ANTH 110I Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Youth Empowerment, Post-Marxism, Social Anthropology
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Interested in young people"s political subjectivities and participation. Looks at how young people are involved. Believes that young people and children have great contribution to politics. We have an ethical responsibility to getting them involved and contributing. Looking at power dynamics in subtle political spaces. Assumptions of adult power in relation to youth engagement and participation. Thinking as engaged member of the community rather than a contributor. Done extensive research in russia since 1990s. Interesting place because it has a long history of social justice. Because a socialist state to give everybody access to resources. Modern russia is moving away from it. Looking for the right answer is how people stop looking for things to do to make a change. There is a role for every single person. It is about finding what fits you. Food hacking - people know there"s an issue with food justice, but unsure what it is exactly, so they try everything.
