Researchers of the CYS presented their reports at the April conference

Olga Senkova, Alena Kravtsova, Iskander Jasaveev, Anastasia Shilova, Nadezhda Nartova participated in the XVIII April conference, which was held at the Moscow campus of HSE 11 - April 14

This year, unlike previous, the CYS members have submitted their reports in different sections. However, all reports was based on research conducted in the framework of the projects "The Promotion of youth participation and social inclusion: opportunities and challenges in the context of intergenerational relationships”, and “The Promotion of youth participation and social inclusion: analysis of youth activist projects and communities of St.-Petersburg" (Program of HSE fundamental researches in 2016-2017). Also HSE is a partner in the international project "PROMoting youth Involvement and Social Engagement: Opportunities and challenges for 'conflicted' young people across Europe", implemented as part of European Commission’s research and innovation agenda “HORIZON 2020” in 2016-2019.

Olga Senkov, presented report devoted to the grassroots of the feminist scene of St. Petersburg at the session "Gender, socialization, ageism". The report covered such issues as the distribution of power in the feminist community, feminist debates about commercial sex, about inclusiveness and creating a male-free space. These lines of debate were considered by the researcher as vectors of value-cultural contradictions that form a semantic continuum of feminist solidarities in the scene of St. Petersburg. After the speech, Olga herself became an informant, interviewed by undergraduate HSE student from Moscow campus, which studies sociologists, who uses ethnographic method. Olga narrated about her experience of interviewing.

Alyona Kravtsova presented results of her study of civil activism, with a focus on those who fighting not only for public but also for the moral order in St. Petersburg. In the report "Promoting youth participation and social inclusion: analysis of civil activist projects and communities in Saint-Petersburg" the main characteristics of observed groups was shown using the concept of the scene (time, place, audience, actions (communication)). She spoke in the “Local government and civic self-organization” section and started the tenth session of the "Civic activism and public participation". The audience was especially attracted by qualitative methodology in this study. The discussion after her speech was protracted and caused new interesting acquaintances with colleagues from different Russian universities.

Iskander Jasaveev and Anastasiya Shilova presented the first results of an ethnographic study of the HIV activism in St. Petersburg and Kazan, pursued in collaboration with Nadia Nartova. Analysis showed that HIV patients experience multiple forms of stigma and marginalization, particularly self-stigmatization, marginalization and discrimination by close aids and health workers. The researchers noted that AIDS activists create venues for conversation and interaction, which is free from stereotypes and fears. Participants of such places redefine themselves as "normal" and learn to resist the stigma in everyday interaction. The text of the report is available here. Presentation. The researchers presented their report on eleventh session of the "New practices: expanding the space of civil society."

The article about research has appeared in IQ Scientific and Educational Portal.

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