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posted on 2020-03-25, 02:39 authored by Nikith Udayakumar, Christine GrovéChristine Grové, Louisa Trainer

<div>“This is a picture of a t-shirt from the new cricket club I joined.” “It is my first time joining cricket and I was really excited to play a sport I love with my friends competitively.” “I am trying new things such as sports and classes … trying to figure out something that I can focus on or something that releases stress. For a while now I have been interested in cricket however I turned down every opportunity to join a club as I was scared. However, I built up my confidence and finally joined one.” “Role models have to motivate young kids to always take a chance.” Photographer: Nikith Udayakumar</div><div> </div><div>This photograph featured in the Youth Booth 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. 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. 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. 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.</div>