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Social Activism Teaching and Research Cluster
Summary: There is an emerging cluster of interest within Sociology around the theme of 'social activism' that involves research on; the environment; health; noborders/anti-racism; anti-globalisation; anti-consumerism. This work explores the changing profiles of 'social movements' in which citizenship takes on a new, mobile form. This new research cluster focuses on the interfaces between academia, NGOs and the realm of traditional politics, between publics and counter-publics. Topics include citizenship, micro-publics; public sociology, political semiotics, resistance, collectivity, networks, localism, grassroots, labour, autonomy, mediation (including political uses of new media), sustainability and alternative futures. Intial aims are to develop new UG and PG teaching in this area as well as host events and become a hub for grant applications.
Key Facts
Project Director: Imogen Tyler
Associates: Bulent Diken (Sociology), Anne-Marie Fortier, Adrian Mackenzie (Sociology), Nayanika Mookherjee, Celia Roberts, Vicky Singleton, Lucy Suchman, Bronislaw Szerszynski (Sociology), Richard Tutton (Sociology), Claire Waterton (Sociology), Laura Watts (Sociology)
Dept/Research Groups: Centre for Gender and Women's Studies, Sociology
Associated Events
kinematograph and Social Activism Teaching and Research Cluster Film Screening
Date: July 2011-August 2011 Time: 7.30 pm
::kinematograph presents:: 'genoa cittá aperta' (Tortuga Films, 2002, 49 mins) The first event in a series of film screeni ... Read more»
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