Santa Fe Youth Culture

Local Youth Culture in Santa Fe Youth in Santa Fe, New Mexico are living in a time of opportunity and change in their local context and culture. These opportunities are being brought about as a response to the local youth culture in this area. Santa Fe youth culture can be seen through a variety of aspects of their cultural development such as the influences, cultural norms, expectations and expressions. In reference to the influences of the local youth culture in Santa Fe, an immediate conclusion can be drawn about the home and family life by observing the behaviors and needs of youth in the area. Young people in the Santa Fe area are incredible lost, perhaps not in their own perception, but clearly seen through the eyes of another. They are unnurtered, unseen, and scared in their own community. In addition to personal influences, these youths are influenced by the city around them, an art capital, teeming with the vibrancy and life of widespread artistic expression. These influenced combined create a youth culture characterized by some of the following norms and expressions. As seen in the influences of the culture surrounding the area’s young people, youth of Santa Fe are plagued by insecurity and instability in their lives and development. This pattern and reality has a correlation in the area’s youth drug and alcohol abuse in …show more content…
The youth of Santa Fe are rebelling against the expectations and influences of their lives and expressing themselves in a particularly artistic manner. They search for way to express their independence, autonomy, and worth. Boldness and statement are key and the goal is self-worth and declaration. Making a counter statement to the negative voices and influences of their surrounding influences is the main motivation of their