Using Digital Stories to Understand the Lives of Alaska Native Young People

Autor/inn/en	Wexler, Lisa; Eglinton, Kristen; Gubrium, Aline
Titel	Using Digital Stories to Understand the Lives of Alaska Native Young People
Quelle	In: Youth & Society, 46 (2014) 4, S.478-504 (27 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0044-118X
DOI	10.1177/0044118X12441613
Schlagwörter	Alaska Natives; Story Telling; Indigenous Knowledge; Pilot Projects; Youth; Cultural Influences; Gender Issues; Acculturation; Identification (Psychology); Ethnicity; Rural Areas; Personal Narratives; Video Technology; Multimedia Materials; Middle School Students; High School Students; Workshops; Coding; Interpersonal Relationship; Self Concept; Achievement + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Inuit; Pilot project; Modellversuch; Pilotprojekt; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Geschlechterfrage; Akkulturation; Ethnizität; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Erlebniserzählung; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; High school; High schools; Oberschule; Studentin; Lernwerkstatt; Schulung; Codierung; Programmierung; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Selbstkonzept; Performance; Leistung
Abstract	To better understand how young Alaska Native (Inupiaq) people are creatively responding to the tensions of growing up in a world markedly different from that of their parents and grandparents, the pilot study examined youth-produced digital stories as representations of their everyday lives, values, and identities. Two hundred and seventy-one youth--produced digital stories were examined and assigned descriptive attributes; of these, 31 stories were selected and subjected to a more rigorous coding and a thematic analysis. Findings fall into three main categories: self-representation, sites of achievement, and relationships. Participants' digital stories overwhelmingly depicted positive self-images that included both codified cultural values and pop cultural images to construct novel forms of cultural identity. The gendered depictions of achievement signal a need for more varied, valued, and accessible avenues for success for boys. Lastly, relationships were prominent in the stories, but there was an absence of young adult role models, particularly men, in the stories. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10