Rubin, Margot, Meth, Paula orcid.org/0000-0002-2273-5134, Tshuwa, Lesego et al. (2 more authors) (2022) Eternal urban youth? Waithood and agency in Ethiopian and South African settlements. Gateways: International Journal of Community Research and Engagement, 15 (2). ISSN 1836-3393
Abstract
It is often reported that young people in Africa, the Middle East and North African regions are stuck in situations of ‘waithood’, unable to progress to full adulthood. Utilising a series of innovative research methodologies that included life history interviews, surveys, media training and qualitative interviews, the research project’s aim was the co-production of data, in order to delve into the housing and work nexus in two non-central locations in Ethiopia and South Africa. The variety of mixed methods that were used yielded a depth of engagement and allowed the researchers to deepen and nuance ideas of waithood and stuckness. The rich and varied data showed how young people move through moments of stuckness and moments of movement, and that some movement is possible even when faced with difficult and sometimes overwhelming structural challenges. It also demonstrated how co-produced research can assist young people in moving forward and countering the experience of stuckness and waithood.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2022 by the author(s). This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), allowing third parties to copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format and to remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercial, provided the original work is properly cited and states its license. |
Keywords: | Urban youth; waithood; marginal urbanism; Hawassa; Ekangala; hustling |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Urban Studies & Planning (Sheffield) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number BRITISH ACADEMY (THE) YF\190036 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 04 Jan 2023 10:43 |
Last Modified: | 04 Jan 2023 10:45 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.5130/ijcre.v15i2.8314 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.5130/ijcre.v15i2.8314 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:194823 |
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