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- Title
Transforming Communities Through Academic Activism: An Emancipatory, Praxis-led Approach.
- Authors
HAWTHORNE-STEELE, ISOBEL; MORELAND, ROSEMARY; ROONEY, EILISH
- Abstract
This article tracks the engagement of university faculty in academic and community activism during thirty years in conflict-affected Northern Ireland. Over time, the team of three academics who wrote the article developed programs to help tackle educational disadvantage in a deeply divided society riven with violent conflict. Our pedagogical approach was driven by social justice principles in practice. In the process, students became what Ledwith & Springett (2010) describe as participative activists in the academy and in their own communities. The aim of this collective activism was to foster transformative change in a society that is now in transition from conflict. Key examples of critical practice are described. We use a case study approach to describe challenges faced by faculty and participants. We argue that academic activism and community partnership can play a positive role in community transformation in the most difficult circumstances.
- Subjects
ACTIVISM; POLITICAL participation; COMMUNITIES -- Law &; legislation; COMMUNITY psychology; COMMUNITY coordination
- Publication
Studies in Social Justice, 2015, Vol 9, Issue 2, p197
- ISSN
1911-4788
- Publication type
Article