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General topics: Discussions & reflections on research activism | Activist research outside the academy | Community & civic engagement | "Scholar activism"
Activist methods (discussed or applied): Archival activism | Art activism (➦ Art institution critique | Art workshhopping | Participatory creative arts) | Civil disobedience | Crowdsourced activism | Curriculum (re)design | Data activism | Feminist activism | Hacktivism | Marching | Music activism | Nonviolence | Performance activism | Situationism | Storytelling | Tactical media | Writing (including non-traditional forms) (➦ Activist fiction ➦ Anonymous writing ➦ Code switching (linguistic) ➦ Collective writing)
Research methods (discussed or applied): Action research | Case studies | Crowdsourced research | Digital methods | Discourse analysis | Empirical research | Fieldwork | Interviewing | Militant research | Participatory research (➦ Participant obserer research) | Qualitative research | Quantitative research | Research ethics (➦ Informed consent ➦ Institutional review boards [IRB]) | Social media analysis | Surveys
Theoretical methods (discussed or applied): Affect studies | Contact zone theory | Critical Race Theory | Critical institutionalism (➦ Art institution critique | Critical university studies) [see also Institution studies] | Disability studies | Feminist studies & theory | Interdisciplinarity | Intersectionality theory | Marxist theory | Performance theory | Postcolonial theory | Queer studies & theory | Science Technology Studies (STS)
General topics: Capitalism | Development (and Alternative development) | Diversity | Globalization | Neoliberalism (➦ Corporatization of the university) | Social justice
Note: The above are some topics that research activists tend to discuss as general concepts related to causes. But these general topics do not cover all specific causes and issues actually addressed (for which see below).
Specific causes & issues: Ageism | AI Bias | AIDS | Antiracism (see also Racism) | Antiwar | Apartheid | Caste antidiscrimination | Censorship | Childcare | Class discrimination | Decolonization | Digital justice | Disability rights | Drugs | Education reform (➦ In HigherEd) | Economic Inequality | Environment (➦ Biodiversity ➦ Climate change ➦ Environmental justice) | Feminist activism | Food justice (➦ Food sovereignty | Slow food) | Freedom of speech | Gender equality (➦ Reproductive labor [See also Womens rights]) | Health care reform (➦ Health advocacy) | Heteronormativity (➦ Toxic masculinity) | Housing & zoning issues (➦ Gentrification ➦ Houselessness (including homelessness) ➦ Housing reform ➦ Skidrow) | Human rights | Indigenous rights | Information access | Infrastructure | Labor activism (➦ Adjunct instructors | Anti-work | Care work | Domestic work | Feminized labor | Reproductive labor | Sex work | Unionization) | Land politics | Language activism (➦ Linguistic discrimination | Linguistic diversity) | Legal system (➦ Criminal justice system ➦ Police reform ➦ Prison abolition) | Medical system reform | Mental health | Microaggressions | Population movement (➦ Forced displacement ★ Migration ➦ Immigration ★ Immigration activism ★ Undocumented residents rights) | Prison change (➦ Prison abolition ➦ Prison reform) | Racism (see also Antiracism) | Reproductive justice (➦ Abortion | Reproductive labor) | Right-wing activism | Surveillance | Trade treaties | Water justice | Women's rights (➦ Feminicide ➦ Violence against women)
Movements: ACT UP |
Agrarian movements | Black Freedom Movement | Black Lives Matter | Civil Rights Movement | Countercultures (➦ Avant-garde | Mid 20th-Century counterculture | 1960s-1970s counterculture) | MeToo movement | Occupy movement | Take Back the Night
Actions (types of): Campaigns | Community engagement | Marches | Protests | Riots | Self defense | Social media actions | Student activism | Volunteerism
Events: Baltimore Uprising (2015) | COVID-19 | Ferguson| LA riots (➦ 1965 | 1992) | Vietnam War (➦ Vietnam War protests)
Initiatives: Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives
General topics: [TBD]
Citizenship, residency, migrant groups: Citizens | Immigrants | Migrants | Refugees | Undocumented residents
Economic groups: [TBD]
Professional & Occupational groups: (See also in this menu under "In Disciplines & Professions" > "Professions") Knowledge workers | Professionals | Veterans
