Youth Expression with Video Surveillance Technology

Jean-Charles, Alex J.

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Description

Title

Youth Expression with Video Surveillance Technology

Author(s)

Jean-Charles, Alex J.

Issue Date

2010-08-20T18:02:14Z

Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)

Harris, Violet J.

Doctoral Committee Chair(s)

Harris, Violet J.

Committee Member(s)

• Christians, Clifford G.
• Bruce, Bertram C.
• Denzin, Norman K.

Department of Study

Curriculum and Instruction

Discipline

Secondary & Continuing Educ

Degree Granting Institution

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Degree Name

Ph.D.

Degree Level

Dissertation

Keyword(s)

• New Media Technology
• Community Informatics
• Critical Pedagogy
• Care of the Self
• Forgiveness/Promise
• Young Black Males
• Media literacy
• Love (care)/Respect
• Power/Control
• Surveillance Technology
• Philosophy of Technology
• Educational Technology

Abstract

This qualitative study examines five young Afro-Franco Caribbean males in the Diaspora and their experiences with systems of technology as a tool of oppression and liberation. The study utilized interpretive biography and participatory video research to examine the issues of identity, power/control, surveillance technology, love and freedom. The study made use of a number of data collection methods including interviews, round table discussions, and personal narratives. A hermeneutic theoretical framework is employed to develop an objective view of the problems facing Afro-Franco Caribbean males in the schools and community. The purpose of the study is to provide an environment and new media technology that Afro-Franco Caribbean males can use to engage and discuss their views on issues mentioned above and to ultimately develop a video project to share with the community. Moreover, the study sought to examine an epistemological approach (Creolization) that young black males, particularly Afro-Franco-Caribbean males, might use to communicate, document, and share their everyday experiences in the Diaspora. The findings in the study reveal that the participants are experiencing: (a) a lack of community involvement in the urban space they currently reside, (b) frustration with the perspective of their home country, Haiti, that is commonly shown in mainstream media, and (c) ridicule, shame, and violence in the spaces (school and community) that should be safe. The study provides the community (both local and scholarly) with an opportunity to hear the voices and concerns of youth in the urban space. In addition the study suggests a need for schools to create a critical pedagogical curriculum in which power can be democratically shared.

Graduation Semester

2010-08

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Copyright 2010 Alex J. Jean-Charles

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