Episode 2: On Ethical Commitments and the Politics of Dissemination, A Conversation Between Sarah Switzer and Rubén Gaztambide-Fernández (Part Two)
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Sarah Switzer and Rubén Gaztambide-Fernandez from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto discuss the dissemination of youth knowledge in YPAR. They discuss the opportunities and tensions around knowledge dissemination; honouring youth voices while navigating the politics of dissemination within academic spaces; the importance of relevant and meaningful products; and building collective capacity in youth and adult researchers through YPAR.
Sarah Switzer is a Toronto-based popular educator and community-based participatory researcher. Inspired by fifteen years of working at the intersections of community arts, peer/youth programming, and HIV and Harm Reduction, her larger program of research and teaching explores how to creatively and meaningfully engage communities who experience marginalization in programs, policy change, and collaborative knowledge translation efforts. Her research interests include critical approaches to participation and engagement (including youth engagement), pedagogy in community-based settings and participatory visual methods.
Rubén Gaztambide-Fernández‘s research and scholarship are concerned with symbolic boundaries and the dynamics of cultural production and processes of identification in educational contexts. He is the Director of the Youth Research Lab at the Centre for Urban Schooling of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, where he is Principal Investigator of the Youth Solidarities Across Boundaries Project, a participatory action research project with Latinx and Indigenous youth in the city of Toronto. His theoretical work focuses on the relationship between creativity, decolonization, and solidarity.
This episode was hosted and directed by Naima Raza, produced by Rubén Gaztambide-Fernández and Sarah Switzer, and supported by Youth Research Lab Research Assistants, Andrea Vela Alarcon and Madeleine Ross.
References and Further Reading
Switzer, S., Lyrauu, T., Apong, K., Bell, O., Manuel-Smith, C., Hernandez, L., McWhinney, P.G., Pariah, S., Seidu, F., Bykes, A., Bykes, A. (2016). What's glitter got to do with it?: Re-imagining harm reduction, decision-making and the politics of youth engagement. In C. Smith & Z. Marshall (Eds.), Critical perspectives on harm reduction: Conflict, institutionalization, co-optation, depoliticization, and direct action. (pp. 113-133). New York: Nova Publishers.
Switzer, S. (2019). Working with photo installation and metaphor: Re-visioning photovoice research. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 18, 1609406919872395.
Guerrero, C. A., Gaztambide-Fernández, R., Rosas, M., & Guerrero, E. (2013). Proyecto Latin@ on stage and under the magnifying glass: The possibilities and limitations of a high-profile institutionally sponsored youth participatory action research project [Abstract]. The International Journal of Critical Pedagogy, 4(2).
Gaztambide-Fernández, R. & Guerrero, C. (w/ West-Burns, N., Larrabure, M., Velasquez, M., Granados-Ceja, L., Guerrero, E.) (2011). Proyecto Latino –– Year One. Report to the Toronto District School Board. [Technical Research Report]. Toronto, ON: Centre for Urban Schooling, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto.
Guerrero, C. A. (2014). Rethinking Latin@ Student Engagement: Identification, Community Engagement, and Transformative Learning through Youth Participatory Action Research. University of Toronto. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1807/68130
Switzer S.; Flicker, S., McClelland, A., Chan Carusone, S., Ferguson, T.,B., Herelle, N., Yee, D., Guta, A., Strike, C., (2020) Journeying Together: A visual exploration of “engagement” as a journey in HIV programming and service delivery. Journal of Health and Place, 61, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2019.102247