Racial, ethnic & indigenous groups: Asian people (➦ Asian Americans ➦ Pacific Islanders) | BIPOC people | Black people (➦ Afircan Americans ➦ Black British) | Caribbean people | Caste groups | Indigenous people (➦ Australian Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander peoples ➦ Maori ➦ Native Americans) | Latinx people (➦ Chicanx) | White people | [TBD]
Religious groups: [TBD]
Issues in HigherEd Research Activism: Academic freedom | Freedom of expression | Civic engagement | Scholar activism | Faculty activism | Student activism | Mentoring | Targeting & harassing of scholars
➧ Issues related to: Academic hiring and promotion (➦ Tenure) | Research & publication (➦ Citation practices) ➦ Peer reviewing practices) | Impact assessment (➦ Measurement & evaluation of activist research ➦ REF Research Excellence Framework)
➧ Issues related to: Teaching & Curricula (see also Curriculum (re)design) | Academic "service"
➧ Issues related to: HigherEd budgets | Public universities (➦ Land-grant universities) | Professional schools | Programs
HigherEd Personnel & Research/Activism:
➧ Administration
➧ Faculty (➦ Adjunct ➦ BIPOC [★ Black ★ Latinx] ➦ LGBTQ ➦ Women ➦ Tenure-line ➦ Tenured)
➧ Students (➦ BIPOC students ➦ Graduate students ➦ Undergraduate Students)
➧ Staff (non-instructional) | Campus police
➧ Administration
➧ Faculty (➦ Adjunct ➦ BIPOC [★ Black ★ Latinx] ➦ LGBTQ ➦ Women ➦ Tenure-line ➦ Tenured)
➧ Students (➦ BIPOC students ➦ Graduate students ➦ Undergraduate Students)
➧ Staff (non-instructional) | Campus police
HigherEd Policies Related to Research/Activism:
➧ Policies related to politics: Academic freedom | Freedom of expression on campus | Protest & activism actions | Political campaigns on campus | Disciplinary actions
➧ Personnel policies: Hiring, promotion & tenure | Documenting scholar-activism | Personnel case diversity statements
➧ Campus resources supporting activism
➧ Discussions & critiques of higher education policies above
➧ Policies related to politics: Academic freedom | Freedom of expression on campus | Protest & activism actions | Political campaigns on campus | Disciplinary actions
➧ Personnel policies: Hiring, promotion & tenure | Documenting scholar-activism | Personnel case diversity statements
➧ Campus resources supporting activism
➧ Discussions & critiques of higher education policies above
Issues in LowerEd Research Activism: Discipline | Preservice teaching | Teaching | Curriculum (re)design
LowerEd Personnel & Research/Activism: Administration | Students
Centers & Institutes | Coalitions | Collectives | Communities (➦ Community organizations) | Corporations | Grassroots | Initiatives | NGOs & non-profits (➦ Disabled people's organizations ➦ Social movement organizations (SMOs)) | Police | Professional Associations | Projects | Publishers
Governments (general): Governmental activism
Governments (national, state, local)
➧ U.K. Government(s): [TBD]
➧ U.S. Government(s): [TBD]
➧ U.K. Government(s): [TBD]
General topics: [TBD]
Arts (Creative & Performing Arts): Architecture | Art (➦ Digital arts ➦ Street art ➦ Textile art) | Music (➦ Ethnomusicology) | Performance studies | Theater
Humanities: Art history | Composition & Rhetoric (& Writing Studies) | Digital humanities | History (➦ History of activism) ➦ Public history | Literary studies (➦ English literary studies) | Film studies | Media studies | New Media studies (including Internet & social media studies) | Philosophy | Public humanities (➦ Public history (see also Organic intellectuals | Public intellectuals) | Religious studies | Science Technology Studies (STS)
Social Sciences: Anthropology & ethnography | Communication | Geography (➦ Human geography) | Global & international studies | Institution studies | Political science | Psychology (➦ Social psychology) | Sociology
Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM): AI (artificial intelligence) | Computer science | Data science | Engineering (➦ In Silicon Valley) | Environmental sciences
Agriculture: Agrarian studies | Agro-ecological studies
Interdisciplinary Fields: Africana studies | Asian American studies | Black studies | Borderlands studies | Feminist studies & theory | Food studies | Indigenous studies | Race & ethnic studies
Professions: Architecture | Education studies | Journalism | Law (➦ Legal studies) | Library & archive studies | Social work | Urban studies & planning
"None, or All of the Above": Organic intellectuals | Public intellectuals
Borders [TBD] |
Seas: [TBD]
Continents & Geographical/Geopolitical Regions (see also Global Zones above): Africa | Americas (➦ Caribbean ➦ Central America ➦ North America ➦ South America) | Asia (➦ Eastern Asia ➦ Middle East (Western Asia) ➦ South Asia ➦ Southeastern Asia) | Australasia | Europe (➦ European Union ➦ Northern Europe ➦ Western Europe)
