Papers by Roshni Nuggehalli
A tale of two Youth Expert Groups (YEGs): Learnings from youth activism in research in India and Brazil
Children & Society
This paper explores how research advisory groups can be a vehicle for youth activism. It draws on... more This paper explores how research advisory groups can be a vehicle for youth activism. It draws on our experiences with young activists, aged 15–26 years, in India and Brazil, who were advisors on a research project focused on youth livelihoods in cities. These young people played a vital role in supporting youth researchers, identifying research themes and developing engagement and advocacy strategies. Through this paper, we explore how the Youth Expert Group advisory model evolved differently in each location and examine how these were shaped by the context, the ‘adult’ research team and the youth activists themselves. A critically reflexive response in intergenerational partnership is essential to support youth activists in research activities.
Children and Young People as Protagonists and Adults as Partners
Palgrave Macmillan eBooks, May 19, 2014
Locating children and young people’s research within a rights frame ensures children and young pe... more Locating children and young people’s research within a rights frame ensures children and young people’s agency, while also challenging power relations between them and adults. The chapter discusses examples from the Concerned for Working Children’s (CWC) experience of facilitating children and young people as ‘research protagonists’. The role of adults as partners in enabling research is emphasised, which forms the basis for children and young people’s citizenship and strengthens participatory democracy. The chapter proceeds to highlight the risks of children and young people’s research losing its grounding in a rights frame through institutionalisation and ilisciplinisation’ as a topic of study within the childhood studies field. Questions are raised regarding what drives adults’ interest in children and young people’s research and the potential implications of disciplinisation.
Motivating factors and facilitating conditions explaining women's participation in co-management of Sri Lankan forests
Forest Policy and Economics, Jul 1, 2009
Among South Asian countries, Sri Lanka has only recently ventured into community management of it... more Among South Asian countries, Sri Lanka has only recently ventured into community management of its forests. This paper focuses on a qualitative exploration of two communities in a rainforest conservation project in Sri Lanka. The high level of women's participation is attributed to motivating factors and facilitating conditions. Obstacles to forest co-management outcomes include reduced forest dependency and top–down decision making. Adaptive implementation strategies compensate for these obstacles by establishing strong networks and structural organizations in forest boundary communities. This suggests that an intervention addressing the actual needs of stakeholders, rather than focusing on perceived problems, would allow for increased participation.
Reimagining institutional ethics procedures in research partnerships with young people across Majority/Minority World contexts
Children's Geographies
Mary Ann Powell, Sukanya Krishnamurthy, Loritta Chan, E. Kay M. Tisdall, Irene Rizzini & ... more Mary Ann Powell, Sukanya Krishnamurthy, Loritta Chan, E. Kay M. Tisdall, Irene Rizzini & Roshni K. Nuggehalli (2023) Reimagining institutional ethics procedures in research partnerships with young people across Majority/Minority World contexts, Children's Geographies, DOI: 10.1080/14733285.2023.2237923 This is an open access article. While institutional ethics are crucial, their application on the ground often creates tensions with what is considered ‘ethical'. This paper reflects on the dissonances between formal institutional ethics and community-based research. The focus is on a project involving young people from India and Brazil, where they actively contributed as co-researchers and advisors. The project's international collaboration encompassed partners from Majority and Minority World contexts, including universities, community organizations, and government bodies. The project, initially planned before the Covid-19 pandemic but implemented during it, necessitated adjustments to its methodology. This paper examines the role of institutional ethic procedures in light of power imbalances and tensions within three areas: (1) research co-production with young people, (2) collaborative cross-country research with partners, and (3) the relevance of ethical guidelines in diverse research contexts. We raise concerns about the top-down nature of these procedures and emphasise the significance of reflexivity, conversations, and relationships in ethical considerations. With growing research in the Majority world (funded by the Minority world), there is an urgent need to recognise and build on the expertise of experienced local civic society organisations in ethical research and safeguarding, to work in genuine, respectful partnership with those we do research with.
Let Principles Drive Practice: Reclaiming Youth Work in India
The SAGE Handbook of Youth Work Practice
Children and Young People as Protagonists and Adults as Partners
Participation, Citizenship and Intergenerational Relations in Children and Young People's Lives
Locating children and young people’s research within a rights frame ensures children and young pe... more Locating children and young people’s research within a rights frame ensures children and young people’s agency, while also challenging power relations between them and adults. The chapter discusses examples from the Concerned for Working Children’s (CWC) experience of facilitating children and young people as ‘research protagonists’. The role of adults as partners in enabling research is emphasised, which forms the basis for children and young people’s citizenship and strengthens participatory democracy. The chapter proceeds to highlight the risks of children and young people’s research losing its grounding in a rights frame through institutionalisation and ilisciplinisation’ as a topic of study within the childhood studies field. Questions are raised regarding what drives adults’ interest in children and young people’s research and the potential implications of disciplinisation.
Motivating factors and facilitating conditions explaining women's participation in co-management of Sri Lankan forests
Forest Policy and Economics, 2009
Among South Asian countries, Sri Lanka has only recently ventured into community management of it... more Among South Asian countries, Sri Lanka has only recently ventured into community management of its forests. This paper focuses on a qualitative exploration of two communities in a rainforest conservation project in Sri Lanka. The high level of women's participation is attributed to motivating factors and facilitating conditions. Obstacles to forest co-management outcomes include reduced forest dependency and top–down decision making. Adaptive implementation strategies compensate for these obstacles by establishing strong networks and structural organizations in forest boundary communities. This suggests that an intervention addressing the actual needs of stakeholders, rather than focusing on perceived problems, would allow for increased participation.
This paper frames a critique of India's existing e-governance programme in the context of a m... more This paper frames a critique of India's existing e-governance programme in the context of a market-driven and efficiency enhancing approach. This narrow guiding vision occurs because of a deficit in normative frameworks for governance rooted in principles of governance reform, and in turn a normative model for telecentre-based e-governance. The paper proceeds to empirically assess an e-governance initiative in the state of Gujarat, e-Gram, exploring what kind of development and local governance are served by this telecentre-based initiative. By analysing eGram through the lens of guiding vision, accountability, and systemic integration, the paper elaborates an egovernance model based on the development cornerstones of participation, social justice and equity. Index Terms – governance reform, gram panchayat, systemic integration, equity, Gujarat.
Youth Protagonism in Urban India
The Oxford Handbook of Global South Youth Studies
Amid shifting political and social contracts in India, young people are viewed both as a labor fo... more Amid shifting political and social contracts in India, young people are viewed both as a labor force that can propel economic growth and as a potentially problematic demographic to be restrained from questioning and dissent. Within this context, this essay advances a theory of urban youth protagonism in India, focusing on young people marginalized by caste, religion, and material deprivation. Based on examples of collective agency from youth groups in India supported by a local nonprofit, Youth for Unity and Voluntary Action (YUVA), it explores how young people construct their own understandings and practices of citizenship. Despite a narrow focus on civic behavior in formal citizenship education, it is possible to enable action and agency for urban youth. This may be achieved through strengthening collectives, working toward community transformations, and utilizing a critical pedagogy of protagonism, in the process constructing substantive forms of citizenship.
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