Defining Youth

This theme is the result of two questions I asked several of my interviewees. They were asked to define the word ‘youth’ in the context of their workshops and then again in the context of themselves. The resulting conversations have been themed together to build a nuanced portrayal of how the term is conceptualized by people who both work with ‘youth’, and are youth themselves.

Defining Youth Playlist

This is a playlist of clips in the 'Defining Youth' theme. To read transcripts for each clip please select the full nodes provided below.
Note: The playlist will play clips continuously in order of appearance according to list at right.

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Marlo: Becoming An Ally

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'I guess it runs in the family because I remember my grandmother. We were talking to her about would she like to go into a home because she was starting to lose certain functions, and it was getting more challenging for her and the family, and she said, “Why would I want to go in those places? They’re full of old people.”'

Kate: Youth as Buzzword

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"Youth would probably come from an older group trying to define a younger group, because it doesn’t sound very much like a young word."

Matt: Youth and Censorship

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"So the big difference is basically youth, in designing a class the materials I would bring to a class devoted to youth wouldn't be nearly the same as something I would bring to a class devoted to young adults because I wouldn't show most youth human rights videos, because there is material in there that's just really inappropriate."

Jos: Defining Youth

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"If we can get in there and work with people, and give them skills and information and opportunities, I think that’s so exciting. And it’s way more exciting than working with forty-year-olds because they don’t get it. They might not get the same thing out of it."