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Youth culture Europeanreference


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The term youth culture refers to the ways that teenagers

conduct their lives. Youth culture can pertain to interests, styles,

behaviours, music, beliefs, vocabulary, clothes, sports and dating.

Youth cultures have not been part of all societies throughout histo

they appear most frequently where significant realms of social

autonomy for young people become regularized and epected feat

of the socialization process.


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!lements of youth culture include beliefs, behaviors,

styles, and interests. "n emphasis on clothes,popular music, sports, vocabulary, and dating set

adolescents apart from other age groups, giving them

what many believe is a distinct culture of their own.

#ithin youth culture, there are many distinct and

constantly changing youth subcultures. These

subcultures$ norms, values, behaviors, and stylesvary widely, and may differ from the general youth

culture.

%nderstanding what adolescents thin& and do is

fundamental to understanding the relationship

between structure and agency, social patterns and

individual action.


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'sychologists such as !ri& !ri&son theorize that the primary goal in the develop

of adolescence is to answer the question #ho am () This begin the case, it is

assume that in determining one*s identity, one would see& others within the sam

to grow and learn together and understand the social norms and values of societ


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+or decades, adults have worried that youth subcultures were the root of moral

degradation and changing values in younger generations. esearchers have

characterized youth culture as embodying values that are -in conflict with

those of the adult world-.


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ommon concerns about youth culture include a perceived lac& of interest in

education, involvement in ris&y behaviors li&e substance use and seual activity,

and engaging etensively in leisure activities. These perceptions have led many

adults to believe that adolescents hold different values than older generations and

to perceive youth culture as an attac& on the morals of current society. /espite

the attitudes of many adults, there is not a consensus among researchers about

whether youth subcultures hold different beliefs than adults do.


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The access of young people to culture, as happens with other socioeconomic processes, is m

three interactive facts, which could almost be termed as a youth cultural cycle0 production 1c

circulation 1 diffusion2 and consumption 1reception2. 3ere young people are not merely pass

spectators, but they are active agents, incorporating their taste, values and attitudes into the c

scene.Young people can be a powerful force in precipitating change in society


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Youth culture and youth art as epression of freedom is very important topic to b

developed within the !uropean field. Youth is more and more present in the socia

and political scene bringing new forms of epression. 4ore and more music,

grafiti, murales, and so on became a way of epression, of communication with t

outside world.


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"lthough individuals who have contacts with other !uropean countries and citizens ten

to be more supportive of the !%, their attitudes, opinions and images also develop

through their national cultures, which frame their way of perceiving things.


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ultural epression is one of the eight &ey competencies. 5ey competence*s for lifelong learn

combination of &nowledge, s&ills and attitudes particularly necessary for personal fulfilment

development, social inclusion, active citizenship and employment.


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!ercising citizenship is one of the main transitions that

young people undergo as they enter adulthood. "ctive

citizenship can facilitate collective action, which can yield

more effective and better6targeted public services.

ollective action, public accountability, caring for &in and community and stewardshipenvironment are much more difficult without the contributions of an active citizenry. "

citizenship can also broaden the access of previously ecluded groups to opportunities

and higher living standards.


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3owever the isolation of rural youth, as well as the resistance of the

community to outside influences, tends to limit opportunities to prep

for the changing wor&place and to become participating citizens in a

and increasingly diverse society.

(n contemporary accounts of cultural value, young

people$s perspectives are often restricted to analyses of

their encounters with formal cultural institutions or

schools or to debates surrounding the cultural

implications of new digital spaces and technologies.


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Transmitting the values of intercultural understanding, cultural diversity and creasustainable environment from one generation to the net is essential if the seeds o

are to be planted and nurtured by future generations. (n this way the youth will ha

variety of options in their future life. "lso, there would be a better communication

between generations.


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'ositive Youth /evelopment, in concept and eecution, embraces the p

youth are still developing druing adolescence. "dvocates of this appro

the potential for shaping the citizens of the future. (n the case of urban

a great challenge to treat them fairly. Young people have the interest, e

passion to address issues and concerns, such as heritage management,

tourism, local development and community involvement.


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