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The Ethnography in Education Research Forum, convened by the Center for Urban Ethnography at the. How do youths use their voice, narratives, and understandings of civic engagement and social equity to create change in their communities? Ethnographic scholarship has examined the everyday lives, hardships, and forms of resistance within historically marginalized communities and has provided nuanced analyses that delineate the intersections of these issues with problems of educational access and social (in)equity. The first is a survey that was conducted with 300 Philadelphia high school youths regarding their attitudes and understandings of issues of civic engagement, race, and the politics. She is very excited to be a part of this renewed conversation. ThePenn Youth Summit on Civic Engagement and Social Changewill focus on the perspectives and research of high school youths regarding their roles in and possibilities for achieving positive change for their communities. The community acts as a collective when all decisions moving forward and regarding the organization of the research work are made collectively and by listening to every member's interests, opinions, and doubts. The past twenty years have witnessed an ethnographic turn across the humanities and social sciences, and in professional schools, fine arts and architecture. Please note that we have decided to move to a biennial meeting (2023, 2025, etc.) Ethnography Forum Registration Information. of race, ethnicity, class, and gender. /SA true Nate Cobler. >> The Penn Youth Summit on Civic Engagement and Social Change will focus on the perspectives and research of high school youths regarding their roles in and possibilities for achieving positive change for their communities. Authors should ONLY be identified in fields specifically requesting this information. At once, research partnerships adhere to the ethical standards of scientific inquiry but also challenge traditionally established operating procedures that reinforce power asymmetries. /Rect [33 723.750000 58.5000000 733.500000 ] 11 0 obj endobj The program will include 12 to 15 invited group presentations, e.g., panels, symposia, Views-by-Two, speaker with respondents, and other formats with two or more participants. He sees the labor in this historical vineyard as one of linking social scientific research to everyday struggles for a just society. We welcome submissions that urge the field to examine the role of ethnography to unpack the problems of racial justice and inform research, practice, and policy and the ethical dilemmas associated with them. 800 likes. Her avid interest in human rights policy led her to also receive a certificate in the Global Institute for Human Rights Program from the University of Pennsylvania Carey School of Law in summer 2020. Ethnographic scholarship has examined the everyday lives, hardships, and forms of resistance within historically marginalized communities and has provided nuanced analyses that delineate the intersections of these issues with problems of educational access and social (in)equity. The Forum will include 12-15 invited, group presentations, e.g., panels, symposia, Views-by-Two, speaker with respondents, and other formats with two or more participants. She is the author of the poetry collection 1919 and the nonfiction work. Ethnographic research has created interdisciplinary pathways to think expansively about how culture is understood, entwined with related concepts, and revised to weigh critical questions of race, racism, and inequality. We endeavor to coordinate scholarship, research, and public partnerships related to multi-modal work practices; to consolidate those activities in which we (and our undergraduate and graduate students) are already engaged; and to grow these generative connections in order to become a nationally- and internationally- known hub for these types of inquiry and practice. 693 0] As a high school student in 2015, Chloe had the opportunity to work with Dr. Gadsden on a similar project looking into issues that students of color in urban environments face. Whether in business, medicine, or law, photography, sculpture, or performance art, qualitative social science methods have become more common as scholars and practitioners seek insights into the everyday worlds and ideas of those with whom they work. 10 0 obj Ethnographic research has created interdisciplinary pathways to think expansively about how culture is understood, entwined with related concepts, and revised to weigh critical questions of race, racism, and multiple forms of inequality. >> /S /URI To illustrate, consider the contributions of social scientists in landmark cases such as Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954), Loving v. Virginia(1967), and Grutter v. Bollinger(2003). We are fortunate to have several outstanding plenary speakers, including Eve Ewing, recipient of the 2020 Book Award. /Type /Action Youths participating in CLP have focused their work on a number of issues related to educational equity. The Youth Summit