Workshop on Participation of Young People in Civil Society 15-16 November 2013 http://www.sebeke.org.tr/en/?page_id=179

1. The Agent and the Target
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The Agent
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Conveyor of culture(s)
Conveyor of values
Savior
Sustainer
Creator (?)
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The Target
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Reproducer of culture
Reproducer of values
Military reserve
Labor force
Bureaucratic store

2. Children
Youth
Grown-ups
Needs defined and met by
grown-ups for youngsters
Needs defined and met by
Needs defined and met by
grown-ups and youth
grown-ups for grown-ups
interactively for youth (albeit (not necessarily “adults”)
with a considerable tension)

3. The Clash of Developmental Tasks
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Youth has its own:
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Aims
Targets
Future expectations
Behaviors
Language
Manners
Independency
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Society/community/family/
state expects youth to be:
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Seated
Situated
Targeted
Predictable
Well-defined
Shaped
Dependent

4. The Riddle and the Proposal
The Riddle
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Neither families nor the
state have necessary (let
alone sufficient)
background, experience,
and equipment to
negotiate with the youth.
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Very questionable if with the
children.
The Proposal
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Re-subjectification of
objectified subjects.

5. What is the (behavioral) technology?
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Kindness 
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Right to have/adopt any strong/weak belief, thought, attitude,
emotion, sense, ability, capacity, etc. with accompanying
behaviors and relationships.
Right to not being imposed on by any of the above.
Differentiate if the action/behavior is coercive or nourishing.
Actual action (effective behavior) is the only criterion.
 Example:
I want (need) to do this to/for you. | I want (need) you to do this to/for me.
vs.
I want (need) to do this with you.

6. What changes the changers?
PROJECTS
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Do things for the others
(conscious intent)
VOLUNTEERS
MOBILITY
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Do things for oneself
(consciously or
consciously)
ACTIVISTS

7. What is the outcome?
PROJECTS
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Negotiations with grownups are suspended under
the pretext of “for the
benefit of the destitute”.
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The destitute: The ones who need
‘your’ benevolence.
CHARITY
MOBILITY
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Negotiations with grownups continue to expand
the area of alternatives for
oneself and for others.
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Others: The ones who constitute
parts in you and, in turn, you
constitute parts in them.
SOLIDARITY