Grupos juveniles de calle y mediación en las Américas: hallazgos etnográficos

Feixa, Carles, 1962-; Márquez, Fulvia; Chévez, Candy; Lavielle, Ligia; Ross, William

doi:http://doi.org/10.31009/transgang.2023.fr03.2

Grupos juveniles de calle y mediación en las Américas: hallazgos etnográficos

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Feixa C. (Coord.); Márquez F, Chévez C, Lavielle L, Ross W. Grupos juveniles de calle y mediación en las Américas: hallazgos etnográficos. Barcelona: Universitat Pompeu Fabra, European Research Council; 2023. 260 p. DOI: 10.31009/transgang.2023.fr03.2

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The volume compiles the main ethnographic results of the TRANSGANG project in the four cities studied in the Americas: the central case (Medellín, Colombia) and the three contrast cases (San Salvador, Santiago de Cuba and Chicago). For each of the four cases, the same parameters are followed: it begins by analyzing the historical and geographical context; then the methodology used and the ethical aspects are exposed; in the central part, the street youth groups investigated are presented (ranging from the classic model of criminal gang to youth cultures, passing through hybrid modalities) and the analytical results are presented (based on the five clusters used in the project: organization, identifications, practices, relations, and imaginaries); finally, the mediation experiences identified are presented and the conclusions of the project are presented. emerging. Despite the great differences in the economic and political context, and the type of street youth groups present in each city, the four investigations show many points in common, such as the successful mediation experience, which uses art and activism that emerges from the groups themselves as an effective and sustainable conflict resolution strategy