Uncanny companions: kinship, activism, and public health as interdependent modalities of care provision under Greek austerity by Andreas Streinzer

“…The anthropology of the economic crisis since 2007/ 08 analyses the emergence of solidarity practices among social movements, kinship, and friendship during austerity and the recession in Southern Europe. …”
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La propriété reconstruite : conflits sociaux et catégories juridiques by Maria Rosaria Marella

“…This paper first introduces the question of the commons, as a social and political movement in contemporary Italy, and secondly reflects on the evolution of legal categories in reaction to these social movements. For the author, the commons are above all else an opportunity to think beyond the conceptual oppositions which order modern law, especially in its formalization in codes. …”
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Las iniciativas participativas en España: ¿amenaza u oportunidad para la democracia representativa? by Mathias Rull Jan

“…This article presents a number of elements suggesting that both the participatory experiences that occurred at the beginning of the century in Spain and the democratic demands of social movements (national and local) represent an opportunity for (representative) democratic renewal. …”
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Women's History - ein Fach macht Geschichte by Sieglinde Rosenberger

“…Thirty years later we have to recognize an unbridged gap between social movements and sophisticated scholarship. The article deals with questions resulting from the distance between a master (academy) and a mistress (women's movement). …”
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Epistemological Fundamentals of Agriculture Education in Cuba by Oscar Leopoldo Parrado Álvarez, Luisa Carrión Cabrera, Biofredis Castro Torres

“…Several theoretical referents are included as epistemological fundamentals on agricultural education: Marti´s ideas about agriculture and instruction, the axes agriculture-education-politics; practical instruction in agriculture; instruction-technological innovation-agricultural extension; and projection-sustainability; agroecology as a science, with levels of complexity and relationships that make possible to tackle the complexities of reality from various epistemological approaches, and their participatory approach of social movements, and transforming reality based on knowledge discussion, struggle for equity, self-determination, and social justice; the agrosemiotic vision of training; and the integration of ecosystem service potentials of agrobiodiversity. …”
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POLÍTICAS PÚBLICAS NA SOCIEDADE EM REDE: novos espaços de intermediação na arena midiática by Hayleno Santos Hossoé

“…It emphasizes, this way, the expansion of the network society as a further impetus to the action of certain subjects of public policies, such as pressure groups and social movements. It admits that such expansion acts as a catalyst in the process of articulation of popular demonstrations through the internet as a way for these subjects to produce changes in formal or governmental agenda. …”
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Infographics by Allen, WL, Amit-Danhi, ER

“…Finally, we highlight how questions of power run through political examinations of infographics, and illustrate this with reference to the domains of categorization, elections and campaigning, policymaking, and social movements.…”

Impaling Dracula: how EU accession empowered civil society in Romania by Parau, C

“…This article adopts a 'bottom-up' design and the process-tracing method to examine the influence of the EU enlargement context over the political power of the new social movements in Romania between 2000 and 2004 when the EU acquis was being negotiated. …”

Academic Labor and Music Curricula by Lucie Vágnerová, Andrés García Molina

“…From our own positions as contingent faculty, we thus argue that the relative invisibility of academic service is a curricular issue in its own Aside from this shifting, increasingly vocal, but still largely disempowered labor force, the current political moment also animates the long and tense relationship between the humanities and social movements. Since at least the presidential campaigns of 2016 that polarized the country on the issue of immigration, if not the Black Lives Matter movement (2013–) that shone a light on the deadly repercussions of systemic racism, there has been increased pressure on academia to recognize its complicity in imperial, colonial, racist, sexist, and classist social formations, as current social movements influence initiatives variously calling for critical teaching, diversity, and decolonization. …”
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Defensa de bienes comunes naturales y decolonialidad: caso Xochicuautla, México/ Defense of natural common goods and decoloniality: the Xochicuautla, Mexico, case by Laura Mota Díaz, Oliver Gabriel Hernández Lara

“…Abstract The present article tries to understand the dynamics from Latin American social movements related to the defense of common natural resources. …”
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Dalits and Discourses of Anti-Caste Movements in Kerala, India by K.S. Madhavan, Rajesh Komath

“…The article brings forth discourses of social movements, production of Dalit icons, critical narratives on untouchability and communist positions about caste. …”
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Work, under Scrutiny: Examining the Emancipatory Potential of the Work Ethic by Juan Vega Esteve

“…Departing from the resources of Week’s theory, and through the case of the American welfare reform during the end of the 20th century, the dominating potential of the work ethic will be uncovered with the aim to disincentivize its use in future social movements. …”
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Selection of activators in finding the burning number by Sumathi S., G. Hannah Grace

“…In recent times social networks play a major role in the thought process of people and influences the social movements, election and politics. The burning number is an ideal model to calculate the speed at which information is passed throughout the network. …”
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Bioethics and the Overton window by Ma. de la Luz Casas-Martínez

“…Understanding the forms of social movements will help to configure actions more in line with the reality of bioethical proposals in today’s world. …”
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Wellbeing in the Margins: Notes on a New Conceptual Cartography by Juan Jaime Loera Gonzalez

“…I believe indigenous people and social movements in Latin America are providing the case to rethink this debate in new light. …”
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Arts and Culture in Lisbon’s Recent Revitalization : Observing Mouraria and Intendente Square through Alternative Local Initiatives as Drivers of Marginal Gentrification by Ana Estevens, Agustin Cocola-Gant, Daniel Malet Calvo, Filipe Matos

“…At the same time, artists and social movements use art and culture as an instrument of resistance, change and transformation of social relations, implementing in their practices the criticism of the neoliberal city. …”
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El agua como clave del ecodesarrollo urbano: paisaje, patrimonio, territorio y sociedad by María Francisca Zaragoza Martí

“…This is how the current social movements emerge that call for a new urban and landscape planning where natural resources are taken into account, changing the classic paradigm of domination for another that is eco-sustainable. …”

Être une historienne engagée aujourd’hui by Mathilde Larrère, Jean-Charles Buttier

“…From the occupied universities to the « yellow vests » movement, « Nuit debout » and the protests against the Labor Law, Mathilde Larrère has been in the thick of the main social movements over the past years. She has been both part of it and a witness, not only through her teaching, but also through all her interviews she gave on the media and social networks. …”
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Reflection and Analysis of the Training of Education Professionals for Rural Youngsters and Adults by Katia Pinheiro Freitas, Lourdes Helena da Silva

“…Our results reveal, among other issues, that education for rural adults and youth tends to be developed through programs and/or projects and several partnerships, particularly the involvement of social movements in the teacher training process. They also reveal the need for investment in specific teacher training - initial and continued training, based on processes that enhance the understanding of the theoretical and methodological contributions of this mode of education.…”
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“EMPODERAMENTO”: fundamentos históricos e ideológicos e práxis política feminista by Lívia de Cássia Godoi Moraes

“…In these organisms, “empowerment” took on a liberal character. Within social movements, however, the term “empowerment” has appeared as a synonym for strengthening the autonomy of the oppressed. …”
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