Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) 2.0: how technological innovation and digital organizing sparked a food revolution in East Oakland

International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1287-1307

  Akom, Antwi ^a,b   Shah, Aekta ^c,d   Nakai, Aaron ^c   Cruz, Tessa ^c  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c The Institute for Economic Educational and Environmental Design (I SEEED)   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

citizen science; CPBR; digital organizing; environmental justice; location based services; People sensors; Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84991296009     PISSN: 09518398     EISSN: 13665898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09518398.2016.1201609     Document Type: Article

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