ISBN
978-1529210200Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Bristol University PressISBN
978-1529210194Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Bristol University PressISBN
978-1529210224Imprint
Bristol University PressISBN
978-1529210224Imprint
Bristol University Press
Reimagining Academic Activism
How can we reimagine the relationship between academia and activism to provide new opportunities for social change?
Based on an ethnography with an anti-violence feminist collective, this vibrant and vital book develops an interdisciplinary approach to activism and activist research, helping us reimagine the role of scholarship in the fight against social inequality.
With its reflections on novel tools that can be utilized in the fight for social justice, this book will be a valuable resource for academics in critical management studies, sociology, gender studies, and social work as well as practitioners and policymakers across the social services sector.
"Weatherall’s interrogation of the complex meanings and contemporary manifestations of social activism is both theoretically sophisticated and conceptually rich - and brimming with a fire-in-the-belly passion for justice." Kate Seymour, Flinders University
"This has been an integral part of my PhD thesis in navigating the complexities of research relating to social justice. It perfectly articulates the experience of those who find themselves neither ‘academic’ nor ‘activist’ in an emergent research space” Will Hunter, PhD Management, University of Bristol
Ruth Weatherall is Lecturer in Not-for-Profit and Social Enterprise Management at the University of Technology Sydney. Her research uses feminist and queer perspectives and it is concerned with how social justice, particularly related to gender inequality, is achieved in and through not-for-profit organizations.
Part 1: The Academic/Activist
1. Setting Out
2. Unsettling the In/Out
Part 2: Ties That Bind; Ties That Break
3. Outside of Ourselves
4. Passionate, Sad, Angry People
Part 3: Vulnerable Bodies
5. Gendered Bodies
6. LGBT+ Bodies
7. Radically Unsettled Bodies
Part 4: A Story Like Mine
8. An Account of Ourselves
9. Through Diff erence
Conclusion: Our Words Must Spill
