Arts-based Practices with Young People at the Edge

This book explores how arts-based programs designed to reconnect young people with learning and work provide brief, sometimes profound, re-engagements and productive identity shifts. It aims to support youth pushed to the edge of formal education and entangled in structural social and cultural inequality.

Format: Hardback
Length: 227 pages
Publication date: 02 January 2023
Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG

This captivating book delves into the transformative power of arts-based programs aimed at reconnecting young people with learning and work, offering brief yet profound re-engagements and productive identity shifts. Its primary objective is to provide support and empowerment to youth who have been pushed to the margins of formal education and are caught in the web of structural social and cultural inequality. A team of researchers, artists, activists, and youth organizations has collaborated to develop process-oriented practices that engage young people actively, employing innovative creative methodologies to challenge misrepresentation and invisibility. By positioning arts-based practices at the forefront, the book explores complex systemic issues surrounding youth disengagement and explores the potential for collective creativity to navigate broken systems and shape futures. Through co-design, arts-based methodologies are enacted with young people at the edge, fostering collaboration and navigation away from locked trajectories. The final section of the book reflects on the perspectives of young people at the edge, shedding light on the profound impact of arts-based practices in their lives. This insightful resource is a valuable tool for educators, policymakers, and practitioners working to create inclusive and equitable learning environments for all young people.

Weight: 452g
Dimension: 216 x 155 x 21 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783031043444
Edition number: 1st ed. 2022