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Arts-Based Youth Participatory Action Research: Latinx Performances of Multidimensional Identity and Transformational Resistance

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Arts-Based Youth Participatory Action Research: Latinx Performances of Multidimensional Identity and Transformational Resistance

Abstract/Description

This seven-month critical performance ethnographic study explores the lived experiences of Latinx youth artivist-researchers. The data collected through participant observations, arts-based elicitation and semi-structured interviews, artifacts, and analytic memos reveal how Latinx youth utilize artmaking towards transformational resistance. Their participation in an arts-based youth participatory action research project and intergenerational theatre ensemble I call Estrella Theatre (ET) company indicates how art and social justice-driven inquiry produce powerful benefits towards positive youth development; a transformational pedagogy that fosters critical consciousness, civic engagement, and identity construction. To illustrate these distinct yet intertwined processes, I composed an ethnodrama to show how Latinx youth in the U.S. embody transformational resistance in their lives as they traverse school, home, and community spaces. The purpose of the play is to utilize the experiences of the participants to spark critical dialogue and generate knowledge to help society understand the experiences of Latinx youth in K-12 schooling and challenge majoritarian narratives by showcasing how they combine art, research, and social justice towards educational leadership.

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Date

Institution

Arizona State University

Committee

Sampson, Carrie
Bertrand, Melanie
Caldas Chumbes, Blanca
Cammarota, Julio
Etheridge-Woodson, Stephani

Resource type

Research/Scholarly Media

Resource status/form

Thesis/Dissertation

Scholarship genre

Empirical

Open access/full-text available

No

Peer reviewed

No

ISBN

9798802706046

Citation

Domínguez, A. D. (2022). Arts-Based Youth Participatory Action Research: Latinx Performances of Multidimensional Identity and Transformational Resistance [Ph.D., Arizona State University]. https://www.proquest.com/dissertations/docview/2669643411/AC78DBB94D2E45B4PQ/14

Num pages

225

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