Toward Thick Responsiveness: Engaging Identity-Based Student Protest Movements

Anderson, R. Kirk

doi:10.1080/00221546.2018.1512803

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“…Much of the higher education scholarship on activism is centered on more radical forms of activism such as protest, agitation, or disruptive acts (Astin et al, 1975;Barnhardt, 2015;Cabrera et al, 2017;Rhoads, 1998). This research has most commonly examined historical trends or strategies of protest (George Mwangi et al, 2018;Kimball et al, 2016;Linder et al, 2016;Rhoads, 1998), identitybased and characteristics of students who engage in activism (Hope et al, 2016;Linder et al, 2019;Linder & Rodriguez, 2012;Morgan & Davis, 2019;Muñoz, 2015;Warnock & Hurst, 2016), addressed how faculty, staff, and institutions might support or respond to activism (Anderson, 2019;Hoffman & Mitchell, 2016;Kezar, 2010;Linder et al, 2016;Squire et al, 2019), and highlighted campus characteristics that support student action (Baker & Blissett, 2018;Barnhardt, 2015;Hoffman & Mitchell, 2016;Martin, 2014). Cabrera and colleagues (2017) suggested that student activism and campusbased diversity movements are closely tied, highlighting the common practice of studying activism through an issue-specific lens (e.g., Hope et al, 2016;Linder et al, 2016;Muñoz, 2015).…”

Section: Higher Education Research On Activismmentioning

confidence: 99%

Civic Learning for Dissent: Developing Students' Activist Orientation

Hemer¹,

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2021

Journal of College Student Development

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Participation in learning communities 1.10 0.85 .00 to 2.00 Participation in Diversity courses and/or Workshops 0.60 0.74 .00 to 2.00 Participation in study Abroad 0.32 0.58 .00 to 2.00 time spent volunteering 0.00 1.00 -.77 to 4.85 time spent Participating in student organizations 0.00 1.00 -.95 to 4.07 time spent socializing With friends 0.00 1.00 -1.90 to 2.08 Meaningful Discussions About contributing to the greater good 0.00 1.00 -1.94 to 2.61 climate for contributing to a larger community 0.00 1.00 -3.97 to 1.82 Advocacy climate to contribute to a larger community 0.00 1.00 -2.93 to 1.96 climate for Perspective taking 0.00 1.00 -3.53 to 1.36 a Unweighted effects coding.

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Section: Higher Education Research On Activismmentioning

confidence: 99%

Civic Learning for Dissent: Developing Students' Activist Orientation

Hemer¹,

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2021

Journal of College Student Development

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“…Instead, they wanted to shift negative attitudes towards children wearing Afro-style hair by carrying out a collective, peaceful and active movement. These efforts connect with the concept of identitybased activism, coined by Anderson (2019), and reflect the fact that their activism was engraved in their social identities, such as race, ethnicity, gender, social-economic status, amongst others. Their concerted actions were designed to bring together children who experience similar adversities due to their race and ethnicity, especially due to their Afro-style hair.…”

Section: Turning Stigmatisation Into Identity-based Activismmentioning

confidence: 94%

Child identity‐based activism in Brazil: Wearing Afro‐style hair to contest discrimination, racism and oppression

Cuevas‐Parra

2023

Children & Society

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In Brazil, Afro‐descendant children continue to be stigmatised and excluded due to race‐based discriminatory practices and attitudes inherited from colonial times. In order to challenge racism, Brazilian child activists (aged 13–17) instigated a movement encouraging children to wear Afro‐style hair as a symbol of contestation and liberation and to reject hair straightening as a form of domination. Based on empirical qualitative research conducted in the Brazilian cities of Rio de Janeiro, Recife and Fortaleza, this article discusses the intersection between children's participation and activism, and the use of Afro‐style hair as a tool of identity activism to restore the right to non‐discrimination on any grounds.

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“…Letters can also attack, provoke, and challenge. A pearl of practical or prudential wisdom, then, is a key part of discerning when to write, what to say, and how the work of letter writing is but one of the good works that respond to the neighbor's need (Anderson, 2019).…”

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The precarious power of a strongly worded letter: Political correspondence, Lutheran theology, and civic participation

Bateza

2023

Dialog

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Facing political decisions involving local issues or systemic injustice, we sometimes decide to write a letter. Opinion pieces in the town newspaper, online posts about current events, and letters sent to elected officials all share the presumption that putting words on a page can make the political community a better place. This article examines these practices and the reasoning that supports them by connecting Martin Luther's theology of good works with insights from political theory and current debates about civic participation. Luther claims that good works are needed to discipline the body and serve the neighbor in love. This theological framework is offered as a guide for assessing the value and functions of political correspondence. It contends that writing letters serves to discipline individual and collective political bodies, developing needed skills for sharing and receiving the claims we make while resisting temptations that pull us towards indifference, cynicism, or self‐righteous assurance. Letters should be seen as invitations of service and neighbor love that display our competence and commitment to others. Letter writing, as a good work, is risky in that the goodness of our labors remains an open question. The analysis here offers guidance for assessing our better and worse reasons for political postings, whether on the church door or elsewhere.

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Toward Thick Responsiveness: Engaging Identity-Based Student Protest Movements

Cited by 13 publications

References 49 publications

Civic Learning for Dissent: Developing Students' Activist Orientation

Civic Learning for Dissent: Developing Students' Activist Orientation

Child identity‐based activism in Brazil: Wearing Afro‐style hair to contest discrimination, racism and oppression

The precarious power of a strongly worded letter: Political correspondence, Lutheran theology, and civic participation

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