No One is Going to Listen to a Bunch of Kids

Youth Requests for Radical Listening and Epistemic Justice

Datos Bibliográficos

ID5665477
AutoresSylvane Vaccarino-Ruiz (0009-0006-4060-9357, University of California, Santa Cruz), S Sylvane Vaccarino‐Ruiz (University of California, Santa Cruz, autor de correspondencia), Alisha Solomon (University of California, Santa Cruz), Regina Day Langhout (0000-0001-9607-8539, University of California, Santa Cruz)
Año2025
Volumen58
Número1
Páginas129-151
Fecha de publicación2025-10-09
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaYouth & Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0044-118X • E-ISSN: 1552-8499
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0044118x251381839
PMID41488609
OpenAlexW4415009583
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas57

Many of the challenges youth in youth-adult collaborations face are rooted in adultism, which impedes efforts toward justice. Research suggests that rather than merely focusing on inclusion, adults need to meaningfully support youth, since youth report not being taken seriously by adults. Radical listening theory offers relational, epistemic, and embodied practices. Yet, unsurprisingly, youth perspectives still need to be seriously understood and affirmed regarding their desires for partnership and listening. Survey and focus groups analyses with youth and adults in the county suggest that mutual respect, a nuanced form of mentorship, and being validated as epistemic partners is vital

Active listening · Economic Justice · Embodied cognition · Face (sociological concept) · Focus (optics) · General partnership · Children's Rights and Participation · Critical Race Theory in Education · Youth Development and Social Support