Conversations on grief and hope: a collaborative autoethnographic account exploring the lifeworlds of international youth engaged with climate action

Jones, Lisa; Parsons, Katie J.; Halstead, Florence; Ngoc Nguyen, Diep Ngoc; Pham, Huong T.M.; Pham, Dinh Long; Allison, Charlotte R.; Chew, Mae; Bird, Esther; Meek, Amy; Buckton, Sam J.; Le Nguyen, Khang; Lloyd Williams, Alison; Thi Vo, Thu; Le, Hue; Nguyen, Anh T.Q.; Hackney, Christopher R.; Parsons, Daniel R.

Abstract

This paper explores the lifeworlds of international youth involved in climate and/or environmental social action, narratives that have been largely absent from a literature that has tended to focus on ‘traditional’ youth activists located in the urban Global North. Written as a novel collaborative autoethnography involving youth as co-authors, the paper a) collectively reflects on the stories of youth from different countries and cultures on their journeys towards climate action, and b) foregrounds an emotional framing to examine these experiences. The youth co-authors, whose experiences are the focus of this paper, form part of innovative international Youth Advisory Board, set up to provide peer support to youth new to climate and environmental social action, as part of our British Academy Youth Futures-funded participatory action research project. We examine the youth’s narratives exploring opportunities and barriers they have navigated, their inspirations and the intersections with a range of other socio-cultural factors.

Citation

Jones, L., Parsons, K. J., Halstead, F., Ngoc Nguyen, D. N., Pham, H. T., Pham, D. L., Allison, C. R., Chew, M., Bird, E., Meek, A., Buckton, S. J., Le Nguyen, K., Lloyd Williams, A., Thi Vo, T., Le, H., Nguyen, A. T., Hackney, C. R., & Parsons, D. R. (2023). Conversations on grief and hope: a collaborative autoethnographic account exploring the lifeworlds of international youth engaged with climate action. Journal of the British Academy, 11(S3), 69-117. https://doi.org/10.5871/JBA/011S3.069

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Sep 29, 2022
• Online Publication Date: Nov 2, 2023
• Publication Date: Nov 2, 2023
• Deposit Date: Nov 2, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: Nov 2, 2023
• Journal: Journal of the British Academy
• Electronic ISSN: 2052-7217
• Publisher: British Academy
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 11
• Issue: S3
• Pages: 69-117
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5871/JBA/011S3.069
• Keywords: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; General Engineering; General Environmental Science
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4430200