1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910792521003321

Autore

Stewart Mary Amanda <1979->

Titolo

Understanding adolescent immigrants : moving toward an extraordinary discourse for extraordinary youth / / Mary Amanda Stewart

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham : , : Lexington Books, , 2017

ISBN

1-4985-4495-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xx, 149 pages)

Disciplina

371.826/912

Soggetti

Teenage immigrants - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Adolescent immigrants in school and society -- Miguel: A 20-year old from Guatemala persevering through high school -- Alejandra: A 17-year-old from El Salvador taking the U.S. by storm -- Lay Su Aung: A 13-year-old refugee from Burma (Myanmar) dreaming big dreams -- Aisha: A 17-year-old from Uganda longing to learn -- Nathan: A 16-year-old from the Democratic Republic of the Congo learning about slavery -- Andres: A 16-year-old from Mexico coming and going -- Sara: An 18-year-old from Colombia preparing to serve her new country -- Extraordinary youth: Adolescent immigrants' unique strengths and needs -- Toward an extraordinary discourse -- Appendix A: Methodology -- Appendix B: Interview questions.

Sommario/riassunto

This book shares the stories of adolescent immigrants in the American education system and highlights what teachers need to know about their unique challenges, strengths, and potential contributions to their new country.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910520075703321

Autore

Currie Morgan

Titolo

The Culture and Communities Mapping Project / / by Morgan Currie, Melisa Miranda Correa

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2021

ISBN

9783030886516

3030886514

Edizione

[1st ed. 2021.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (131 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

304.2094134

Soggetti

Science - Social aspects

Human geography

Digital humanities

Geographic information systems

Culture - Study and teaching

Science and Technology Studies

Human Geography

Digital Humanities

Geographical Information System

Cultural Studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1: Introduction: The Global Festival City -- Chapter 2: Theories and Methods of Cultural Mapping -- Chapter 3: Cultural Mapping in the City of Edinburgh -- Chapter 4: Neogeoraphy, Software Sorted Geographies and Web Maps -- Chapter 5: Maps, Memories and Stories of Place.

Sommario/riassunto

This book describes three years of work by the Culture and Communities Mapping Project, a research project based in Edinburgh that uses maps as an object of study and also a means to facilitate research. Taking a self-reflexive approach, the book draws on a variety of iterative mapping procedures and visual methodologies, from online virtual tours to photo elicitation, to capture the voices of inhabitants



and their distinctive perspectives on the city. The book argues that practices of cultural mapping consist of a research field in and of itself, and it situates this work in relation to other areas of research and practice, including critical cartography, cultural geography, critical GIS, activist mapping and artist maps. The book also offers a range of practical approaches towards using print and web-based maps to give visibility to spaces traditionally left out of city representations but that are important to the local communities that use them. Throughout, the authorsreflect critically on how, through the processes of mapping, we create knowledge about space, place, community and culture. Morgan Currie is Lecturer in data and society in science, technology and innovation studies at the University of Edinburgh. Her research looks at open and administrative data, automation in the welfare state, activists' data practices, social justice and the city, web maps and cultural mapping, drawing from the fields of STS, media studies, information studies, and critical data studies. She was awarded a Ph.D. in information studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. Melisa Miranda Correa is an Architect conducting her PhD in Landscape Architecture at Edinburgh University. Her research focuses on interdisciplinary perspectives for urban and rural community development, cultural landscapes and cultural mapping using ethnographic, participatory and action research methods. She explores on her PhD place making and identity signs of indigenous communities living in transit between rural areas and cities.