Nations (and their states, districts, provinces, etc.): ( see also International (& Transnational) ) | Argentina | Australia | Austria | Brazil | Bulgaria | Canada | Chile | China | France | Germany | India | Iraq | Israel | Italy | Jamaica | Japan | Malaysia | Mexico | Nepal | Netherlands | New Zealand | Philippines | Russia | South Africa | South Korea | New Zealand | Sweden | Thailand | Turkey | United Kingdom | United States (➦ Florida ➦ Michigan ➦ New Jersey ➦ [New York) | Venezuela | Vietnam
Cities (and city regions): Baltimore | Buenos Aires | Chicago | Detroit | Ferguson (Missouri) | Flint (Michigan) | Hong Kong | London | Los Angeles | Manchester | New York City (➦ Bronx) | Philadelphia | Silicon Valley
General topics: [TBD]
Articles (➦ in Journals ➦ in Magazines ➦ in Newspapers) |
Artworks (➦ Art installations) | Bibliographies | Blogs | Blog posts | Books (➦ Chapters) | Catalogs | Conferences | Conference proceedings | Datasets | Data stories | Encyclopedias | Exhibits | Fiction (work of) (➦ Novels) | Films | Infographics | Interviews | Journals (➦ Journal articles ➦ Journal issues) | Lectures | Maps | Newspaper articles | Obituaries | Opinion pieces | Pamphlets | Photography | Poetry (work of) | Policy statements | Radio broadcasts | Reports & Whitepapers | Social media (➦ Hashtags) | Syllabi | Theses (➦ Dissertations ➦ Master's theses ➦ Undergraduate theses) | Websites (➦ Website pages) | Zines
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Fardella, Carla, Claudio Broitman, and Hanna Matter. “Activismo, resistencia y subjetividad académica en la universidad neoliberal.” Izquierdas, no. 51 (2022): 1–16. https://www.proquest.com/docview/2642953008/abstract/268C49CD4B8B4F4FPQ/1. Cite
Modern Language Association. “Guidelines for Evaluating Publicly Engaged Humanities Scholarship in Language and Literature Programs.” Modern Language Association, 2022. https://www.mla.org/Resources/Guidelines-and-Data/Reports-and-Professional-Guidelines/Publishing-and-Scholarship/Guidelines-for-Evaluating-Publicly-Engaged-Humanities-Scholarship-in-Language-and-Literature-Programs. Cite
Miles, Corey. “Are Social Justice and Tenure Compatible?” Chronicle of Higher Education, 2021, sec. The Review. https://www.chronicle.com/article/are-social-justice-and-tenure-compatible. Cite
Yale University. “Information Concerning Activism and Advocacy.” Division of the Senior Vice President and General Counsel, 2021. https://ogc.yale.edu/ogc/activism-and-advocacy. Cite
Barnett, Ronald. “The Activist University: Identities, Profiles, Conditions.” Policy Futures in Education 19, no. 5 (2021): 513–26. https://doi.org/10.1177/14782103211003444. Cite
Dedman, Ben. “How Non-Tenure-Track Faculty and Student Activists Can Support and Protect Each Other.” Text. Association of American Colleges & Universities, 2021. https://www.aacu.org/blog/how-non-tenure-track-faculty-and-student-activists-can-support-and-protect-each-other. Cite
California State University, San Marcos - Department of Sociology. “Retention, Tenure and Promotion Standards - Department of Sociology.” San Marcos, CA: California State University, San Marcos, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20210417103531if_/https://www.csusm.edu/policies/active/pdf/rtp_standards_dept_of_sociology.pdf. Cite
Perna, Laura W., ed. Taking It to the Streets: The Role of Scholarship in Advocacy and Advocacy in Scholarship. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018. Cite
Ramsey, Joseph G. “Introducing Scholactivism.” Works and Days / Cultural Logic 33 & 34, no. 65/66, 67/68 (2018): 9–49. http://www.worksanddays.net/2016/File02.Introduction.qxp_Layout%201.pdf. Cite
Mutnick, Deborah. “Higher Education, Disinvestment, and the Teacher-Scholar-Activist.” Teacher-Scholar-Activist (blog), 2018. https://teacher-scholar-activist.org/2018/07/09/higher-education-disinvestment-and-the-teacher-scholar-activist/. Cite
Romano, Sarah T., and Courtenay W. Daum. “Conclusion: Teacher-Scholar-Activists in the Era of Trump: Where Do We Go from Here?” New Political Science 40, no. 3 (2018): 599–604. https://doi.org/10.1080/07393148.2018.1487113. Cite
Schalin, Jay. “Defining Faculty Roles: Scholarship Only, Activism on Your Own Time.” The James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal (blog), 2018. https://www.jamesgmartin.center/2018/04/defining-faculty-roles-scholarship-only-activism-on-your-own-time/. Cite
Rojas, Fabio. “Defining Faculty Roles: Scholarship First, Activism Second.” The James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal (blog), 2018. https://www.jamesgmartin.center/2018/04/defining-faculty-roles-scholarship-first-activism-second/. Cite
