SA 402 Lecture 3: Week 3_ Activist Research

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Sociology and Anthropology
• Course: SA 402
• Professor: Kathleen Millar

Document Summary

Approach c - take one part of author"s work and compare it to another part of author"s work. Hale - helping indig groups w/ land claims, testifying in court. Williams - on street w blm, marching, parading. Graeber - movement politics, global justice movement, thinking abt alt forms of democracy. Are activists in their side lives - do other things beside anth. Part of occupy wall street movement - makes his actions as an anthropologist meaningful and politically aligned. Constantly envisions and shares ways in which anth can change the world - writes in accessible ways in order for non-anthropological audiences can grasp complex ideas and understand his arguments. Demonstrates reflexivity and self-awareness of positionality as an academic. Anger in the form of violence - unhelpful + counterproductive. Anth allows us to understand how pwr operates thru privilege. Anth promotes care for other ppl thru placing other"s thinking above urs. Lots of tension to straddle both worlds .