“People Hide, But I'm Here. I Count:” Examining Undocumented Youth Identity Formation in an Urban Community-School
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DOI: 10.1080/00131946.2017.1322970
Abstract: This article sheds light on the educational trajectories of undocumented youth who engage in forms of organizing through a community-school partnership in an urban public school in Chicago. Drawing on data from an ethnographic study… read more here.
Keywords: community school; identity; undocumented youth; school ... See more keywords
Avowing as healing in qualitative inquiry: exceeding constructions of normative inquiry and confession in research with undocumented youth
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DOI: 10.1080/09518398.2021.1930256
Abstract: Abstract This article problematizes the role of the interview as a methodological strategy that loses its easy replication when employed in studies with undocumented youth. We raise questions about the contingencies of conducting qualitative interviews… read more here.
Keywords: avowing healing; healing qualitative; research; interview ... See more keywords
To Reveal or Conceal: How Diverse Undocumented Youth Navigate Legal Status Disclosure
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DOI: 10.1177/0731121418775092
Abstract: Existing literature illuminates the multiple barriers young undocumented immigrants face, yet we know little about how these challenges vary among undocumented youth. This article explores variation in how undocumented youth “manage” their legal status in… read more here.
Keywords: status; undocumented youth; legal status; reveal conceal ... See more keywords
“You’re a Sociologist, I Am Too . . . ”: Seducing the Ethnographer, Disruption, and Ambiguity in Fieldwork with (Mostly) Undocumented Youth
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DOI: 10.1177/0891241619882075
Abstract: The article is about a set of methodological disruptions that occur in ethnographic fieldwork and what these disruptions mean for ethnographic studies, including analysis, representation of data, and experiences of the ethnographic self. This article… read more here.
Keywords: disruption; sociologist seducing; seducing ethnographer; undocumented youth ... See more keywords