Sociological Forum

2018

DOI: 10.1111/socf.12463

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Using Sociology to Build and Organize Movement Networks

Andrea M. Catone

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Abstract: In this essay, I describe how I utilize my sociological imagination and training while building and organizing movement networks. First, I highlight the importance of fostering flexible, cross‐level intergroup ties when building movement networks. Second, I illustrate the role of emotions in the emergence and sustainability of movement networks. Third, I detail a theoretical framework for how stories of past resilience can be used in movement organizing to mobilize for the future.

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“… Editor's Note : This essay is part of a four‐article feature in Sociological Forum 33(4) titled, “The Sociologist as Activist.” For the other contributions, please see Blau (), Catone (), Jorgenson (), and Lamont ().…”

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W. E. B. DuBois for the Twenty‐First Century: On Being a Scholar‐Activist in the Digital Era

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W. E. B. DuBois began his work as a scholar‐activist at the dawn of the twentieth century, and this article argues that his example has much to teach contemporary scholar‐activists in the twenty‐first century. In order to publish The Crisis, the magazine of the activist organization he cofounded, DuBois purchased a printing press. This meant he could own the means of his own knowledge production and foretold both the promise of what it means to be a scholar‐activist in the twenty‐first century and the limitations built into the current systems of knowledge production. DuBois was also prophetic when he identified the problem of the twentieth century as “the problem of the color line” as the focus of both his scholarship and his activism. The forms of systemic white supremacy we face today are both a continuation of a centuries‐old dimension of racism in the United States and part of an emerging media ecosystem powered by algorithms. The article explores the challenges of being digital scholar‐activists within legacy institutions. It concludes with speculation about what DuBois might do now.

“… Editor's Note : This essay is part of a four‐article feature in Sociological Forum 33(4) titled, “The Sociologist as Activist.” For the other contributions, please see Blau (), Catone (), Jorgenson (), and Lamont ().…”

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W. E. B. DuBois for the Twenty‐First Century: On Being a Scholar‐Activist in the Digital Era

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W. E. B. DuBois began his work as a scholar‐activist at the dawn of the twentieth century, and this article argues that his example has much to teach contemporary scholar‐activists in the twenty‐first century. In order to publish The Crisis, the magazine of the activist organization he cofounded, DuBois purchased a printing press. This meant he could own the means of his own knowledge production and foretold both the promise of what it means to be a scholar‐activist in the twenty‐first century and the limitations built into the current systems of knowledge production. DuBois was also prophetic when he identified the problem of the twentieth century as “the problem of the color line” as the focus of both his scholarship and his activism. The forms of systemic white supremacy we face today are both a continuation of a centuries‐old dimension of racism in the United States and part of an emerging media ecosystem powered by algorithms. The article explores the challenges of being digital scholar‐activists within legacy institutions. It concludes with speculation about what DuBois might do now.

“… Editor's Note : This essay is part of a four‐article feature in Sociological Forum 33(4) titled, “The Sociologist as Activist.” For the other contributions, please see Blau (), Catone (), Daniels (), and Lamont (). …”

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Broadening and Deepening the Presence of Environmental Sociology

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“… Editor's Note : This essay is part of a five‐article feature in Sociological Forum 33(4) titled, “The Sociologist as Activist.” For the other contributions, please see Blau (), Catone (), Daniels (), and Jorgenson (). …”

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Sociology's Response to the Trump Presidency: Views from the 108th ASA President

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