Youth–community–university partnerships and sense of place: two case studies of youth participatory action research

Children's Geographies

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 479-496

  Ardoin, Nicole M ^a   Castrechini, Sebastian ^a   Hofstedt, Mary K ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

participatory action research; sense of place; university; youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84912026984     PISSN: 14733285     EISSN: 14733277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733285.2013.827872     Document Type: Article

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