Abstract

WEISS, Eduardo. Beyond socialization and sociability: Youth and high school in Mexico. Educ. Pesqui. [online]. 2015, vol.41, n.spe, pp.1257-1272. ISSN 1678-4634.  https://doi.org/10.1590/S1517-9702201508144889.

This article presents the line of research on youth and school in Mexico. Such research attempts to build a bridge between studies on students and studies on youth: students are also young people and spend a large part of their life in school. It focuses on the double condition of being a student and being young, as well as on the condition of being an adolescent son or daughter. The article explains the development of this line of research and uses its findings to establish a discussion of two concepts: the concept of socialization in studies on students, and the concept of sociability in the field of studies on youth, while proposing a return to the concept of subjectivization. I present the methodological focus of this line of research, which combines elements from the ethnographic tradition with elements from the hermeneutic tradition. The initial part of the article brings research findings on the meaning of high school and discusses the limits of the concept of socialization. The second part presents the findings on school as a youthful space—a space where processes of socialization and sociability unfold. However, beyond these concepts, the processes of subjectivization must be conceptualized. Such processes are not solitary: Young people share and talk about their experiences with classmates, friends, and girlfriends/boyfriends. Conversation is a privileged form of reflection and converts experiences into opportunities for growth.

Keywords : Students; Youth; Subjectivization; Socialization; Sociability.

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