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Craig, Peggy Jean. Murals, territorial stigma and youth perspectives. Retrieved from https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/t3-txvf-cm70

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TitleMurals, territorial stigma and youth perspectives
NameCraig, Peggy Jean (author); Minnite, Lorraine (chair); Minnite, Lorraine C. (member); Blessett, Brandi (member); Atkins, Robert L. (member); Rutgers University; Graduate School - Camden
Date Created2022
Other Date2022-10 (degree)
SubjectSocial research, Child geographies, Murals, Territorial stigma, Youth geographies, Youth perspectives
Extent236 pages
DescriptionThis study examines territorial stigma and its impact on youth residents in two predominantly Black and Brown stigmatized neighborhoods in North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Camden, New Jersey. I hypothesize that a saturation of neighborhood murals mitigates territorial stigma through the presentation of a more positive alternative narrative about place. Using a Community-based Participatory Research Method (CBPR) called Participatory Photo-Mapping (PPM), I engaged twenty-four neighborhood youth as co-researchers to investigate 1) the influence of murals on youth perspectives of place and their own identity; and more broadly, 2) the strategies youth use to cope with territorial stigma. I adapted the PPM method to generate co-created data from photography projects and youth-led walking tours, and then engaged my co-researchers in data analysis exercises and community presentations. I find that 1) murals have a weak positive influence on how youth residents see themselves and their neighborhoods; 2) youth negotiate territorial stigma in multiple discrete and nuanced ways including practicing variations of submission or resistance to stigma; and 3) the presence and proximity of gentrification, perceived as a threat to home, intensifies and concretizes the negative effects of territorial stigma on youth residents by fracturing and weakening a collective sense of place. In fact, the powerful negative impact of gentrification appears to overwhelm the more modest positive influence of mural arts in countering territorial stigma. PPM allowed for this last finding to emerge, as I had not anticipated any role for gentrification in my research design. I discuss the implications of what I call stigmatized-spatial identity resulting from the internalization of territorial stigma beyond feelings of spatial anguish, and conclude with suggestions for future research and practical recommendations for strengthening youth's positive sense of place and self.
NotePh.D.
NoteIncludes bibliographical references
Genretheses
Persistent URLhttps://doi.org/doi:10.7282/t3-txvf-cm70
LanguageEnglish
CollectionCamden Graduate School Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Organization NameRutgers, The State University of New Jersey
RightsThe author owns the copyright to this work.
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