Mar 16: Understanding Parents’ Perspectives on Children’s Lives in a Low-Income Silicon Valley Neighborhood
Chuck Darrah presents results of a study done to help design services sensitive to local needs, laying the foundation for comparative studies of how youth in the region interact with institutional environments, implications for life courses, and how institutions may be made more responsive.
Chuck Darrah, MA, MPH, PhD, Chair of the Department of Anthropology, SJSU, is a cultural anthropologist whose research has focused on work, families and technology. He is a co-founder of the Silicon Valley Cultures Project, a long-term anthropological study of the everyday lives of people in a region long dominated by high-tech industry and imagery. He is the author of Learning and Work: An Exploration in Industrial Ethnography and Busier Than Ever!: Why American Families Can’t Slow Down.
The Humanist Community Forum will meet at 11am at Mitchell Park Community Center. The Mitchell Park Community Center is located at 3800 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, Just north of Charleston Road.
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