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Bad Scientists: Participatory Action Research, Youth Organizing, and the Politics of Evidence
Sun, April 11, 2:30 to 3:30pm EDT (2:30 to 3:30pm EDT), SIG Sessions, SIG-Grassroots Community and Youth Organizing for Education Reform Roundtable SessionsAbstract
This essay presents the use of PAR within a campaign by Asian American youth organizers in San Francisco to improve mental health resources at SFUSD high schools. I explore the precariousness of PAR within policy debates and the politics of evidence. Moreover, I underline how PAR might be defeated on scientific grounds, yet can be successful as part of organizing efforts to mobilize other youth and supporters.