Activities per year
Abstract
This proposal aims to present findings from an innovative study on young people’s everyday life and their interchanging relationships within institutionalized
practices of education, work, family, and friendships (A Day in Life - A Collective Research Experiment). The project involves on-the-ground observations with
13 different youths, conducted over a 24-hour period, capturing the daily lives and social interactions of youths from different socio-cultural backgrounds
across the Nordic countries.
The presentation explores how young people experience and express intimacy and belonging through and embedded in self-regulating practices and play.
These everyday practices also highlight the associated gendered relations of friendship and exhibit the dynamics of social categories negotiated by young people within everyday life as well as institutional settings. In our research, we delve into the nuanced ways in which young people engage in various forms of play, and how these activities can be seen as contributing, on one side to the construction and reinforcement of recognizable gendered social practices of friendship. On the other side, seen as expressions of appropriate gendered practices of intimacy. The practices of play can therefore be seen as gendered negotiations and enactments of care, intimacy, and gender.
Our presentation will contribute to the ongoing dialogue on youth studies, and Young people’s everyday life by providing valuable insights into the lived
experiences of Nordic youth in regards to the practices of friendship, Intimacy and belonging
practices of education, work, family, and friendships (A Day in Life - A Collective Research Experiment). The project involves on-the-ground observations with
13 different youths, conducted over a 24-hour period, capturing the daily lives and social interactions of youths from different socio-cultural backgrounds
across the Nordic countries.
The presentation explores how young people experience and express intimacy and belonging through and embedded in self-regulating practices and play.
These everyday practices also highlight the associated gendered relations of friendship and exhibit the dynamics of social categories negotiated by young people within everyday life as well as institutional settings. In our research, we delve into the nuanced ways in which young people engage in various forms of play, and how these activities can be seen as contributing, on one side to the construction and reinforcement of recognizable gendered social practices of friendship. On the other side, seen as expressions of appropriate gendered practices of intimacy. The practices of play can therefore be seen as gendered negotiations and enactments of care, intimacy, and gender.
Our presentation will contribute to the ongoing dialogue on youth studies, and Young people’s everyday life by providing valuable insights into the lived
experiences of Nordic youth in regards to the practices of friendship, Intimacy and belonging
| Translated title of the contribution | Unge menneskers levede erfaringer og fortællinger om til og kønnet intimitet |
|---|---|
| Original language | English |
| Publication date | 12 Jun 2024 |
| Number of pages | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - 12 Jun 2024 |
| Event | 16th Nordic Youth Research Symposium: Youth in a Just and Fair World - Tampere University, Tampere, Finland Duration: 12 Jun 2024 → 14 Jun 2024 Conference number: 16 https://www.nyris2024.fi/ |
Symposium
| Symposium | 16th Nordic Youth Research Symposium |
|---|---|
| Number | 16 |
| Location | Tampere University |
| Country/Territory | Finland |
| City | Tampere |
| Period | 12/06/2024 → 14/06/2024 |
| Other | 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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Activities
- 1 Organisation and participation in conference
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16th Nordic Youth Research Symposium
Mogensen, K. (Participant)
12 Jun 2024 → 14 Jun 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organisation and participation in conference