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Twelve A sports-based response to youth violence
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Abstract
This chapter critically examines a project in Cologne, Germany that exclusively uses sport to engage with young people and employs innovative delivery methods to respond to violence, such as the use of football and, notably, street based-boxing activities. Through the use of a detailed case study, the authors illustrate how sports such as boxing can, when delivered by a reflexive youth worker, create opportunities for young people to ‘play with the moment of escalation’ and become more reflexive too, thereby opening up possibilities to construct alternative identities.
Abstract
This chapter critically examines a project in Cologne, Germany that exclusively uses sport to engage with young people and employs innovative delivery methods to respond to violence, such as the use of football and, notably, street based-boxing activities. Through the use of a detailed case study, the authors illustrate how sports such as boxing can, when delivered by a reflexive youth worker, create opportunities for young people to ‘play with the moment of escalation’ and become more reflexive too, thereby opening up possibilities to construct alternative identities.
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents iii
- Acknowledgements v
- Foreword vi
- Introduction 1
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Literature review, theoretical frame and researching youth violence
- Youth work and youth violence in a European context 13
- Our theoretical frame 27
- Using participatory methods to research youth violence 47
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Meaningful responses to youth violence
- Responding at the personal (P) level 71
- Responding at the community (C) level 91
- Responding at the structural (S) level 109
- Responding at the existential (E) level 121
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Rethinking youth work practice and policy
- Rethinking some youth worker ‘tales’ 137
- Working with intersectional identities 149
- Creating policy for good practice 165
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Youth work responses in action: case studies of praxis
- Responding to structural and symbolic violence: a comparative case study 183
- A sports-based response to youth violence 195
- Exploring ‘confrontational pedagogy’ 209
- Embedding community work 219
- Ethnopraxis in action 227
- Imagining realistic alternatives 237
- References 247
- Index 269
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents iii
- Acknowledgements v
- Foreword vi
- Introduction 1
-
Literature review, theoretical frame and researching youth violence
- Youth work and youth violence in a European context 13
- Our theoretical frame 27
- Using participatory methods to research youth violence 47
-
Meaningful responses to youth violence
- Responding at the personal (P) level 71
- Responding at the community (C) level 91
- Responding at the structural (S) level 109
- Responding at the existential (E) level 121
-
Rethinking youth work practice and policy
- Rethinking some youth worker ‘tales’ 137
- Working with intersectional identities 149
- Creating policy for good practice 165
-
Youth work responses in action: case studies of praxis
- Responding to structural and symbolic violence: a comparative case study 183
- A sports-based response to youth violence 195
- Exploring ‘confrontational pedagogy’ 209
- Embedding community work 219
- Ethnopraxis in action 227
- Imagining realistic alternatives 237
- References 247
- Index 269
