Situated solidarities and the practice of scholar-activism
- 1 June 2015
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Environment and Planning D: Society and Space
- Vol. 33 (3) , 391-407
Abstract
Drawing on an analysis of an ongoing collaboration with rural peasant movements in Bangladesh, we explore the possibility of forging solidarity through practices of scholar-activism. In so doing, we consider the practice of reflexivity, reconsider forms of solidarity, and draw on the concept of convergence spaces as a way to envision sites of possibility. We mobilize the notion of situated solidarities to propose an alternative form of reflexive practice in scholarship. We then posit that there are six ‘practices’ that provide a useful schematic for thinking through the opportunities for the construction of these solidarities.Keywords
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