Lozano, Alberto Arribas
(2018)
Knowledge co-production with social movement
networks. Redefining grassroots politics,
rethinking research.
Social Movement Studies, 17 (4).
pp. 451-463.
ISSN 1474-2837
Abstract
Drawing on ethnographic research with social movement networks in Spain,
this article explores the challenges and possibilities of research collaboration.
My project focused on the emerging logics and practices of collective action,
the ongoing re-definition of grassroots politics. The engagement with social
movements as reflexive communities – not simply objects to be studied,
but subjects actively producing their own analysis and explanations, their
own ‘knowledge-practices’ – deeply transformed the in-fieldwork encounter.
Through a series of co-analysis workshops, designed and implemented
together with the research subjects/collaborators, this research became
an open-ended dialogue of reflexivities. The shift from working on social
movements to working and thinking together with social movement
activists as co-researchers produced new scholarly knowledge, advancing
our understanding of contemporary collective action, while simultaneously
making research useful for the activists. Moreover, locating epistemic and
methodological questions at the centre of the project, I addressed salient
debates in social science, exploring collaborative frameworks in order to
problematize traditional forms of knowledge production and validation.
| Item Type: |
Article
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| Keywords: |
Collaborative ethnography;
social movements;
knowledge-practices;
epistemic partners;
grassroots politics; coanalysis workshops; research
collaboration; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology |
| Item ID: |
13280 |
| Identification Number: |
https://doi.org/10.1080/14742837.2018.1457521 |
| Depositing User: |
Alberto Arribas Lozano
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| Date Deposited: |
24 Sep 2020 15:53 |
| Journal or Publication Title: |
Social Movement Studies |
| Publisher: |
Taylor & Francis |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
| URI: |
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| Use Licence: |
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