Youth Community Inquiry: New Media for Community and Personal Growth (New Literacies and Digital Epistemologies)

Cover
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Community Inquiry (Bertram C. Bruce)
	Engagement in Community Life
	Youth and Their Communities Today
	The Youth Community Inquiry (YCI) Project
	Ethos of Inquiry
	Supportive Environments for Inquiry
	Inquiry Units: The Community Is the Curriculum
	Communities of Inquiry
Section 1: Learning About the World in a Connected Way
	2. Youth Interests and Digital Media: 4-H Podcasting Program in Urbana Middle School ([Ching-Chiu Lin] [Karyn M. Mendoza])
		Overview of the Program
		Student Vignettes
		Achievements and Challenges
		Implications for Community Engagement
		Final Thoughts
	3. New Media Technology: Tools of Expression/Repression in Communities (Alex Jean-Charles)
		From Community Engagement to Community Inquiry
		Purpose
		Theoretical Framework
		Findings
			Street Interviews
			Participants’ Personal Reflections on Interviews About Power
			Face-to-Face with Surveillance Technology
			Working the System: Coping with Surveillance Technology
		Presenting the Project to the Community
		Final Thought
	4. Beyond Human Sensors: The Learning Instincts of Youth Using Geospatial Media ([Nama R. Budhathoki] [Bertram C. Bruce]  [Jill Murphy] [Kimberly Rahn])
		Human Instincts and Youth
			Media for Communication
			Media for Construction
			Media for Investigation
			Media for Expression
		Youth Mapping Around Illinois
		Cemetery Mapping in Onarga
		Discussion
		Conclusion
	5. “Now I Am College Material”: Engaging Students Through Living Reflections of Self-Identity as a Form of Pedagogy ([William Patterson] [Shameem Rakha])
		Social Capital and the Youth Media Workshop
		Project History
		Project Impact
		Research Using Indigenous Knowledge
		Acquisition and Use of Social Capital
		Unforeseen Impacts
Section 2: Learning to Act Responsibly in the World
	6. TAPping In: Education, Leadership, and Outright Gumption ([Sally K. Carter] [Shameem Rakha] [Chaebong Nam])
		Making Connections: The History of Tap In Leadership Academy
		Summer Enrichment Program and Tap In—YCI Connection
		Accomplishments and Stories: The Photography Project
		The Future of Tap In Leadership Academy
		Nam’s Reflection
		Rakha’s Concluding Remarks
	7. Teen Tech, East St. Louis: Navigating New Community Partnerships ([Chris Ritzo] [Mike Adams])
		About East St. Louis
		About Teen Tech Team
		The YCI Project Model
		New Partnerships, New Curriculum
		Navigating a New Path Toward Local Autonomy
		Analysis and Lessons Learned
		What We Learned from Working with Teen Tech
		Challenges and Transformations
		Conclusion
	8. The Learning Never Stops: Creating a Curriculum That Resonates Beyond the Classoom ([Jeff Bennett]
[Robin Fisher])
		You’re Always Welcome
		Ask: How Can We Make Formal Education More Relevant?
		Investigate: Motivations for Curriculum Development
		Create: Growing a Curriculum
		Discuss: Educating for Community
		Reflect: Educating in Community
Section 3: Learning How to Transform the World
	Chapter 9. (Re)voicing Teaching, Learning, and Possibility in Paseo Boricua ([Patrick W. Berry] [Alexandra Cavallaro] [Elaine Vázquez] [Carlos R. DeJesús] [Naomi García])
		Narrative Openings
		From Urbana to Paseo: Some Background
		Replaying the Movie of Paseo Boricua
		To Yale and Back: Carlos DeJesús, Literacy, and Education
		Diverse Critical Pedagogy: Elaine Vázquez’s English Class
		On the Edge of Success: Narratives of Community Building
	10. Youth Asset Mapping: The Empowering and Engaging Youth Project (E2Y) ( Chaebong Nam)
		Participants
		Community Inquiry
		Youth Activities in Mapping
		Youth Learning Outcomes
		Discussion and Implications
		Conclusion
	11. Creating Collaborative Library Services to Incarcerated Youth ([Jeanie Austin] [Joe Coyle] [Rae-Anne Montague])
		Why Library Services in Juvenile Detention Centers?
		Partnering with Juvenile Detention Centers
		Beginning ELSEY
		Fostering a Collaborative Approach
		Linking Incarcerated Youth to Library Services
		Critical Literacy Programming
		Conclusion
Section 4: Evaluating and Making Sense of Youth Activities
	12. A Needle in a Haystack: Evaluating YCI (Iván M. Jorrín-Abellán)
		Setting
		Cast of Characters
			Individuals
			Groups
			Machines
		The Show: Backstage
		Storyboard
			Scene 1: Reality Bites; Creating Unity
			Scene 2: Mapping Around the School
		Intermission
		Final Act: A Needle in a Haystack
		Applause
	13. “It Takes a Community”: Community Inquiry as Emancipatory Scholarship, Indigenous Agency, Performative Inquiry, and Democracy Education ([Angela M. Slates] [Ann Peterson Bishop])
		YCI as Indigenous Agency
		YCI as Emancipatory Scholarship
		YCI as Performative Inquiry
		YCI as Democracy Education
		Conclusion
	14. Citizen Professional Toolkits: Empowering Communities Through Mass Amateurization ([Martin Wolske]
[Eric Johnson]
[Paul Adams])
		Public Computing Centers: From Diffusion of Technology to Hubs of Social Change
		Equipping Public Computing Centers for New Roles
		The Citizen Professional Toolkits
			Computing Platform
			Video and Audio Recording
			Other Components
		Toolkit Use Scenarios
		Conclusion
	15. Youth Community Informatics Curriculum ([Lisa Bouillion Diaz])
		The Role of Curriculum
		Curriculum Uses—Current and Imagined
	References
	Contributors
	Index