will consist of three segments: The Youth Summit recognizes the increasingly critical role that young people play in engaging with and working on behalf of their communities. The Ethnography in Education Research Forum is excited to announce the Penn's Pre-Forum Youth Summit on Civic Engagement and Social Change, which is set to take place next Thursday, February 25, 2021 from 11:30am-3:00pm. About this Event:Penn's Pre-Forum Youth Summit on Civic Engagement and Social ChangeThursday, February 25, 202111:30am-3:00pm. will focus on the perspectives and research of high school youths regarding their roles in and possibilities for achieving positive change for their communities. GIVE TO PENN GSE. The symposium organizer will be responsible for submitting the full proposal including all paper summaries, providing contact information for prospective presenters, and ensuring that the proposal submission is complete. The University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education and the Center for Urban Ethnography will celebrate the 41st convening of the Ethnography in Education Research Forum, one of the most longstanding and renowned scholarly venues for this intellectual tradition, on February 21 and 22, 2020. /A << In 2021, the Forum will be an online, invited program, in response to the face-to-face constraints imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. We remain as dedicated as ever to sustaining the legacy of the Forum as the lead conference in the field of ethnography and education as well as an intellectual space that nurtures younger scholars and students. We remain as dedicated as ever to sustaining the legacy of the Forum as the lead conference in the field of ethnography and education as well as an intellectual space that nurtures younger scholars and students. /Type /ExtGState In the tradition of the Pre-Forum Seminar on Culture and Race with Emerging Scholars, created in 1990, an online Invited Youth Research Forum with high school youth will take place on Thursday, February 25th, 2021. All Rights Reserved. The abstract summary should be a brief (100 word) overview of the work to be presented. With support from mentor-collaborators (graduate students in the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education), YCER Social Inquiry youths are initiating culturally focused, community-based projects aimed at addressing a persistent need, problem, or area of possibility in their community or in the city. /CSpg /DeviceGray Proposals will be peer reviewed, and those with the highest scores will be invited. /CreationDate (D:20230318053501Z) EXPERIMENTAL ETHNOGRAPHY @ PENN is a group of faculty across disciplines and schools who are committed to ethical, engaged, electric, ecstatic and, most of all, experimental multi-modal work that is generated ethnographically. Please indicate if it is a work-in-progress (i.e., offering preliminary findings and tentative conclusions) in the body of your description. Alex PosecznickAdjunct Associate Professor of Education Program Manager of Education, Culture, and Society and International Educational Development, Dr. Vaughn W. M. WatsonAssistant Professor of EducationMichigan State University, College of Education, Dr. Eve EwingAssistant ProfessorUniversity of ChicagoSchool of Social Service Administration. She is author of Won't You Be My Neighbor: Race, Class and Residence in Los Angeles, which explores explanations for persisting residential segregation by race, and co-author of The Source of the River: The Social Origins of Freshmen at America's Selective Colleges and Universities and Taming the River: Negotiating the Academic, Financial, andSocial Currents in Selective Colleges and Universities. Use the in-built QR code scanner to scan attendees QR code on their badges and save to their list of vCards (leads). endobj Please remove all identifying information including site and participant details. She is the author of the poetry collection. Since his days as a youth in Philadelphia, Dr. Hill has been a social justice activist and organizer. The Forum has from the beginning excelled in nurturing ethnographic research and researchers in schools. A number of featured speakers, groups, and individuals from around the U.S. and internationally have attended and presented during Practitioner Inquiry Day. The Nittany Lions have five top-three seeds, including . 2021: Dr. Erica Turner, Suddenly Diverse2020: Dr. Eve Ewing, Ghosts in the Schoolyard2019: Dr. Gabrielle Oliveira, Motherhood across Borders, Vivian L. Gadsden William T. Carter Professor of Child Development and Education, Dr. Roberto GonzalesRichard Perry University Professor, Alex PosecznickAdjunct Associate Professor of Education; Program Manager of Education, Culture, and Society and International Educational Development, Edrick SabalburoEducation, Culture, and Society M.S.Ed. 5 0 obj /Type /Action 1 0 obj This years theme highlights research partnerships as pivotal to understanding the critical dimensions of context, cultures, and social practices. Penn State wrestling has arrived at the NCAA Wrestling Championships in Tulsa, Oklahoma to compete for another national title. Partnerships foreground the central role of relationships between researcher and communities, and are based on collaborative, co-constructed approaches to inquiry, which inform all aspects of the research process. We respect your privacy. & Urban Education, City University of New York Graduate Center. It will convene young people in Philadelphia and elsewhere to share their ideas about the problems we face locally and globally and the significance of youth knowledge in addressing racial, social, and economic disparities and inequity. 