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- Title
There is a life before activism: embodied emotions during the childhood and youth of activists related to gender, racism, and climate change matters in Portugal.
- Authors
Sarrouy, Alix Didier
- Abstract
What is the influence of early life trajectories, filled with experiences, encounters and emotions, on young to-be activists? Based on qualitative research done for the project "ArtCitizenship -- youth and the arts of citizenship: creative practices, participatory culture and activism" (2019-2022), this article looks into individual trajectories, during childhood and youth, of 30 activists in Portugal. The collected data presents a set of "before activism" categories that reveal the importance of including early-life experiences to better understand future involvement with activism and social movements. One is not born an activist, actions for a given cause are a response to cumulative interactions and emotions felt from very early years.
- Subjects
PORTUGAL; CLIMATE change; ACTIVISM; SOCIAL movements; EMOTIONS; ACTIVISTS; RACISM; PARTICIPATORY culture
- Publication
Etnográfica: Revista do Centro de Estudos de Antropologia Social, 2023, Vol 27, Issue 3, p619
- ISSN
0873-6561
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4000/etnografica.14634