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Edison Vong
Edison
Vong
Christine Grové
Christine
Grové
Louisa Trainer
Louisa
Trainer
Camp Experience
Monash University
2020
Exhibition
Youth Booth
Youth Experience
Youth Participatory Research
Faculty of Education
Participatory Visual Research Methods
Qualitative Research
Sociology of Education
2020-03-25 02:38:59
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https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/figure/Camp_Experience/12017682
<div><p><b>“Young men across an array of backgrounds, united and fought
against adversity to achieve a similar goal.”</b></p><p><b><br></b></p>
<p><b>“Following a week of adversity and struggle, those who
signed that hat united as one to compete against the other groups.”</b></p><p><b><br></b></p>
<p><b>“Regardless of who it is, you are capable of working with
them. As long as there is a common end goal, unity will be achieved. Even with
a group of strangers, those individuals will unite into one family-life group.”</b></p><p><b><br></b></p>
<p><b>“Diversity and the promotion of it enables weaknesses and
strengths to be displayed. As everyone’s qualities are different, they are able
to complement one another, and thus enable the objective to be achieved much
better.”</b></p><p><b><br></b></p>
<p><b>Photographer: Edison Vong</b></p></div><div><br></div><div><p>This
photograph featured in the <b>Youth Booth</b>
exhibition showcasing the work of 10 Victorian young people produced over the
2019-2020 Australian summer. Their work captures their collective experience:
being digitally savvy, the stress of study, influence of social media, climate
change and the impact of poor mental health. These perspectives, along with our
video series produced alongside this, allow us to see the complex situations
that impact the youth experience of education.</p>
<p>For
schools, teachers, parents and policy-makers it highlights the importance of
listening and collaboration with young people, particularly when developing
policies and implementing practice to build more inclusive communities. For
researchers, we hope this exhibition highlights one way to use participatory
visual research methods to support and strengthen the voice of youth.</p>
<p>The
exhibition adopts a rights-based perspective which emphasises the importance
not only of listening to youth, but actively and authentically collaborating on
matters that directly affect them.</p>
<p>The
study was conducted by researchers Dr Christine Grove and Louisa Trainer in
2019-2020 at Monash University and is funded by the Monash Education Small
Grant Award.</p></div>