An activist in the field: Social media, ethnography, and community

Danley, Stephen

doi:10.1080/07352166.2018.1511797

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“…Long-term engagement with community helped avoid the types of oversimplification endemic to studies by outsiders. Danley’s blog was an important location for dialogue with community—activists would request his coverage of local events and reach out for what they perceived as fairer news coverage (see Danley, 2021). Danley’s ability to fill a need in the local community eco-system meant the research was rarely perceived locally as extractive or “exploitative”—a key ethical challenge of ethnography (Pacheco-Vega & Parizeau, 2018).…”

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confidence: 99%

Nonprofit Segregation: The Exclusion and Impact of White Nonprofit Networks

Danley

Blessett

2022

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

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Nonprofits in cities often exist in segregated contexts in which leadership in high-capacity nonprofits reflects the whiteness of surrounding suburbs while leadership in grassroots nonprofits reflects the makeup of residency (low-income people of color). We build upon a small but burgeoning literature that uses critical race theory to better understand whiteness and segregation in the nonprofit sector. Using ethnographic data in Camden, New Jersey (NJ), we identify three key emergent findings on the impact of a segregated nonprofit sector: (a) the sector’s segregation reflects regional, residential segregation; (b) White, suburban overrepresentation in high-capacity nonprofits leads to a defense of White, suburban interests; and (c) these dynamics contribute to economic segregation within the sector. In our conclusion, we lay out a wider theoretical discussion of how these factors are interrelated.

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Nonprofit Segregation: The Exclusion and Impact of White Nonprofit Networks

Danley

Blessett

2022

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

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“…The so-called "protest ethnography" allows us to investigate how protesters signify their practices, including emotional aspects, collective experience and solidarity formation (Perugorría & Tejerina, 2013;Smolović Jones et al, 2021). Contact with protest participants also allows us to capture elements of the context surrounding the observed events and understand their impact on the study site (Danley, 2021). The research can use all the senses, since the protests are a complete display of sensory stimuli through which protesters somehow converge in their meaning processes (Martin & Fernández Trejo, 2017).…”

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Los ojos sangrantes de Chile: Cómo las protestas callejeras forjaron un resonante símbolo de comunicación política

Fuentes

2022

Comysoc

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This article describes how the “bleeding eyes” symbol was crafted during the social unrest that took place in Chile in October 2019, when hundreds of people suffered from ocular trauma after being shot by the anti-riot police with plastic pellets. This seminal moment of symbolic production has been under-studied in the field of political communication. It draws upon concepts from the so-called “culturalist” approach to social movements studies and conducts an ethnographic account describing the dynamics that gave birth to a symbol.

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“…As mentioned earlier, through activist transparency, the research becomes more accessible and transparent, allowing the prospective participants to make informed decisions about whether to participate in our research (Danley, 2021). Such decisions may not be straightforward, requiring thoughtful (re)consideration and negotiation between the researcher and potential interviewees.…”

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“…My work contributes to the exciting, emerging literature focused on digital ethnographies (Markham, 2005;Postill and Pink, 2012;Hine, 2015;Wang and Liu, 2021) and their intersection with feminist theories (e.g., Gajjala, 2004;Danley, 2021). A fellowship-based method is guided by the principles of feminist scholarship, particularly postcolonial, decolonial and transnational feminist paradigms (e.g., Liu, Huang and Ma, 2015;Falcón, 2016;Smith, 2021).…”

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feminist activist ethnography through Arabic Twitter: fellowship as a method

Mustafa

2024

Feminist Review

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This article reflects on my journey conducting online ethnography through Iraqi, Saudi, Kuwaiti and Yemeni feminist Twitters as an Iraqi researcher residing in the United Kingdom. It examines the intersection of online ethnography and feminist activism, emphasising the essential role of long-term immersion in social media spaces as an activist prior to undertaking this type of research. I gained crucial insights into the complexity, fluidity and emotional dynamics of online spaces and relationships through years of visible presence and engagement with other activists before conducting my ethnography. While some level of intimacy and affiliation with feminist activists existed, the absence of offline encounters posed challenges to forging friendships; however, this difficulty served as a catalyst for developing an ethical method to navigate relationships with participants and address the limitations of a friendship-based approach. In this article, I propose an alternative approach centred around a fellowship affiliation, approaching other activists as ‘fellows’ in the two Arabic senses of zamāla and rifqa (peer- and comrade-driven) relationships. This shift in the researcher–participant relationship moves away from the intense and demanding nature of the ṣadāqah (friendship) relationship. In doing so, it offers a politically powerful stance and a much-needed critical space for constructive debate while maintaining mutual respect and a shared commitment to the cause. The fellowship-based method necessitates activist transparency and critical allyship dedicated to collaboration and unconventional methods of knowledge co-production, promising solidarity and transcending differences and disagreements. Nonetheless, achieving this can, at times, be challenging. While acknowledging the limitations of the approach, the article recognises that moments of silence or distance can also arise from a sense of activist responsibility and commitment to protecting others.

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An activist in the field: Social media, ethnography, and community

Cited by 6 publications

References 30 publications

Nonprofit Segregation: The Exclusion and Impact of White Nonprofit Networks

Nonprofit Segregation: The Exclusion and Impact of White Nonprofit Networks

Los ojos sangrantes de Chile: Cómo las protestas callejeras forjaron un resonante símbolo de comunicación política

feminist activist ethnography through Arabic Twitter: fellowship as a method

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