The lifeworld of young people in Flanders and Brussels

This research aims to investigate the lifeworld of young people in Flanders and Brussels. It focuses on the tastes and values of young people. It tries to delimit specific taste cultures and lifestyles: what differences do exist in the taste of young people (music, clothes, film, television, radio, new media, ...)? Which categorisations and classifications do young people make themselves? What influences the tastes and values of young people? What is the relationship between taste and values. The research exists out a quantitative (VUB) and a qualitative part (KUL). The quantitative research is a survey of 13.000 pupils of the 4th and 6th grade in secondary schools in Flanders and Brussels.