Radical Youthwork:

Authors

  • Hans Skott-Myhre Department of Child and Youth Studies, Brock University, Ontario

Keywords:

radical youth work, whiteness, liberation, post-colonial, Foucault, Negri, power

Abstract

Tensions between those who believe that youth work should socialize youth and those who believe it should address youth in a liberatory practice constitute an ongoing struggle for those involved in youth work. This paper proposes youth work as a radical liberatory practice designed to subvert and overcome disciplinary social regimes. Essential to this effort is a serious engagement of the practices of undoing whiteness, decolonizing social service, investigating the post-colonial world of late-stage capitalism, and interrogating the practices of power.

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Published

2004-03-01

How to Cite

Skott-Myhre, H. . (2004). Radical Youthwork:. Journal of Child and Youth Care Work, 19, 89–94. Retrieved from http://acycpjournal.pitt.edu/ojs/jcycw/article/view/372

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