Using Digital Stories to Understand the Lives of Alaska Native Young People
To better understand how young Alaska Native (Inupiaq) people are creatively responding to the tensions of growing up in a world markedly different from that of their parents and grandparents, the pilot study examined youth-produced digital stories as representations of their everyday lives, values,...
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crsagepubl:10.1177/0044118x12441613 2024-09-15T18:15:10+00:00 Using Digital Stories to Understand the Lives of Alaska Native Young People Wexler, Lisa Eglinton, Kristen Gubrium, Aline 2012 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0044118x12441613 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0044118X12441613 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1177/0044118X12441613 en eng SAGE Publications http://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license Youth & Society volume 46, issue 4, page 478-504 ISSN 0044-118X 1552-8499 journal-article 2012 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.1177/0044118x12441613 2024-08-27T04:24:07Z To better understand how young Alaska Native (Inupiaq) people are creatively responding to the tensions of growing up in a world markedly different from that of their parents and grandparents, the pilot study examined youth-produced digital stories as representations of their everyday lives, values, and identities. Two hundred and seventy-one youth–produced digital stories were examined and assigned descriptive attributes; of these, 31 stories were selected and subjected to a more rigorous coding and a thematic analysis. Findings fall into three main categories: self-representation, sites of achievement, and relationships. Participants’ digital stories overwhelmingly depicted positive self-images that included both codified cultural values and pop cultural images to construct novel forms of cultural identity. The gendered depictions of achievement signal a need for more varied, valued, and accessible avenues for success for boys. Lastly, relationships were prominent in the stories, but there was an absence of young adult role models, particularly men, in the stories. Article in Journal/Newspaper Inupiaq Alaska SAGE Publications Youth & Society 46 4 478 504 |
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To better understand how young Alaska Native (Inupiaq) people are creatively responding to the tensions of growing up in a world markedly different from that of their parents and grandparents, the pilot study examined youth-produced digital stories as representations of their everyday lives, values, and identities. Two hundred and seventy-one youth–produced digital stories were examined and assigned descriptive attributes; of these, 31 stories were selected and subjected to a more rigorous coding and a thematic analysis. Findings fall into three main categories: self-representation, sites of achievement, and relationships. Participants’ digital stories overwhelmingly depicted positive self-images that included both codified cultural values and pop cultural images to construct novel forms of cultural identity. The gendered depictions of achievement signal a need for more varied, valued, and accessible avenues for success for boys. Lastly, relationships were prominent in the stories, but there was an absence of young adult role models, particularly men, in the stories. |
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