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Accepted Paper:
Insights on intergenerational movement-building for just urban futures: the Young People's Federations of SDI.
Daniela C Beltrame
(University of Manchester)
Teurai Nyamangara
(Dialogue on Shelter Trust)
Paper short abstract:
This paper explores SDI urban youths' vision and work for more just urban futures. It examines if, and how they depart from theories and practices of previous generations, and analyses the reasons for these differences to highlight what it means for movement-building in the urban development sphere.
Paper long abstract:
Urban youths, especially those living and working informally, experience inequality at disproportionate levels. However, there are numerous examples of their capacity for collective organization to build more just urban futures.
This paper explores the situation of urban youths in the Know Your City TV and Young People's Federation within the SDI movement, examining their vision and work for a more socially, economically and environmentally just future. It describes if and how their theories and practices depart from those of previous generations, and analyses the reasons for these differences to highlight what it means for movement-building.
To do so, we propose two sets of questions. The first one is aimed at understanding the youths' theories and practices for change: What are the hopes, desires and imaginations of urban youths involved in KYC TV and the SDI movement as regards just and sustainable urban futures? How do they articulate these in their everyday practice and engagement in (trans)local movements? The one deals with intergenerational relationships within the movement: How do youths' practices relate to those of the older generation in the SDI movement? What do youths decide to "keep"? What do they do differently? Why?
Exploring these differences we hope to contribute elements to explore a broader question: How do new generations of trans-local social movements adapt to ever-evolving challenges, to continue imagining and building just alternatives to urban development that correspond with their times? We hope discussion offers insights on intergenerational movement building for more just urban futures.
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Accepted Paper:
Paper short abstract:
Paper long abstract:
Urban youths, especially those living and working informally, experience inequality at disproportionate levels. However, there are numerous examples of their capacity for collective organization to build more just urban futures.
This paper explores the situation of urban youths in the Know Your City TV and Young People's Federation within the SDI movement, examining their vision and work for a more socially, economically and environmentally just future. It describes if and how their theories and practices depart from those of previous generations, and analyses the reasons for these differences to highlight what it means for movement-building.
To do so, we propose two sets of questions. The first one is aimed at understanding the youths' theories and practices for change: What are the hopes, desires and imaginations of urban youths involved in KYC TV and the SDI movement as regards just and sustainable urban futures? How do they articulate these in their everyday practice and engagement in (trans)local movements? The one deals with intergenerational relationships within the movement: How do youths' practices relate to those of the older generation in the SDI movement? What do youths decide to "keep"? What do they do differently? Why?
Exploring these differences we hope to contribute elements to explore a broader question: How do new generations of trans-local social movements adapt to ever-evolving challenges, to continue imagining and building just alternatives to urban development that correspond with their times? We hope discussion offers insights on intergenerational movement building for more just urban futures.
Alternatives to urban development: Youths between multiple crisis and future visions
Session 1 Wednesday 6 July, 2022, -