Transiting from Childhood to Adolescence as a Young Male

An Investigation of the Cultural Construction of Masculinity

The pilot project is a developmental study of the emergence of male subjectivities in 10-, 12-, and 15-year olds in three different cultures. It intersects the processes of male and adolescent identity formation and targets the discursive means as the primary tools by which the identities are constructed. Data have been collected from 10-, 12-, and 15-year old males (cross-sectionally AND longitudinally) in

 two different countries:  Brazil and  USA <with the aim to collect similar data in Japan>

 four different discourse sites:

 four different discourse topics:

A systematic analysis of the language choices in the discourse (subject) positions across

  the different age groups

  the different discourse sites

  the different discourse topics

  the different nation states

will open the space for novel insights into the identity transformations - answered from the perspective of participants.

 

  For further information use the following links:

 Goals

Background

 Methods

 Contribution to Education

 Literature

 

This pilot project is preparing the grounds for a larger project that spans discursive practices in FAMILY, SCHOOL and PEER ACTIVITIES. The plan is to add to the investigation of peer and interview data outlined in the pilot project two family components: <a> getting ready for school in the morning (audio);  and <b> dinner-table talk (video) --- one school component: <a> home-room activities with a teacher (video) --- supplemented by more observational data on <a> getting to school, <b> recess, and <c> lunch at school. 

 

 

 

Pilot Project Participants:

Fall 2000 + Spring 2001: Gabe Trionfi, Tamir Rotman, Melissa Hughes, Neill Korobov (graduate RAs)

Janhavi Borawake, Lauren Wolman (undergraduate RAs)

 

Fall 2002 + Spring 2003: Neill Korobov, Mariana Barcinski, Caitlin Morey, Jacob Farwell, Steven Power

 

Picture of  PROJECT  GROUP                 February 2001

 

 

Spree Day-Poster-Presentations by Clark Undergraduates

Papers and Presentations Resulting from the Pilot Data