Engaging Contradictions: Theory, Politics, and Methods of Activist Scholarship - Couverture souple

Hale, Charles R. R.; Calhoun, Craig

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0520098617 ISBN 13 : 9780520098619

Editeur : University of California Press, 2008

Synopsis

Scholars in many fields increasingly find themselves caught between the academy, with its demands for rigor and objectivity, and direct engagement in social activism. Some advocate on behalf of the communities they study; others incorporate the knowledge and leadership of their informants directly into the process of knowledge production. What ethical, political, and practical tensions arise in the course of such work? In this wide-ranging and multidisciplinary volume, leading scholar-activists map the terrain on which political engagement and academic rigor meet.

Contributors: Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Edmund T. Gordon, Davydd Greenwood, Joy James, Peter Nien-chu Kiang, George Lipsitz, Samuel Martínez, Jennifer Bickham Mendez, Dani Nabudere, Jessica Gordon Nembhard, Jemima Pierre, Laura Pulido, Shannon Speed, Shirley Suet-ling Tang, João Vargas

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Charles R. Hale is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Texas at Austin. For 2006-7, he is President of the Latin American Studies Association.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of California Press
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0520098617
• ISBN 13: 9780520098619
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 416
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