41st Ethnography in Education Research Forum, Reserve the PSC Conference Room and/or Collaboration Space, The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania. Dean Carter's expertise ranges from issues of youth identity and race, class, and gender, urban poverty, social and cultural inequality, the sociology of education and mixed research methods. [0 /XYZ 33 This years theme focuses on the complexities associated with race and inequity that have historically defined social systems in the U.S. and globally. At the same time, contemporary developments in technology have made new representational techniques widely available and familiar, especially to younger generations now moving into academia. As noted, Communities of Inquiry Interactive Poster Hall submissions (Session Type B) should include an 800- to 1000-word overview that indicates the history of the partnership, the goals of the study, the research approaches in use, ways of measuring/evidencing community impact, and significance for the field. Welcome from the 41st Forum Coordinator Team, The 41st Annual Ethnography in Education Research Forum, Manage their personal schedule and check-in to sessions, Set up 1-to-1 meetings with fellow attendees, View sponsors and exhibitors and their representatives, send requests to get their contact details, Sign up using Facebook or registration form. Professor Ewing's scholarship, community work, and classroom teaching are aimed at expanding the ways that urban school stakeholders, researchers, and the broader public can be equipped to understand, respond to, and ultimately dismantle white supremacy, and to make school systems liberatory institutions rather than oppressive ones. We see creative practice as intellectual work that necessarily historicizes the inequalities that pervade our society, and that develops solutions for their present iterations through collaborative and participatory work. each based research from The National Longitudinal Survey of Freshmen (NLSF), an effort to understand racial differences in the experience of elite higher education in the United States. Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania. The activities and ideas regarding where we want to be and how we will get there will be determined collaboratively by participants in the project. 197: Max Shaw, UNC, dec. Cole Urbas, Penn., 4-1. We will have a full and engaging schedule over the two days and opportunities for participants to interact in small discussion sessions, online exhibits, and other interactive formats. CUE moved to the Graduate School of Education in 1976, where it undertook a series of funded research projects, including studies of urban literacy, urban neighborhoods, and a range of other urban issues. 13 0 obj /CA 1.0 2010 (w/ Dattatreyan, E. Gabriel) Global Hype: Broadcasting the New South Asian Woman. Prior to that, he held positions at Columbia University and Morehouse College. An EE@Penn panel at the Screening Scholarship Media Festival featuring Kurt Orderson (Filmmaker, South Africa), Christen Smith (Anthropologist, UT-Austin), and Quinsy Gario (Performance Artist, Amsterdam). /Contents 13 0 R Before being named Dean at Berkeley, she was the Jacks Family Professor of Education and Professor of Sociology (by courtesy) at Stanford University. Youth will present work focused on social problems facing diverse communities, issues of race, and civic engagement. Their actions reflected a form of civic engagement, resistance, and commitment to social justice ideals. An award-winning journalist, Dr. Hill has received numerous prestigious awards from the National Association of Black Journalists, GLAAD, and the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. Research Concept Project Gallery, including short videos by YCER youths, representing their efforts to use research in ways that enhance their communities and address pressing issues. 