3-0830 THE TROUBLE WITH 'YOUTH AT RISK': HOW CAN ANTHROPOLOGY DECONSTRUCT PATHOLOGIZING CATEGORIES WHILE REMAINING A CONSTRUCTIVE PARTNER TO PRACTITIONERS WORKING TO ALLEVIATE SOCIAL SUFFERING?

Thursday, November 17, 2011: 13:45-17:30

Abstract not available in preliminary program.

This session would be of particular interest to:
Those involved in mentoring activities, Practicing and Applied Anthropologists

Organizers: Julia Kirst (Brandeis University) and Marguerite Souliere (University of Ottawa )

Chairs: Julia Kirst (Brandeis University) and Marguerite Souliere (University of Ottawa )

Discussants: Jean J Schensul (Institute for Community Research) and Lynn M Nybell (Eastern Michigan University)

13:45

“Miss, You don’t Get it”: Challenges to Adult Expert Knowledge Posed by Youth In Service Encounters, and the Role of Anthropology In Facilitating the Conversation.

Julia Kirst (Brandeis University)

14:00

Risky Business: West Indian Girls’ Play-Labor and Reactions to the ‘At Risk’ Label

Oneka LaBennett (Fordham University)

14:15

Gangs Beyond Risk: Notions of Risk From the Perspective of Gang-Involved Youth

Molly Moloney (Institute for Scientific Analysis) and Geoffrey P Hunt (Institute for Scientific Analysis and Institute for Scientific Analysis)

14:30

Identity Dilemmas and Everyday Resistances Among Adolescent Mothers In Child Welfare

Lauren J Silver (Rutgers University)

14:45

Girls In Crisis? Globalization and Self-Esteem In Kampala, Uganda

Erin V Moore (University of Chicago)

15:00

Discussant

Jean J Schensul (Institute for Community Research)

15:15

Break

15:30

Les Enfants Et Les Adolescents Exposés à La Violence Conjugale : éléments d’une Réflexion Critique Sur Le Discours Et l’intervention

Simon Lapierre (University of Ottawa)

15:45

Une anthropologue dans une école de service social: un nouveau rapport à l'Autre?

Marguerite Souliere (University of Ottawa )

16:00

So That She May Live a Better Life: Changing Perceptions of Marriage, Work, and Education Amongst Women and Girls In Mayan Guatemala

Robynne A Locke (ICF Macro International)

16:15

Capacity Building and Youth Work – Where’s the Anthropologist?

Erik P Reavely (UNC Chapel Hill)

16:30

Discussant

Lynn M Nybell (Eastern Michigan University)

16:45

Systemic Social Critique or Individual Reform of “Risky Youth”: Uneasy Partnerships In California’s Juvenile Halls

Jennifer R Tilton (University of Redlands)

17:00

Discussion

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