Connective Futures: Research at the Nexus of Literacy and Organizing

• In Event: 35.083 - Poster Session 7
  In Poster Session: 35.083-5 - Activist Identity Development in Education

Abstract

This paper discusses findings from a qualitative research study with five urban youth activists in New York City. The goals of this research were four-fold: first, to explore how urban youth organizers engage in critical literacy praxis in their activism and organizing; second, to examine how urban youth organizers articulate their identities as they become activists; third, to consider the implications that the various articulations of participants may have in the further study of youth organizing as an innovative out-of-school space for critical literacy praxis; and perhaps most importantly, to facilitate a dialogue around organizing with activists, educators, and researchers that contributes to greater connectivity and collectivity.

Author

• Elizabeth Bishop, Columbia Law School