Involving Methods in Youth Research: Reflections on Participation and Power

Acknowledgments
Contents
Notes on Contributors
List of Figures
1 Involving Methods in Youth Research—Reflections on Participation and Power
	Young People’s Participation in Research
	Participation, Power and Involvement
	Our Approach to Involving Research
	Norden as a Context for Involving Youth Research
	Understandings of Youth as a Context for Involving Research
	The Book’s Parts and Chapters
	References
2 Power and Reflexivity: Positions and Positioning in Involving Research with Young People
	Reflexivity, Diversity and Power in Involving Research
	Theoretical Approaches to Differences, Diversity and Power
		Generation: Theoretical Focus on Adult—Youth Asymmetries
		Intersectionality: Theoretical Focus on Categories and Power Dynamics
	Involvement: Reflections on Relationships and Experiences
		Emotional Spaces: Theoretical Focus on Affect and the Sensing Body
	Reflexivity: Dealing with Diversity and Power in Research Activities
		Formulating Research Questions and Inviting Participants
		Focus and Forms of Collaboration
		Representation and Communication in/of Involving Research
		Conclusion: Involvement Is Neither Innocent Nor Straightforward, but It Is Still Desirable
	References
3 Youth Involvement in Research: Participation, Contribution and Dynamic Processes
	Introduction
		Experiential Knowledge: Onto-Epistemological Foundations and Practices
	Models of Youth Involvement
		Various forms of Youth Involvement
	Opportunities and Challenges in Collaborative Youth Involvement
		Involving Youth in Research: Challenging What Counts as Scientific Knowledge and Methods
		Involving Youth in Mutual Partnerships: Ideals and Realities
		Youth Involvement: A Dynamic and Complex Process
	References
4 Self-Filming as a Method in Youth Research
	Introduction
		‘VIA’
		Photo Elicitation
		Filmed Accounts of Health and Welfare Services
		A Tool of Representation
		Filming Aspects of Everyday Life
		The Interview
		Methodology
		Co-Production and Power Dynamics
	References
5 Broken Routines and Space for Breathing: Using Photos as a Participatory and Collaborative Research Strategy
	Introduction
	Participation and Involvement in Visual Research
		What’s in a Photo?
	Different Stories of Everyday Life
		Private Life in Residential Care
		Identifying Relationships
		Experiencing Different Life Circumstances
	Collaboration—The Common Third
		Enchantment and Ambience
		Disposable Camera Versus Digital
	Power Relations and Ethics Still Matter
		Gatekeepers and Game Controllers
		The Power of Representation
		Aiming for Further Involvement?
	References
6 Photo-Talk and Music-Talk Among Young People (Formerly) in Care
	Introduction
	Creative Methods
	Photo-Talk
	Music-Talk
	Materials and Methods
	Themes in Photos and Songs
	Music-Talk and Photo-Talk
	Stay Positive and Enjoy Life
	Finding Peace
	I’m a Survivor
	Choosing a Different Life
	Numb and Depressed
	A Typical Teenage Life
	Biographical Stories Told Through Music and Photos
	Conclusion
	References
7 The Dialogue Café as a Participatory Method in Research—Potentials and Challenges
	Introduction
	Youth in Flight—Report from a Dialogue Café
	Participatory Action Research, PAR
	The Idea and Roots of Dialogue Café
	Dialogue Café as a Method in Research Literature
	Theoretical Framework of the Concept of Dialogue
	Exposing and Exploring Power—Meeting the Challenges of Dialogue
	Expanding and Exceeding Power Relations—The Dialogue Café as a Social Laboratory
	What Might the Researcher’s Special Responsibility be?
	Final Thoughts
	References
8 Collective Memory Work on Students’ Sense of Belonging: Practices of Involvement, Power and Learning
	Introduction
		CMW in the Landscape of Involving Research
	A Collective Memory Work on Students Experiences of Belonging
		The Collective Memory Work: The Workshops
	Collective Memory Work: A Critical Reflection
		On Sharing the Difficult and Sensitive
		Between Learning and Therapy
	Students Learning Through Participation in CMW
		Identifying and Working Around Central Problems and Challenges in Students’ Memory Production on Belonging to Higher Education
	To Fit In at the University—Or Not…
	Cattle Migration
	Concluding Discussion: Power, Knowledge and Learning
	References
9 Participation and Democratization in Youth Research—To What Extent? Critical Reflections on Current Pathways in Qualitative Youth Research
	Introduction
	The Methodology—What Did We Do?
		Phase 1. The Researcher-Initiated Workshops
		Phase 2. The Follow-Up Focus-Group Interviews
		Phase 3. The Walk-and-Talks
	The Findings—What Did We See?
		Activities in the Leisure-Time Sphere
		Understandings of Normality and Deviance
		Distancing Our Group from Certain People and Places
	Discussion and Reflection
		The Three-Phased Methodology—A Variety of Data
		The Three-Neighbourhood Setup—Relational Sociology Applied
		Power Relations—Embedded, Hidden, Reflected
		Participation and Democratization—To What Extend?
	References
10 This Is Where We Love to Hang Out! Interactive Maps as a Method of Gathering Information on the Everyday Lives of Finnish Adolescents Young People in a Longitudinal Qualitative Study
	Introduction
		General Aims of Participatory Methods
	Interactive Maps Method and Its Uses
	Youth in Time
		Practical Arrangements of Interactive Map Workshops
		Examples of Information Received Through the Method: Some Results from Our Study
	Reflections on Using Interactive Map Workshops
	Discussion
	References
11 Diversifying Inclusive Research with Young People
	Beyond Hierarchies
	Conclusion
	References
12 Involving Youth Research—Closing Reflections
	Involving Youth Research—Closing Reflections
	Covid Coda
	References
Index