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Poetic Justice: Engaging in Participatory Narrative Analysis to Find Solace in the “Killer Corridor”
Author(s) -
Dill LeConté J.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
american journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.113
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1573-2770
pISSN - 0091-0562
DOI - 10.1007/s10464-014-9694-7
Subject(s) - narrative , citizen journalism , sociology , participatory action research , health psychology , economic justice , narrative inquiry , community organizing , photo elicitation , public relations , psychology , public health , political science , medicine , nursing , philosophy , linguistics , anthropology , law
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.