Associate Professor of Youth Research. Now on BlueSky: @drfranceshoward.bsky.social

Joined September 2016
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šŸ‘€ that new book feeling all over again when the paperback comes out šŸ™ŒšŸ½ Interested in youth arts, youth culture and youth work. Check it out šŸ˜‰
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The time has come… not sure why it took me so long but I’m off to BlueSky. I won’t support any product from the ā€˜King of Capitalism’ any longer… If you want to connect on BlueSky my handle is @drfranceshoward.bsky.social
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I am very excited to present a new article on young people's encounters with nature that I've written with Anne Mette W. Nielsen. I think we've done something really interesting here, and you can read it for free. You're very welcome! link.springer.com/article/10…
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Beautiful, bold and evocative readings of creative writing from @tania_dsc keynote speech #UUStopTheClock: youthwork as heartwork ā¤ļø
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Wonderful presentation from @FHowardNG and Anne Mette Winneche Nielsen present findings of their comparative study of the UK and Denmark experiences of Youth Arts Programs #UUStopTheClock @CentreDialogue @UlsterUniCYW
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What might Just #participatory research look like? Unpacking this in 'Researching with young people: #Youth-centred research methods' at #UUStoptheClock. Practical reimagining and innovation of methods @FHowardNG @DrKarenzaMoore @benhanckel @SophieAthe
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Decolonising youth studies; re-orienting youth studies towards the global south; de-centering Western historic, symbolic, cognitive and material privilege - @FHowardNG and @SophieAthe presenting their impressive book on research with young people #UUStopTheClock
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Very lucky 2 hear abt a forthcoming book from @FHowardNG @benhanckel @DrKarenzaMoore @SophieAthe et al on doing research with young people. I can’t wait to read it and you should look out for it too. A core idea from the book is 5 principles of doing research. #UUStoptheClock
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Some great examples of ecological health and well-being projects with young people from @sofia_laine_ #UUStopTheClock as part of the Planetary Youth Research framework proposal
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Peter Kelly #UUStopTheClock exploring how the Anthropocene impacts young people’s agency #YouthStudies
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Day 2 #UUStopTheClock starts with thought-provoking keynote from @SteveRoberts_ exploring the binding together of the excesses of masculinity with working class identities. Striking examples of Andrew Tate’s influence in schools and the recent riots in Southport #YouthStudies
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Important calls for using Black social thought as a template for doing better from @SteveRoberts_. Questioning what counts as ā€˜problematic’ masculinity and who gets to decide? #UUStopTheClock
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Tim Corney and Trudi Cooper arguing for an ecological pedagogy within youth work #UUStopTheClock. Shifting the position of young people from the centre and re-centring ecological systems
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Second presentation in the Youth Work in and Beyond the Anthropocene is from Maria Pisani applying a critical posthumanist lens to youth work. Offering a new ethical paradigm, beyond human #UUStopTheClock
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Catherine Forde @UCC suggesting how environmental issues can be introduced to youth work education programs in higher education #UUStopTheClock
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Something a bit different for the first #UUStopTheClock panel: Author meets Critics session discussing Jacqueline Kennelly’s new book - Burnt by Democracy: Youth, Inequality and the Erosion of Civic life @UofT. Kathleen Gallaher shares the ā€˜punctures’ of democratic failure
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Followed by @HarrietRowley1 and @dlukuslu asking questions about how young people’s everyday experiences relate to broader structural issues. Individual narratives from the book explore the inter-relationships between education, politics, democracy and power #UUStopTheClock
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Great opening keynote from @siobhanmc74 sharing intergenerational research from the ā€˜Ceasefire generation’. Asking what is it like to be a young person in a post-conflict society? Important conflict legacy research #UUStopTheClock #YouthStudies
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#YouthStudies ready to go… 3 full on days of dialogue, learning and presentations at the Journal of Youth Studies conference @UlsterUniCYW #UUStopTheClock
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Just about to press ā€˜send’ on an exciting new book manuscript @BloomsburyBooks. A fantastic collaboration with @JaninaSuppers @SophieAthe @DrKarenzaMoore & @benhanckel on Researching with Young People šŸ“– watch this space…
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Our Special Issue Editorial is out today: Youth Work Pracademia: Creativity, Community and Meaningful Careers ⁦@SineadGormally⁩ ⁦@TAGPALYCW⁩. Thanks to ⁦@MartinEPurcell1⁩, @LohmeyerBen, ⁦@SimCrWilliams⁩, @AchilleosJess to name a few link.springer.com/article/10…

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