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Self-work and social change: disindividualised participation amongst young Australian Buddhist practitioners
- Source :
- Kim Lam
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 2018.
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Abstract
- Recent work on youth participation has mobilised a ‘DIY’ or ‘individualised’ framework to explain the nature of contemporary participation, particularly amongst minoritised religious youth. This paper examines this conceptual framework in light of concurrent claims that contemporary participation can be better conceptualised using a ‘doing it with others’ (DIWO) approach, which emphasises the collaborative nature of participation. In light of these claims, I analyse the participation experiences of 22 young adult Buddhist practitioners who are located within a neo-liberal Australian context, yet simultaneously have access to religious teachings and practices which challenge distinct notions of selfhood. This paper shows that both ‘DIY’ and ‘DIWO’ conceptions of participation find expression in the participation experiences of participants from the study, and that both DIY and DIWO approaches can additionally be seen as mutually reinforcing rather than distinctly contrasting. I propose a new concep...
- Subjects :
- Sociology and Political Science
05 social sciences
Buddhism
Social change
Youth participation
General Social Sciences
050801 communication & media studies
Gender studies
Context (language use)
0506 political science
0508 media and communications
Expression (architecture)
Conceptual framework
Work (electrical)
050602 political science & public administration
Civic engagement
Sociology
Life-span and Life-course Studies
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14699680 and 13676261
- Volume :
- 21
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Youth Studies
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....9f43fbff9da30006500d7b0364973293