
Year2022
Volume36
Issue1
Pages142-168
Publication date2022-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEducational Policy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0895-9048 • E-ISSN: 1552-3896
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/08959048211059200
OpenAlexW3217076751
LanguageEN
Citations received19
References cited47

Critical Participatory Action Research (CPAR) represents a tool for minoritized youth in shaping educational policies. Despite its promise, the politics of engaging in CPAR within structures ensnared in hegemonic ideologies can negate, devalue, and deny the contributions of youth voice. This study highlights how adult facilitators supporting youth researchers negotiate methodological tensions when the politics nested within oppressive structures converge with the ideals of CPAR. Using LatCrit methodology and employing affective labor theory, this qualitative study offers four counterstories interrogating the role of adult allies in CPAR, navigating the politics and perils of engaging in this work alongside minoritized students

Citizen journalism · Critical theory · Hegemony · Ideology · Negotiation · Participatory action research · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Critical Race Theory in Education · Gender Studies · Higher Education Practises and Engagement · Law · Youth Development and Social Support

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