ABSTRACT
As a form of democratic science, youth participatory action research (yPAR) grows out of a vibrant lineage of social inquiry crafted in the soil of radical social movements. Reflecting the commitments of Paolo Freire (1982), Orlando Fals-Borda (1979), and Ignacio Martín-Baró (1994), yPAR projects are generally taken up by activist research collectives of elders, adults, and youth critically documenting conditions of structural inequality, excavating pools of collective resistance, and contesting scientific imaginings of youth that circulate in popular culture, such as the unformed adolescent brain.
