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It is widely recognized that Latinos are a sizable and diverse
population and that we are a young demographic. The median age of
non-Hispanic white Americans is 58, whereas for Latinos it is
30.Footnote1 Perhaps this partially explains the dearth of
attention afforded to the topic of aging Latinos by academic
scholarship and the mainstream media. This special issue
compellingly alerts us to the reality that there is a growing,
aging Latino population about which we know very little and that
deserves our attention. I am grateful to Katynka Martinez and
Merida Rua for curating "The Art of Latina and Latino Elderhood,"
since this special issue responds to this significant gap in our
knowledge with an exciting set of academic articles and creative
contributions that challenges not only our assumptions about
Latinos and aging but also our thinking on the types of
contributions we include in our journal pages. Katynka and Merida
make the case that the story of Latino elderhood is best conveyed
through a truly multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approach,
bringing together public policy, humanistic social sciences, and
artistic interventions. So, for the first time, Latino Studies is
pleased to feature a novel in progress, a photo essay/dialogo, an
artist's monologue, and a dialogue among actors alongside more
traditional academic articles. I think you will agree that this
issue before you beautifully conveys why the subject of Latinos and
aging should concern all of us, and that it will powerfully spur
other researchers and artists to take up the invitation to continue
to share new evocative stories about the pleasures, difficulties,
and complexities of Latinx later life. Previously published in
Latino Studies Volume 19, issue 4, December 2021
The tenth-anniversary edition of a foundational text in digital
media and learning, examining new media practices that range from
podcasting to online romantic breakups. Hanging Out, Messing
Around, and Geeking Out, first published in 2009, has become a
foundational text in the field of digital media and learning.
Reporting on an ambitious three-year ethnographic investigation
into how young people live and learn with new media in varied
settings-at home, in after-school programs, and in online spaces-it
presents a flexible and useful framework for understanding the ways
that young people engage with and through online platforms: hanging
out, messing around, and geeking out, otherwise known as HOMAGO.
Integrating twenty-three case studies-which include Harry Potter
podcasting, video-game playing, music sharing, and online romantic
breakups-in a unique collaborative authorship style, Hanging Out,
Messing Around, and Geeking Out combines in-depth descriptions of
specific group dynamics with conceptual analysis. Since its
original publication, digital learning labs in libraries and
museums around the country have been designed around the HOMAGO
mode and educators have created HOMAGO guidebooks and toolkits.
This tenth-anniversary edition features a new introduction by
Mizuko Ito and Heather Horst that discusses how digital youth
culture evolved in the intervening decade, and looks at how HOMAGO
has been put into practice. This book was written as a
collaborative effort by members of the Digital Youth Project, a
three-year research effort funded by the John D. and Catherine T.
MacArthur Foundation and conducted at the University of California,
Berkeley, and the University of Southern California.
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