8 . He is the founder and director of The People's Education Center in Philadelphia, as well as the owner of Uncle Bobbie's Coffee & Books. Dr. Prudence L. Carter is the E.H. and Mary E. Pardee Professor and Dean of the Graduate School of Education at Berkeley. The 2021 Youth Summit is being led by The Youth Civic Engagement Research (YCER) Project's Social Inquiry for Social Justice Group in collaboration with The Community Literacies Project, both at the University of Pennsylvania, and the participation of The Youth Voices Project at Michigan State University. /A << The Youth Voices Project is supported by funding from the AERA Education Research Service Project (ERSP) Initiative, the AERA Division K Re-envisioning Teaching and Teacher Education in the Shadow of the COVID-19 Pandemic (RTTE) small grants program, and the Michigan State University College of Education, and the Michigan College Access Network. Note that this description should be submitted without author identifications. American Anthropology Association Annual Meeting. If you have any technical problems, please send us an e-mail at cue@gse.upenn.edu. The second, Social Inquiry for Social Justice, focuses on students' voices-e.g., writing, reading, and discussing issues that engage youths about topics of importance to them and that reflect their emerging knowledge of political processes, sources and uses of knowledge, and perceptions of barriers and incentives to civic and political participation. Science Education in Service of Social Justice: An Emergent Exploration of Youth Engagement in Participatory Science and Community Activism, The Paradox of Diversity in the Israeli Academia: Reproducing White Jewishness and National Supremacy, LatiNXT GEN: Partnering with Youth Media-Makers for Educational Inquiry, Sanskrit in Seattle: How learning an ancient language is fostering cultural consciousness and promoting racial justice in a diverse immigrant community, Middle School Student Empowerment: A Literacy Leadership Program Unpacks Issues around Civil Rights and Immigration through Literature Discussions, Writing, and Storytelling, Collective, Abolitionist, Reimagining, Education: Realizing the CARE Framework in Transformative Teacher Education Work, Youth in Social Movements: Past and Present, Tribal Community-Based Participatory Research: Ethnography on the path together toward Integrated Resource Management, Food Sovereignty, and Self-Determination, Family Professional Partnerships and Centering Refugee Families' Experiences, Educators and Students Side Hustle for Social Good, 42nd Annual Ethnography in Education Research Forum, Manage their personal schedule and check-in to sessions, Set up 1-to-1 meetings with fellow attendees, View sponsors and exhibitors and their representatives, send requests to get their contact details, Sign up using Facebook or registration form. /SMask /None>> From the beginning, the intent of Practitioner Inquiry Day was to provide a space for educators to share their research in various formats, including papers, symposia, data sessions, and informal group discussions. We welcome research submissions that push the field's thinking about approaches that enhance how we interpret the role of ethnography, how we partner with communities and build relationships, and how we respond to potential methodological and ethical dilemmas. Presentation proposals will be peer reviewed, and those with the highest scores will be invited. The 2021 Youth Summit is being led by The Youth Civic Engagement Research (YCER) Project's Social Inquiry for Social Justice Group in collaboration with The Community Literacies Project, both at the University of Pennsylvania, and the participation of The Youth Voices Project at Michigan State University. This is a free virtual event. Routledge Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology. Symposia may include up to four papers. Submissions from both traditional researchers and practitioners are encouraged, including collaborations. Uniquely designed for the virtual 2021 Ethnography Forum, the Communities of Inquiry Interactive Poster Hall will be a special platform open throughout the entire Forum. [/Pattern /DeviceRGB] Dean Carter earned a Master of Philosophy and Ph.D. in Sociology from Columbia University. Associate Professor of Sociology. The Forum is known for its friendly and supportive atmosphere for fledgling researchers and for the spirit of relaxed and open dialogue embracing newcomers and oldtimers alike. Please review all elements of the proposal and the detailed steps outlined above. info@thecenterblacked.org2023 The Center for Black Educator Development. TheCenter for Experimental Ethnography was founded in 2018 to promote multi-modal research practices as both method and theory, integral dimensions of scholarly research. It builds upon the wealth of commitment and knowledge that they draw from their school and out-of-school experiences and that they enact to make a difference in promoting equity, justice, and change. /Rect [285.750000 753.750000 444.750000 763.500000 ] He is also the founding Executive Director of theAlliance for Higher Education and Democracy(AHEAD) at Penn GSE. Presentations should consider the wide range of ethnographic-focused inquiry and research options that highlight the historical issues of race that have continued into the present and the role of ethnography in capturing both their complexity and the possibilities for education research to address them. They also urge us to move forward boldly, directing and refining our scholarship to advance the uncoupling of structural barriers for students, their families, and communities and to bring about new educational dispositions. Practitioner