Research, action, activism: Critical solidarities & multi-scalar powers

In this essay, I draw upon my work with the Urban Research Based Action Network (URBAN) to argue for several key principles in research for social justice: reflexivity, especially regarding our work in fraught academic institutions, and engaging multiple ways of knowing. These principles are essenti...

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Main Author: Celina Su
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Arizona State University 2019-05-01
Series:Education Policy Analysis Archives
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Online Access:https://epaa.asu.edu/ojs/article/view/4450
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spelling doaj-53cd3d8b09a343f18cf66494e0d3aaae2020-11-25T03:35:36ZengArizona State UniversityEducation Policy Analysis Archives1068-23412019-05-0127010.14507/epaa.27.44501920Research, action, activism: Critical solidarities & multi-scalar powersCelina Su0City University of New YorkIn this essay, I draw upon my work with the Urban Research Based Action Network (URBAN) to argue for several key principles in research for social justice: reflexivity, especially regarding our work in fraught academic institutions, and engaging multiple ways of knowing. These principles are essential to forming critical solidarities across constituencies, to recognizing and addressing issues of power at multiple scales—local, national, global, and to imagining ourselves as protagonists in our collective futures.https://epaa.asu.edu/ojs/article/view/4450social justiceresearchepistemologiesreflexivitycritical solidaritiesmulti-scalar powers
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Research, action, activism: Critical solidarities & multi-scalar powers
Education Policy Analysis Archives
social justice
research
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reflexivity
critical solidarities
multi-scalar powers
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title Research, action, activism: Critical solidarities & multi-scalar powers
title_short Research, action, activism: Critical solidarities & multi-scalar powers
title_full Research, action, activism: Critical solidarities & multi-scalar powers
title_fullStr Research, action, activism: Critical solidarities & multi-scalar powers
title_full_unstemmed Research, action, activism: Critical solidarities & multi-scalar powers
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publisher Arizona State University
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publishDate 2019-05-01
description In this essay, I draw upon my work with the Urban Research Based Action Network (URBAN) to argue for several key principles in research for social justice: reflexivity, especially regarding our work in fraught academic institutions, and engaging multiple ways of knowing. These principles are essential to forming critical solidarities across constituencies, to recognizing and addressing issues of power at multiple scales—local, national, global, and to imagining ourselves as protagonists in our collective futures.
topic social justice
research
epistemologies
reflexivity
critical solidarities
multi-scalar powers
url https://epaa.asu.edu/ojs/article/view/4450
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