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2021
We are looking forward to a diverse line-up of talks this autumn for the MCYS seminar series, to which all are welcome!
All seminars take place on Monday at 5pm (UK time) on MS Teams. Booking for all sessions will start at the beginning of each month prior to the event via Eventbrite.
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Monday 18th October
'Story/ing for Survivance: Methodological Lessons Learned from Researching with Indigenous Youth in the U.S. Context'
Robert Petrone and Adrianna González Ybarra
This seminar draws on a long-term participatory research collaboration between non-Indigenous university youth studies researchers and members of an alternative high school on a Native American reservation in the United States. Specifically, the seminar focuses on methodological “lessons learned” and guiding principles for engaging in anti-colonial, Indigenizing research with Native youth, including: 1) giving attention to settler colonialism as an ongoing structure as an analytical focus of the study; 2) attuning to the “R’s” (Respect, Responsibility, Reciprocity, Relationships) for culturally-humble inquiry; 3) integrating Indigenous Ways of Knowing for epistemological continuity; 4) prioritizing research processes over products to facilitate healing; and 5) un-learning normative western research practices to listen to and learn from Native youth. In addition, the seminar will explore the constitutive nature of settler colonialism, white supremacy, and the constructs of adolescence and adolescent development within a U.S. context, particularly as they relate to public schooling.
Dr. Robert Petrone, Associate Professor, University of Missouri, USA
Adrianna González Ybarra, Doctoral Student, University of Missouri, USA
The event will take place online using Microsoft Teams. Registration is essential at Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/storying-for-survivance-tickets-182731995317
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Previous seminars...
We are delighted to announce the line-up for our latest seminar series. All seminars take place on Monday at 5pm on MS Teams (except 22nd March).
Booking for all papers will start at the beginning of each month prior to the event via Eventbrite.
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Monday 11th January
‘Calais Again’: A Co-devised Digital Story of Asylum.
Anas, David C. Nguyen, and Caitlin Nunn
‘Calais Again’ is a digital story that narrates a young man’s first visit to France after leaving there to settle in the UK as a separated asylum-seeking child. In this seminar, a screening of the 10-minute digital story will be followed by a discussion between Anas, David and Caitlin, reflecting on the creation of ‘Calais Again’, and on the challenges and opportunities of creative, collaborative research approaches for telling difficult stories to diverse audiences. The seminar will conclude with an audience Q&A.
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Monday 15th February
Navigating Intersecting Crises: Contemporary Youth Perspectives
What is it like to be an undergraduate student in 2021? How are the challenges of COVID-19, Brexit, the environmental crisis, Black Lives Matter, and ongoing austerity shaping the lives and aspirations of young people in Manchester and beyond?
In this seminar, members of the Manchester Metropolitan Student body will reflect on these intersecting crises and what they mean for students as they prepare for their futures. Through a panel presentation and discussion groups, this seminar will foster cross-generational dialogue. We hope to identify critical and creative opportunities for adults to collaborate with young people in imagining and taking action towards positive futures.
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Monday 22nd March
Civil Rights and Freedom Fights: A Card Game
Hwa Young Jung
Interested in the history of Civil Rights?
Want to learn about people and events connected with freedom fights?
Come along and learn about the card game co-created with young people and play the game with us online!
Hwa Young Jung is a multidisciplinary artist working in the arts, culture and sciences, facilitating collaborative projects and workshops. She works with people to co-create projects, often using games and play to explore social issues. Based in the Northwest of England, she has been involved in producing work with a range of groups (young people in libraries, social care workers, freshwater biologists, criminologists) in the UK and internationally for almost ten years.
Registration at Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/civil-rights-and-freedom-fights-a-card-game-tickets-143954314229
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Monday 19th April
Slang, modernity and identity: global connections in African youth language
Ellen Hurst-Harosh
Focusing on youth language use in South Africa, Ellen Hurst will present video data in a discussion of how young people construct identity.
Registration via Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/slang-modernity-and-identity-global-connections-in-african-youth-language-tickets-148570487327
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Monday 24th May
Family and Kinship in Ancient Egypt
Leire Olabarria
Have you ever wondered what it really means to be a member of a family? ‘Family’ is a concept that we often take for granted, but we should not assume that Western ideas about kinship and family are shared by other cultures. In this seminar we will explore what it meant to be a family in ancient Egypt by looking at some primary sources.
Registration via Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/family-and-kinship-in-ancient-egypt-tickets-153464609779
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Monday 21st June
Reclaiming the Narrative: Muslim youth, Islamophobia and Resistance in Greater Manchester
Fatima Awan, Muteeba Awan, Fatima Khan, Maryam Wahid, Alice Kettle, Jo Jenkinson
This seminar reports on a participatory and visual arts project that examined how a group of young Muslims from Greater Manchester experience, negotiate and embody their identities. In discussions with young people from the project, researchers and the award winning photographer Maryam Wahid, we will explore key issues that emerged from the workshops, including, global and local solidarities, racism and Islamophobia, intersections of faith and gender and Muslim pride and resistance.
The seminar will also involve small-group discussions surrounding emergent themes, facilitated by members of the team.
When: Monday 21 June 2021, 5–6pm
Registration via Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/reclaiming-the-narrative-muslim-youth-islamophobia-and-resistance-tickets-157620482105