At the Nexus of Two Terrains: A Critical Ethnographic Case Study of an Afterschool Center for Homelessness

Autor/in	Pavlakis, Alexandra E.
Titel	At the Nexus of Two Terrains: A Critical Ethnographic Case Study of an Afterschool Center for Homelessness
Quelle	In: International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 34 (2021) 2, S.125-144 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0951-8398
DOI	10.1080/09518398.2020.1735558
Schlagwörter	Homeless People; At Risk Students; After School Programs; Community Programs; Federal Legislation; Student Needs; Social Justice; Youth Programs; Ideology; Social Bias; Economically Disadvantaged; Holistic Approach; Minority Group Students; Program Effectiveness; Interpersonal Relationship; Agency Cooperation; Eligibility; Racial Bias; Race; Police; Transportation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Homeless person; Homeless persons; Obdachloser; After school education; After-school programs; Program; Programs; Programme; Außerschulische Jugendbildung; Programm; Bundesrecht; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Jugendsofortprogramm; Ideologie; Holistischer Ansatz; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Eignung; Racial discrimination; Rassismus; Rasse; Abstammung; Verkehrswesen
Abstract	Little work examines the nexus of student homelessness and afterschool provision. This critical ethnographic case study of organizational culture draws from observation, documents, and interviews with youth experiencing homelessness, staff, and volunteers at a community-based afterschool center for youth experiencing homelessness. It explores how the center straddled the discourses and ideologies inherent in both the student homelessness and afterschool terrains. The center built close connections between and amongst youth and staff and fostered wide-ranging community collaborations, which allowed it to connect youth to various resources and offer flexible programming. Yet, it also suffered from contradictions and tensions in its framing of parents, youth, homelessness, and race. These strengths and weaknesses reflected the center's position at the nexus of both homelessness and afterschool. Implications for research, policy, and practice are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2022/1/01