During this month I have carried a lot of Desk research on Identity, culture, communities, sense of self. I have worked on idea and question for workshops to develop these ideas with young people.
I have progressed with my artefacts using the Graffi-tee project. Which I have now carried out myself and with 2 young people.
I am currently looking at re-wording my research question to:
How can teenagers be encouraged to build their awareness of and develop their own identities and their cultural identities through the use of crafting?
I sort ethical advise from a psychologist at this point as I was worried about asking young people, some of which will not have a support unit, to delve into such painful issues, I got some advice about perhaps developing a more positive slant to my questions and exercises, this is when I started concentrating more on the hopes, dreams and aspirations side of things. To find a place to meet young people I have contacted a number of support groups, schools and youth clubs in my area.
I have also thought about a number of ways to display my work visually at the final exhibition. I also read some interesting articles about ways to make the most of your exhibition and some of the pitfalls that students experience. I also went to a number of interesting exhibitions to get inspiration. I have also started collecting a list of companies that sponsor the kind of small exhibition I go to, to use for the exhibition team, when we meet.
Something I was extremely excited about this month is the relationship between identity and homelessness, this is something I really want to develop over the summer break, but without contacts in this area, I do not feel I can solely concentrate on homeless young people, and therefore at the moment will continue to look at young people as a whole.
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