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Abstract
In 2022, 13 Nordic researchers followed 13 young per-
sons (16-20 years) one day somewhere in the Nordic
countries. The ambition of the research project “A day
in life” was to explore the potential of one day of col-
laborative fieldwork and dialogue with one young per-
son, both developing knowledge about young persons’
everyday lives, as well as developing new methodology.
The fieldwork was documented through field notes,
field reflections, transcripted interviews, and photos.
In this presentation we would like to discuss the
results of our analysis, focusing on the young people’s
experiences of normality, otherness, and ambivalence.
The analysis shows how young people navigate
between several categories (such as child/youth/adult;
actor/object; inside/outside; she/he/she), and between
different tensions (such as vulnerable/strong; bound/
free; subjectivity/collectivity). Within these categories
and tensions, identity and subjectivity are at play
and in negotiation. Based on the analysis, we present
narratives that show how young people describe and
navigate this ambivalent landscape of (crossing) in-
ternal and external expectations, negotiate between
otherness and their notions of normality, and claim
the right to what we have called normal otherness.
Our experiment raises questions about how normality
is constructed in young people’s stories about everyday
life and in their descriptions of otherness, and also
how the stories, through what they choose to show the
researchers, are also co-created in the interaction with
the researchers. This way, the researcher can contribute
to both maintaining or opening up new linguistic
representations, power structures, relationships, and
opportunities for action.
sons (16-20 years) one day somewhere in the Nordic
countries. The ambition of the research project “A day
in life” was to explore the potential of one day of col-
laborative fieldwork and dialogue with one young per-
son, both developing knowledge about young persons’
everyday lives, as well as developing new methodology.
The fieldwork was documented through field notes,
field reflections, transcripted interviews, and photos.
In this presentation we would like to discuss the
results of our analysis, focusing on the young people’s
experiences of normality, otherness, and ambivalence.
The analysis shows how young people navigate
between several categories (such as child/youth/adult;
actor/object; inside/outside; she/he/she), and between
different tensions (such as vulnerable/strong; bound/
free; subjectivity/collectivity). Within these categories
and tensions, identity and subjectivity are at play
and in negotiation. Based on the analysis, we present
narratives that show how young people describe and
navigate this ambivalent landscape of (crossing) in-
ternal and external expectations, negotiate between
otherness and their notions of normality, and claim
the right to what we have called normal otherness.
Our experiment raises questions about how normality
is constructed in young people’s stories about everyday
life and in their descriptions of otherness, and also
how the stories, through what they choose to show the
researchers, are also co-created in the interaction with
the researchers. This way, the researcher can contribute
to both maintaining or opening up new linguistic
representations, power structures, relationships, and
opportunities for action.
| Bidragets oversatte titel | Den normale anderledeshed: Unge menneskers fortællinger om udfordrende normatitet |
|---|---|
| Originalsprog | Engelsk |
| Publikationsdato | 12 jun. 2024 |
| Antal sider | 1 |
| Status | Udgivet - 12 jun. 2024 |
| Begivenhed | 16th Nordic Youth Research Symposium: Youth in a Just and Fair World - Tampere University, Tampere, Finland Varighed: 12 jun. 2024 → 14 jun. 2024 Konferencens nummer: 16 https://www.nyris2024.fi/ |
Symposium
| Symposium | 16th Nordic Youth Research Symposium |
|---|---|
| Nummer | 16 |
| Lokation | Tampere University |
| Land/Område | Finland |
| By | Tampere |
| Periode | 12/06/2024 → 14/06/2024 |
| Andet | Young people around the globe are growing up amidst a plethora of socio-ecological crises. Their lives and futures are marked by climate change, wars, security concerns, social unrest and pandemics. This situation worries many young people. At the same time they are left with a feeling that their worries are ignored or that they are not heard equally to older generations. From the perspective of young people’s experiences, it is imperative to ask how the older generations can ensure that the world will be safe for both the contemporary young people and future generations. The questions of a just and fair world are not only matters of political decision-making and participation but concern young people’s daily lives, social relations, transitions to adulthood, youth cultures and spaces, institutions governing young lives and intergenerational interaction in general.<br/><br/>The keynote speakers of the conference are Prof. Aoife Daly / University College Cork, Prof. Lucas Gottzén / Stockholm University, Prof. Linda Herrera / University of Illinois, Ms. M., a young Afghan woman, Grant-funded researcher Tuuli Kurki / University of Helsinki, and Prof. Rachel Thomson / University of Sussex. |
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16th Nordic Youth Research Symposium
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