What is the Role of Adult Facilitators in Critical Participatory Action Research? Employing Affective Labor While Navigating the Politics and the Perils Alongside Minoritized Youth Researchers. Issue 1 (January 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lac, Van T.; Antunes, Ana Carolina; Daniel, Julia; Mackey, Janiece
• Other Names: Welton Anjalé D. guest-editor.; Mansfield Katherine Cumings guest-editor.; Salisbury Jason D. guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: Educational policy. Volume 36:Issue 1(2022)
• Page Start: 142
• Page End: 168
• Publication Date: 2022-01
• Subjects: democratic representation -- educational equity -- educational policy -- social justice; Education and state -- United States -- Periodicals; Education -- Periodicals; 379.2
• DOI: 10.1177/08959048211059200
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0895-9048

Abstract

Critical Participatory Action Research (CPAR) represents a tool for minoritized youth in shaping educational policies. Despite its promise, the politics of engaging in CPAR within structures ensnared in hegemonic ideologies can negate, devalue, and deny the contributions of youth voice. This study highlights how adult facilitators supporting youth researchers negotiate methodological tensions when the politics nested within oppressive structures converge with the ideals of CPAR. Using LatCrit methodology and employing affective labor theory, this qualitative study offers four counterstories interrogating the role of adult allies in CPAR, navigating the politics and perils of engaging in this work alongside minoritized students.