Inquiry Dayat the Ethnography Forum was initiated in 1987 byMarilyn Cochran-SmithandSusan L. Lytle both assistant professors at Penn GSE at the time and grew from the burgeoning interest in teacher research, action research, critical action research, and participatory research that was evident across the U.S. and internationally. A basic premise that underlies our efforts is the contention that an expanded and multi-modal definition of what counts as scholarship will help lead to a more diverse university community, a community in which artistic practice is a cornerstone not only for engaged and participatory democracy and social justice, but also for the reimagining and transformation of the university as a whole. endobj /S /URI Special attention will be given to community partnership projects that highlight the historical issues of race that have continued into the present and draw upon the wide range of ethnographic-focused inquiry to pursue educational research, scholarship, practice, and policy in service of social transformation. Ethnography Forum Registration Information /Subtype /Link /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] endobj Once you are logged in you can select Abstract Submissions to submit a new proposal, or look for updates on proposals already submitted. /A << NCAA wrestling resumes at noon ET Friday with the quarterfinals on ESPNU. 5) Designed by Mighty Engine, Events, Industry, Time Sensitive, Educational Opportunity, Professional Development, Networking Opportunity, https://2021forum.dryfta.com/youth-summit. The Population Studies Center (PSC) at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) has fostered research and training in population since 1962, with support from the NICHD P30 program from 1978-2003 and the P2C Population Dynamics Research Infrastructure Program from 2018 to present (formerly the R24 funding mechanism from 2003-2018). Presentations should consider the wide range of ethnographic-focused inquiry and options that highlight the historical issues of race that have continued into the present and the role of ethnography in capturing both their complexity and the possibilities for education research to address them. The Community Literacies Project (CLP) is a, The Project has publicly shared its research, The Youth Voices Project is supported by funding from the AERA Education Research Service Project (ERSP) Initiative, the AERA Division K, Science Education in Service of Social Justice: An Emergent Exploration of Youth Engagement in Participatory Science and Community Activism, The Paradox of Diversity in the Israeli Academia: Reproducing White Jewishness and National Supremacy, LatiNXT GEN: Partnering with Youth Media-Makers for Educational Inquiry, Sanskrit in Seattle: How learning an ancient language is fostering cultural consciousness and promoting racial justice in a diverse immigrant community, Middle School Student Empowerment: A Literacy Leadership Program Unpacks Issues around Civil Rights and Immigration through Literature Discussions, Writing, and Storytelling, Collective, Abolitionist, Reimagining, Education: Realizing the CARE Framework in Transformative Teacher Education Work, Youth in Social Movements: Past and Present, Tribal Community-Based Participatory Research: Ethnography on the path together toward Integrated Resource Management, Food Sovereignty, and Self-Determination, Family Professional Partnerships and Centering Refugee Families' Experiences, Educators and Students Side Hustle for Social Good, 42nd Annual Ethnography in Education Research Forum, THE PENN YOUTH SUMMIT on Civic Engagement and Social Change, Alliance for Higher Education and Democracy, Eve L. Ewing is a qualitative sociologist of education at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration. Presentations should consider the wide range of ethnographic-focused inquiry and methodological options that can be used to study historical and contemporary issues related to race and racial justice to capture both their complexity and the possibilities for education research to address them. It builds on the power that young people possess and bring to supporting their communities, aiming to make a difference through civic engagement, critical discussions, and efforts to promote equality, equity, and justice. After several meetings, they decided to engage students in a YPAR initiative, The Youth Voices Project. Since that time, the youth have: raised $7,500 through a Go Fund Me initiative to assist residents in paying utility bills, purchasing groceries, and obtaining personal needs items; developed and facilitated an online summer College Ambassadors Program for their peers; and shared with local school officials their insights about the challenges students in their community are experiencing as a result of online learning due to COVID-19. Presentations should consider the wide range of ethnographic-focused inquiry with an eye toward the ways in which partnerships serve as conceptual and methodological assets that help us imagine possibilities to effect educational and social change.