Participatory art for navigating political capabilities and aspirations among rural youth in Zimbabwe
Participatory art for navigating political capabilities and aspirations among rural youth in Zimbabwe
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引导津巴布韦农村青年政治能力和愿望的参与艺术
DOI:
10.1080/01436597.2021.1977620
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发表时间:
2021
影响因子:
2
通讯作者:
T. Marovah
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作者:
W. F. Mkwananzi;F. M. Cin;T. Marovah
Abstract While exploring the everyday experiences of Tonga youth, this paper draws on a participatory graffiti-on-board project in Binga, a rural community in Zimbabwe. Focus is placed on what shapes and drives youth aspirations in precarious contexts marked by unemployment and poverty. Using graffiti to create participatory and artistic engagements, the research aims to stretch the limited boundaries of social and political space available to the youth for discussing issues that concern their development pathways and livelihoods. The article presents everyday narratives that impact on Tonga youths’ aspirations, endeavouring to create a space where they can visualise their prospective futures. Additionally, exhibition spaces are seen as sites for the construction of a collective voice and political capabilities for the youth. We argue that aspirations among disadvantaged youth evidence the broader geopolitical conflict that exists in marginalised communities in Southern Africa. A lack of spaces to construct political voice among the youth curtails their capabilities and agency to choose from existing development opportunities in an uncertain future. We discuss the potential role of participatory art in relation to this in providing spaces for political voice, unsettling established power dynamics and developing a collective, unified voice that might influence governance processes in fragile contexts.
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1
作者:
Paterson C
通讯作者:
Paterson C
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发表时间:
2019
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作者:
Breed A
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Breed A
影响因子:
1.9
作者:
Henn M
通讯作者:
Henn M