Liminal Participation: Young People's Practices in the Public Sphere between Exclusion, Claims of Belonging, and Democratic Innovation

Autor/inn/en	Pitti, Ilaria; Mengilli, Yagmur; Walther, Andreas
Titel	Liminal Participation: Young People's Practices in the Public Sphere between Exclusion, Claims of Belonging, and Democratic Innovation
Quelle	In: Youth & Society, 55 (2023) 1, S.143-162 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Pitti, Ilaria)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0044-118X
DOI	10.1177/0044118X211040848
Schlagwörter	Youth; Citizen Participation; Democratic Values; Foreign Countries; Activism; Community Programs; Social Change; Change Strategies; Volunteers; Visual Arts; Crime; Cultural Influences; Europe; Italy; Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung; Ausland; Aktivismus; Politischer Protest; Sozialer Wandel; Lösungsstrategie; Freiwilliger; Optische Gestaltung; Crimes; Delict; Delicts; Delikt; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Europa; Italien; Deutschland
Abstract	Existing understandings of youth participation often imply clear distinctions from non-participation and thus boundaries between "recognized" and "non-recognized" practices of engagement. This article aims at questioning these boundaries. It analyzes young people's practices in the public sphere that are characterized by both recognition as participation and misrecognition or stigmatization as deviant and it is suggested to conceptualize such practices as "liminal participation." The concept of liminality has been developed to describe transitory situations "in-between"--between defined and recognized status positions--and seems helpful for better understanding the blurring boundaries of youth participation. Drawing on qualitative case studies conducted within a European research project, the analysis focuses on how young people whose practices evolve at the margins of the respective societies position themselves with regard to the challenges of liminality and on the potential of this for democratic innovation and change. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01