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Participatoryf Imaginative Article 9  \nSocial Dreaming  \nApril 2025  \nSpeculative Youth Participatory Action Research: Narratives ofImaginative Social Dreaming  \nFollow this and additional works at: https://educate.bankstreet.edu/occasional-paper-series  \n Part of the Curriculum and Instruction Commons, Curriculum and Social Inquiry Commons,Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research Commons, andthe Educational Methods Commons  \nRecommended Citation  \n(2025). Speculative youth participatory action research: Narratives of imaginative social dreaming.Occasional Paper Series, (53) . DOI: https://doi.org/10.58295/2375-3668.1568  \nThis Full Issue is brought to you for free and open accessby Educate. It has been accepted for inclusion inOccasional Paper Series by an authorized editor ofEducate. For more information, please contactkfreda@bankstreet.edu .  \n| Occasional Paper Series   | 4. 2025   |\n| --- | --- |\n|  | 53   |\n\nSpeculative Youth Action:  \nImagining Educational FuturesThrough ParticipatorySocial Dreaming  \nIntroductionRicardo Martinez  \nEzequiel Aleman  \nContributors  \nÁngela Shamira Morales PereiraAna Corona  \nRodrigo AlemánKaleb Germinaro  \nAlvin Logan, Jr.Natacha Monestel MoraJulia Iriarte  \nJennifer A. Vadeboncoeur  \nSediqaTemoriMathias Abraha  \nJosephine H. PhamAngel Trazo  \nPetra J. Lange  \nErin Perrygreg wickenkampAllison JoAnn Lester  \nEden Kadosh  \nAtlas Suarez  \nAbigail RubinsteinNicole Mirra  \n# Table of Contents\n\nINTRODUCTION  \n# Speculative Youth Participatory Action Research: Narratives of Imaginative Social Dreaming 3\n\nRicardo Martinez and Ezequiel Aleman  \n\n| CONTRIBUTIONS  \u003Cbr>Así querés que aprenda: Artivism as a Speculative Praxis   | 13   |\n| --- | --- |\n| Ángela Shamira Morales Pereira, Ana Corona, and Rodrigo Alemán  \u003Cbr>Actualizing Black Spatial Histories Through a Speculative Youth Archiving Project   | 20   |\n| Kaleb Germinaro and Alvin Logan, Jr.  \u003Cbr>Social Imagining in “Youth Taking Action:” Documenting Immigratingand Settling Through a Hybrid Youth Participatory Action Research Project   | 34   |\n| Natacha Monestel Mora, Julia Iriarte, Jennifer A. Vadeboncoeur, Sediqa Temori, and Mathias Abraha  \u003Cbr>I’ll Walk Out if You Walk Out: A Comic on How Students of Color UtilizeRacial Micropolitical Literacy in Their Everyday Lives   | 48   |\n| Josephine H. Pham andAngel Trazo  \u003Cbr>Crawl Spaces to Productive Ruptures: A Reflection on Speculative Futures   | 64   |\n| Petra J. Lange, Erin Perry, and greg wickenkamp  \u003Cbr>Transforming Futures Through Speculative YPAR: The Garage Story   | 82   |\n| Allison JoAnn Lester, Eden Kadosh, Atlas Suarez, and Abigail RubinsteinSpeculation is Not Theoretical: The Work of YPAR Moving Forward   | 96   |\n| Nicole Mirra   |  |\n\nIntroduction  \n# Speculative Youth Participatory Action Research:\n\nNarratives of Imaginative Social Dreaming  \nRicardo Martinez and Ezequiel Aleman  \nImagine a world without speculation. Imagine never reflecting on the past and learning from momentsof “What if I did that differently?” or being stripped of opportunities to dream of new futures withquestions like “What if we could change the world?” Speculation is synonymous with change andthe coexistence of multiple worlds where diverse ways of life can flourish. How can we build a justworld if we fail to imagine other possibilities—worlds beyond systemic oppression and its constraints?With speculation, imagination can be framed not just as a creative endeavor but as a subversive anddecolonizing force that offers fertile ground for imagining new ways of being and belonging, divergingfrom colonial legacies and dominant power structures (Merla-Watson & Olguín, 2017) . Imagining newalternatives is required before trying to change ourselves and the world. Expecting youth—or anyone—to act as agents of change without speculation limits their ability to critically examine and transformbroken systems. 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