Abstract
This chapter is the result of a project that failed. In the spring of 1994, the Bridge for Runaway Youth began an experiment. It was an attempt to engage postmodern service work and accountability within the confines of a multi-program youth service agency serving runaway and homeless youth. The parameters of the project, based on postcolonial perspective, which we will expand upon later, included a definition of the work to be engaged as: based in language, deconstructionist, expert free, reality relative, interested in exploring constraints on narrative, inclusive of non-dominant narratives and an expanding field of voice. We wanted to “promote an open dialogue between all members of our agency community. We wanted to diminish any notions of clinical ownership of other human beings” (Reed, Skott-Myhre, & Wade 1996 p. 41).
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Eating Disorder Homeless Youth Dominant Culture Popular Music Youth WorkPreview
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