Disrupting the Chrononormativity of Geographies of Youth and Youth Studies: Learning From Infractions at the Border

IF 3.1 1区 社会学 Q1 GEOGRAPHY
Karen Nairn
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The overlapping academic fields of geographies of youth and youth studies are defined by what counts as ‘youth’, but how important are age categories to maintaining their boundaries? Descriptions of infractions at the border act as provocations for examining how the normalisation of ages and stages such as ‘youth’ constitute chrononormativities that are implicitly ‘westernised’ and culturally blind. I curate conceptual resources for disrupting chrononormativity and narrow ways of thinking about generation and intergenerational responsibilities to make the case for why this matters in climate-altered worlds. I make two separate but related interventions. First, I critique how youth scholars and youth journals currently conceive of ‘youth’ drawing on Indigenous scholarship. I then demonstrate why this matters by challenging the pervasive discourse that climate change is a recent problem for ‘younger generations’ to solve. The research reviewed here charts a useful path forward for geographers and other scholars to resist and reconfigure youth/adult dualities and broader chrononormativities, building on scholarship stipulating the necessity of intergenerational dialogue, justice, and solidarity in climate activism that is also informed by decolonial theories and principles.

打破青年地理学和青年研究的时间规范性:从边境违规行为中学习
青年地理学和青年研究这两个相互重叠的学术领域是由什么算作 "青年 "来界定的,但年龄类别对维持其边界有多重要?对边界违规行为的描述有助于我们审视 "青年 "等年龄和阶段的正常化是如何构成隐含着 "西方化 "和文化盲点的年代规范的。我整理了一些概念资源,用于打破年代规范性和关于代际和代际责任的狭隘思维方式,以说明为什么这在气候变化的世界中很重要。我进行了两项独立但相关的干预。首先,我借鉴土著学术研究,批判了青年学者和青年期刊目前是如何看待 "青年 "的。然后,我挑战了气候变化是 "年轻一代 "最近要解决的问题这一普遍论调,从而说明了这一点的重要性。本文回顾的研究为地理学家和其他学者抵制和重构青年/成人二元对立以及更广泛的年代规范性指明了一条有用的道路,这些研究以规定气候行动主义中代际对话、正义和团结的必要性的学术研究为基础,同时也借鉴了非殖民主义理论和原则。
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Geography Compass
Geography Compass GEOGRAPHY-
CiteScore
6.00
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6.50%
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61
期刊介绍: Unique in its range, Geography Compass is an online-only journal publishing original, peer-reviewed surveys of current research from across the entire discipline. Geography Compass publishes state-of-the-art reviews, supported by a comprehensive bibliography and accessible to an international readership. Geography Compass is aimed at senior undergraduates, postgraduates and academics, and will provide a unique reference tool for researching essays, preparing lectures, writing a research proposal, or just keeping up with new developments in a specific area of interest.
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