Huerta, Alvaro. “Viva the Scholar-Activist!” Inside Higher Ed, 2018. https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2018/03/30/importance-being-scholar-activist-opinion. Cite
Hytten, Kathy. “Teaching as and for Activism: Challenges and Possibilities.” Philosophy of Education 2014, 2017. https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Teaching-as-and-for-Activism%3A-Challenges-and-Hytten/4c095eaa16f13261d82448ebc44cba65f0cc126a. Cite
Staff. “Professors Cannot Fully Participate in Student Activism | The Wellesley News.” The Wellesley News, 2016. https://thewellesleynews.com/2016/03/16/professors-cannot-fully-participate-in-student-activism/. Cite
Grollman, Eric Anthony. “Radical Reprioritizing: Tenure, Self-Care, and My Future as an Intellectual Activist | Write Where It Hurts.” Write Where It Hurts (blog), 2016. https://writewhereithurts.net/2016/02/24/radical-reprioritizing-tenure-self-care-and-my-future-as-an-intellectual-activist/. Cite
Wilson, Robin. “A New Front of Activism.” Chronicle of Higher Education, 2016. https://www.chronicle.com/article/a-new-front-of-activism/. Cite
“Land Politics, Agrarian Movements and Scholar-Activism.” In Transnational Institute. Erasmus University, Rotterdam: Transnational Institute, 2016. https://www.tni.org/en/publication/land-politics-agrarian-movements-and-scholar-activism. Cite
Houh, Emily M. S. “Campus Activism, Academic Freedom, and the AAUP.” American Association of University Professors (AAUP) (blog), 2016. https://www.aaup.org/article/campus-activism-academic-freedom-and-aaup. Cite
Rockquemore, Kerry Ann. “Time for the Scholar-Activist,” 2016. https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2016/10/26/how-be-both-scholar-and-activist-essay. Cite
Correia, David. “Creating Public Scholars: A Collaborative Project on Environmental and Economic Justice Activism and Scholarship.” American Quarterly 68, no. 2 (2016): 401–3. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26359609. Cite
Shayne, Julie. “Losing the Tenure Track, Finding Activist Scholarship.” Gender & Society Blog (blog), 2015. https://gendersociety.wordpress.com/2015/09/01/losing-the-tenure-track-finding-activist-scholarship/. Cite
Benderly, Berlyl Lieff. “The Value—and Risk—of Activism.” Science, 2015. https://www.science.org/content/article/value-and-risk-activism. Cite
Goldrick-Rab, Sara. “What Is ‘Scholar Activism’?” The Synapse (blog), 2015. https://medium.com/synapse/what-is-scholar-activism-1b746ef38b0b. Cite
Tilley, Susan A., and Leanne Taylor. “Complicating Notions of ‘Scholar-Activist’ in a Global Context: A Discussion Paper.” Journal of the International Society for Teacher Education 18, no. 2 (2014): 53–62. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1087590.pdf. Cite
Goldrick-Rab, Sara. “On Scholarly Activism.” Contexts: Sociology for the Public (blog), 2014. https://contexts.org/blog/on-scholarly-activism/. Cite
Collins, Patricia Hill. “Truth-Telling and Intellectual Activism.” Contexts 12, no. 1 (2013): 36–41. https://doi.org/10.1177/1536504213476244. Cite
Grey, Sandra J. “Activist Academics: What Future?” Policy Futures in Education 11, no. 6 (2013): 700–711. https://doi.org/10.2304/pfie.2013.11.6.701. Cite
Foster, Kevin Michael. “Taking a Stand: Community-Engaged Scholarship on the Tenure Track.” Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship, 2012. http://jces.ua.edu/taking-a-stand-community-engaged-scholarship-on-the-tenure-track/. Cite
Bose, Purnima. “Faculty Activism and the Corporatization of the University.” American Quarterly 64, no. 4 (2012): 815–18. https://doi.org/10.1353/aq.2012.0058. Cite
Autonomous Geographies Collective. “Beyond Scholar Activism: Making Strategic Interventions Inside and Outside the Neoliberal University The Autonomous Geographies Collective.” ACME: An International Journal for Critical Geographies 9, no. 2 (2010): 245–74. https://acme-journal.org/index.php/acme/article/view/868. Cite
Hale, Charles R., ed. Engaging Contradictions: Theory, Politics, and Methods of Activist Scholarship. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2008. https://escholarship.org/content/qt7z63n6xr/qt7z63n6xr_noSplash_9021ecc05a6334f2a7cadd94b96bd68e.pdf. Cite
Zerai, Assata. “Models for Unity between Scholarship and Grassroots Activism.” Critical Sociology 28, no. 1–2 (2002): 201–16. https://doi.org/10.1177/08969205020280011201. Cite
darinljensen, Author. “Teacher-Scholar-Activist.” Teacher-Scholar-Activist, n. d. https://teacher-scholar-activist.org/. Cite