Ethical Dilemmas and Moral Challenges of Engaging Youth in Critical Investigations: Reflections on an Ethnography Near Barranquilla, Colombia

• In Event: 33.080 - Poster Session 6
  In Poster Session: 33.080-5 - Division L Poster Session 2: Education Policy, Governance, and Finance

Abstract

As part of my graduate work I conducted an ethnography with a youth group in a peri-urban coastal community near Barranquilla, Colombia in 2010. In this presentation, I will discuss the impact of an after-school program on adolescents’ knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions of environmental issues in their community. The analysis of the study will discuss the challenges of conducting research in a politically and socially unstable community and explore the ethical dilemmas and moral challenges of engaging youth in critical investigations.

Author

• Chandler Patton Miranda, New York University