Political activist ethnography is a research strategy that reveals how ruling regimes are organized so activists and social movements can fight them. This volume adopts an approach to inquiry that produces knowledge for activists and is a must-read for humanities and social sciences scholars keen on assisting activists and advancing social change.
Authors
- DOI
- 1
- Pages
- 274
- Published in
- Athabasca, CA
- Rights
- Agnieszka Doll, Laura Bisaillon, and Kevin Walby
Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- Half Title 2
- Title 4
- Copyright 5
- Dedication 6
- Contents 8
- Introduction: Institutional Ethnography and Political Activist Ethnography in Context 12
- Part 1 Direct Action: The Sociology of Confrontation 28
- 1. “Don’t Study Us—Study Them”: Political Activist Ethnography and Activist Ethics in Practice 30
- 2. Direct Action as Political Activist Ethnography: Activist Research in the Sudbury Coalition Against Poverty 48
- 3. Looking into the Mouth of Premier David Alward’s Trojan Horse: Responsible Environmental Management of Shale Gas in New Brunswick, Canada 74
- 4. Research from the Ground Up: Reflections on Activist Research Practice and Political Activist Ethnography 106
- Part 2 Research as Policy Intervention and Critique of Institutions 126
- 5. From an Institutional Absence to Radical Action: A Political Activist Ethnography Project in Aotearoa / New Zealand 128
- 6. North-South Partnership and Capacity Building: Tracing Ruling Relations in the Canadian-Bangladeshi Partnership Between Social Justice NGOs 148
- 7. Mandatory HIV Screening Policy and Everyday Life: A Look Inside the Canadian Immigration Medical Examination 168
- Part 3 Frontline Research and the Ethics of Engagement 190
- 8. Studying Out: Institutional Ethnographic Fieldwork as Post-incarceration Activism 192
- 9. Double Ethics, Double Burden: Professionalism, Activism, and Institutional Ethnography 214
- 10. Objectivity Regimes: Challenges for Activist Research in the Academy 240
- Conclusion 260
- Postscript: Looking Back, Looking Forward 270
- Contributors 272
