Finding Ourselves Through the Clutter: An Arts-Based Engagement Ethnography With Newcomer Youth in Canada

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2020-11-18
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This manuscript-based thesis explores the phenomenon of school integration among newcomer youth in Calgary, Canada and their experiences around identity negotiation. I first examine andreflect on data analysis and trustworthiness in arts-based engagement ethnography (ABEE; manuscript one), an innovative research method that allows for alternate points of entry whenworking with certain hard-to-reach groups. In this manuscript, I propose a three-stage process of data analysis, using a social justice framework: pre-analysis, analysis, and integration. Then,using ABEE and a social justice framework, I explore newcomer youths’ unique experiences with school integration and identity negotiation, implementing the three-stage process of dataanalysis (manuscript two). The research suggests that through school integration, newcomer youth use two structures when negotiating identity: self and relational. These findings haveimplications for practice, training, policy, and future research.
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Newcomer Youth, Education, Identity, School Integration, Arts-Based Engagement Ethnography, Counselling Psychology
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Mukred, R. (2020). Finding Ourselves Through the Clutter: An Arts-Based Engagement Ethnography With Newcomer Youth in Canada (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca.