2014/12/15 by LeConté J. Dill
Health Professions · Social Sciences · #Community Health and Development #Participatory Visual Research Methods #Youth Development and Social Support
paper · doi:10.1007/s10464-014-9694-7
openalex publication_date 2014/12/15 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The author engaged with adolescents at a community-based youth organization as "co-researchers" to delve deeper into the lived experiences of youth of color residing in an urban neighborhood undergoing change. Participatory narrative analysis was used to empower participants to produce texts to make sense of their lives and their home, school, and neighborhood contexts. The process of engaging youth as co-researchers and experts in issues pertaining to their own neighborhood is discussed. Nuanced analyses of poems-as-data is shown to be critical in informing the recent surge of interdisciplinary, community-engaged, place-based initiatives focused on neighborhood revitalization, violence prevention, and positive youth development.