Date: Friday, August 9

Time: 4:30 PM - 6:10 PM

THEMATIC

Session 037: Culture in Conflict, Action, and Change I: Mobilization, Organizing, Resistance, and Politicization
Room: Lamartine

Sponsor: Conflict, Social Action, and Change

Organizer &

Discussant: C. Michael Awsumb, Northwest Missouri State University

Presider: Michael Lee Hurst Jr., Swansea Mutual Aid Resource Treasury

Description: 

Papers in this session explore the ways symbolic and subjective factors (e.g., community-based culture, ideology, narrative, and trust) shape the experiences and outcomes of activist/organizer/movement mobilization, politicization, organization, and resistance. 

Papers:

“Mobilizing Potential: Pathways to Engaged Citizenship,” Sadie Dempsey, University of Wisconsin

“Barriers to Participation in Protest,” Burrel Vann, San Diego State University

“Mobilizing Cultures, Community Action Toolkits, and Rules of Resistance against Crimes of the Powerful,” C. Michael Awsumb, Northwest Missouri State University

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