Kay Tisdall
[The Transformation of Participation? Exploring the Potential of ‘Transformative Participation’ for Theory and Practice around Children and Young People's Participation
University of Edinburgh
wave interest policy activities children young peoples participation passed many countries recent years participation activities proliferated challenges arisen people sought translate rhetoric children young peoples participation realities working across collaborators brazil india south africa united kingdom article draws collaborations interest transformative participation potential way forward article begins reviewing growth concept within development studies including ties empowerment article seeks go consider potential concepts theories may critique add ideas transformative participation namely concept coproduction ideas performance multimodal pedagogy article discusses potential coproduction recognize children young peoples assets capabilities abilities facilitate deeper engagement service policy development potential performanceasparticipation testing valorising different ways participation communication emphasizing creativity affect embodiment rather rationality governance ideas may equal even potential transformative participation