Educational Intimacy: Learning, Prefiguration, and Relationships in an LGBTQ+ Youth Group's Advocacy Efforts

Autor/in	Uttamchandani, Suraj
Titel	Educational Intimacy: Learning, Prefiguration, and Relationships in an LGBTQ+ Youth Group's Advocacy Efforts
Quelle	In: Journal of the Learning Sciences, 30 (2021) 1, S.52-75 (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1050-8406
DOI	10.1080/10508406.2020.1821202
Schlagwörter	LGBTQ People; Youth; Advocacy; Interpersonal Relationship; Learning; Social Action + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; Sozialanwaltschaft; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Lernen; Soziales Handeln
Abstract	Background: Using a conceptualization of learning as the act of organizing possible futures, I examine prefigurative relationship-building processes. Youth organizing research has shown that relational and political development are outcomes of participation, but offers limited examples of how these developments co-occur in discourse. Methods: I research alongside Chroma, an LGBTQ+-themed community-based youth group whose members offer training to teachers and others about working with LGBTQ+ youth. Drawing on critical ethnography and discourse analysis, I engage the question: What was the character of the social relations Chroma youth organized together as they worked to advance their educational advocacy projects? Findings: I develop a notion of "educational intimacy," which describes relationships that allow for inclusive and productive engagement in advocacy and learning while also mirroring desired future social configurations. I ground my development of educational intimacy in audio data from Chroma meetings, workdays, and trainings. Contribution: I situate educational intimacy in queer theoretic perspectives and existing learning sciences research. I conclude with some open questions about educational intimacy and learning in collective action projects. Educational intimacy offers a way of talking about how relational and political developments co-occur as learning processes in social movement spaces. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01