Temporalities and Spaces for Youth Engagement in Co-Creative Activities

Creating innovative, participatory and collaborative, interactive spaces that invite, engage and include urban youth is a challenge, particularly in the setting of research and participatory culture projects. Youth is involved in their ways and activities of own making. It is often challenging for researchers to get them involved in cultural or civic activities that are part of research projects. On the other hand, access to youth cultures and subcultures can be difficult for researchers. Thus, in this workshop, we would like to discuss research approaches and methods of engaging youth in civic and participatory culture projects. Aiming towards a methodology to guide research in this area, the workshop explores diverse methods that are presently used in conjunction with participatory models and forms of cultural and civic engagement and new technologies of participation. Of particular interest are temporality (duration of engagement), outcomes (short and long-term, for researchers and youth) and the roles of digital means to scaffold participation, co-creation, or artifacts resulting from such participatory activities.