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Case-study reports: non-formal cultural participation and socialisation

Ethnographic research on the Centre for Peace Studies and Futsal Dinamo portrays two cases of the social activation of youth in Croatia in the context of two different organisations, both of which are defined by various aspects of non-formal education. Within both researched phenomena, the focus is on youth involved in particular social issues characterised by various circuits of motivations behind their actions ; through development, the organisations themselves have reached the level of polyvalent forms of action. Built on different foundations, each organisation has used its work to highlight the existence of a “critical mass” among youth in Croatia, thus also offering a framework within which to manifest the various opinions and social demands of youth. Our selection of sites for ethnographic research was directed by a few criteria. The first, basic criterion in decision-making was the cooperation of youth and a degree of recognition of the site in the urban or national context. We endeavoured to choose sites that are as divergent as possible to establish a broad interpretative framework within the analysis, as informal education and its implications can reach into various spheres of society.

culture, participation, youth, volunteering, socialisation

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