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Activist Scholarship: The Complicated Entanglements of Activism and Research Work

机译:维权学者:维权与研究工作的复杂纠缠

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A few months ago, a colleague asked me whether I considered myself an "activist-researcher." To be honest, I did not know how to answer the question. Although I see myself as a researcher and as an activist, I hesitate to identify as an "activist-researcher." In fact, I usually keep these two tracks of my life separate. On being (or not) an "activist-researcher" Over the past decade, I have become politically involved in several activist networks and initiatives, especially those related to free software and digital politics. I have also been active in social justice movements in Quebec, have marched in numerous demonstrations during the 2012 Quebec general student strike (Chapman, Loader, Olszanowski, Sawchuk, & Spencer, 2012; Massumi, Barney, & Sorochan, 2012), and regularly attend my university union assemblies. As a researcher, I finished a PhD and continue to publish scholarly articles and participate in academic conferences. These two tracks of my life complement and inform each other, but I still tend to distinguish them in my mind and in my work. When I am an activist, I do politics: I engage in debates, I sometimes take on a leadership role, and I defend collective decisions with which I may not completely agree. When I am scholar, however, I value rigour and subtlety and am still driven by the classical scientific ideal of staying "objective," of keeping a critical distance away from my fieldwork and research subjects. In a way, I am struggling with the tensions between political and academic vocations (Weber & Dreijmanis, 2008). Therefore, the easiest way for me to negotiate my positions as an activist and as a researcher has often been to keep a clear separation between these two spheres.
机译:几个月前,一位同事问我是否认为自己是“激进研究者”。老实说,我不知道如何回答这个问题。尽管我将自己视为研​​究人员和激进主义者,但我还是犹豫要确定自己是“激进主义者-研究者”。实际上,我通常将人生的这两个轨迹分开。在过去的十年中,我成为(或不是)“激进主义者研究者”时,我已经在政治上参与了一些激进主义者网络和倡议,特别是那些与自由软件和数字政治有关的倡议。我还活跃于魁北克的社会正义运动,在2012年魁北克普通学生罢工期间参加了多次示威游行(查普曼,Loader,Olszanowski,Sawchuk和Spe​​ncer,2012; Massumi,Barney和Sorochan,2012),并定期参加我的大学工会大会。作为研究人员,我完成了博士学位,并继续发表学术文章并参加学术会议。我的生活的这两个轨迹是相辅相成的,但我仍然倾向于在我的思想和工作中加以区分。当我是激进主义者时,我会参加政治活动:我参加辩论,有时扮演领导角色,并捍卫我可能并不完全同意的集体决策。但是,当我成为学者时,我非常重视严谨和微妙,仍然受到古典科学理想的驱使,即保持“客观”,与实地研究和研究课题保持关键距离。在某种程度上,我正在为政治和学术职业之间的紧张而挣扎(Weber&Dreijmanis,2008)。因此,对于我来说,谈判自己作为激进主义者和研究者的立场的最简单方法通常是保持这两个领域之间的明确区分。

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