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Abstract
This paper reflects upon the everyday agency of marginalized youth in the Brazilian urban periphery in responding to the climate crisis. In the context of the global covid-19 crisis, which has exacerbated patterns of social exclusion between urban centers and peripheries, we reflect on the extent to which current theorizations of youth activism are appropriate for understanding youth agency in the periphery of Sao Paulo. We seek to ‘blur the -ism’ in climate activism by introducing more multi-faceted understandings of agency based on young people’s everyday (inter-)actions with their environment as well as their contradicting emotions regarding their vulnerabilities and potential.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 275-283 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Children's Geographies |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Early online date | 15 Sept 2020 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2021 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions [grant number 833401 — NEXUS-DRR — H2020-MSCA-IF-2018]. Leandro Luiz Giatti receives support from the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP - proc.n. 2019/12804-3, Brazil) and from CNPq (Brazil) proc.n. 309840/2018-0.
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Keywords
- youth agency
- everyday lived practice
- urban periphery
- climate change
- covid-19
- everyday lived experiences
- disaster risk reduction
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Social Psychology
- Geography, Planning and Development
- Sociology and Political Science
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