Citation

Dill LJ. Am. J. Community Psychol. 2014; 55(1-2): 128-135.

Affiliation

SUNY Downstate Medical Center, School of Public Health, State University of New York, 450 Clarkson Avenue, MSC 43, Brooklyn, NY, 11203, USA, Leconte.Dill@downstate.edu.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1007/s10464-014-9694-7

PMID

25510594

Abstract

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.

Language: en