TY - JOUR
T1 - Young People’s Perspectives on the Value and Meaning of Art during the Pandemic
AU - Rizzo, Sara
AU - Knox, Ellie
AU - Azizi, Naqi
AU - Sulevani, Isra
AU - Chia, Charmaine
AU - Leo, Marie
AU - Spina, Micol
AU - Percy-Smith, Barry
AU - Tay, Chermaine
AU - Monchuk, Leanne
AU - Day, Laurie
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors gratefully acknowledge funding from the Nuffield Foundation (WEL/FR-000022571) for the project ‘Growing up under COVID-19’ on which this paper is based. The ideas and experiences expressed in this paper are those of the authors and do not reflect the views of the Nuffield Foundation.
Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2022.
PY - 2022/9/1
Y1 - 2022/9/1
N2 - This contribution draws on the voices and reflections from young people as co-researchers in the Growing-Up Under Covid-19 project – a longitudinal ethnographic action research project to document, share, and respond to impacts of the pandemic on different spheres of young people’s lives. The research was conducted entirely online over 18 months in seven countries and has involved youth-led approaches to research, including video diaries and the use of artefacts and visual material to convey their experiences and support reflection and dialogue across research groups and with external stakeholders. In this contribution, the young co-researchers reflect on their rationale for using different visual media and why this was important for them. They also reflect on the significance of the representations in the visual images and how these images communicate how young people’s understanding of COVID and its impact on young people has changed (or given new meaning to) and how this in turn has given rise to particular responses and opportunities for young people. The article draws on examples of different visual forms selected by young people in Singapore, Italy, Lebanon, and the UK nations, including video, drawing, photography, and crafts. These different media and links to videos were included in the accompanying document. The contribution explores the different narratives and meanings behind the visuals, using the words of young people themselves, interspersed with narration from the adult researchers.
AB - This contribution draws on the voices and reflections from young people as co-researchers in the Growing-Up Under Covid-19 project – a longitudinal ethnographic action research project to document, share, and respond to impacts of the pandemic on different spheres of young people’s lives. The research was conducted entirely online over 18 months in seven countries and has involved youth-led approaches to research, including video diaries and the use of artefacts and visual material to convey their experiences and support reflection and dialogue across research groups and with external stakeholders. In this contribution, the young co-researchers reflect on their rationale for using different visual media and why this was important for them. They also reflect on the significance of the representations in the visual images and how these images communicate how young people’s understanding of COVID and its impact on young people has changed (or given new meaning to) and how this in turn has given rise to particular responses and opportunities for young people. The article draws on examples of different visual forms selected by young people in Singapore, Italy, Lebanon, and the UK nations, including video, drawing, photography, and crafts. These different media and links to videos were included in the accompanying document. The contribution explores the different narratives and meanings behind the visuals, using the words of young people themselves, interspersed with narration from the adult researchers.
KW - Co-researchers
KW - Creativity
KW - Experiences
KW - Meanings
KW - Partcipatory action research
KW - Visual Media
KW - Young people
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85139484875&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/13607804221105282
DO - 10.1177/13607804221105282
M3 - Article
VL - 27
SP - 587
EP - 603
JO - Sociological Research Online
JF - Sociological Research Online
SN - 1360-7804
IS - 3
ER -