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Mapping the ‘End Austerity Now’ protest day in Central London using a 3D Twitter density grid

open access: yesRegional Studies, Regional Science, 2016
The mapping and spatial analysis of social media data can show the dynamics of activities in urban space, such as protest events. This work focuses on the spatial relationship between the density of geo-tagged tweets and a large anti-government protest ...
Seungho Yoo
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Workers’ Behavioral Practices on the Eve of February, 1917: On the Prerequisites for the Revolution

open access: yesИзвестия Уральского федерального университета. Серия 2: Гуманитарные науки, 2017
This article considers the role of the workers’ movement, mass sentiments, and behavioral practices of workers in the development and resolution of the revolutionary crisis on the eve of February, 1917 in the context of the modern historiographical ...
Olga Sergeevna Porshneva
doaj   +1 more source

‘Where are the adults?’: Troubling child‐activism and children's political participation

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Children's political participation is a well‐established theme in childhood studies. In this article we offer an original account of child activism that takes into account the entangled and emergent aspect of children as activists. We begin with a historical and a conceptual review, noting the importance of mid‐20th century developments such ...
Sharon Hunter, Claire Cassidy
wiley   +1 more source

Anger, Fear, and the Racialization of News Media Coverage of Protest Activity

open access: yes, 2023
: Black Lives Matter, Occupy Wall Street, and the Tea Party are among the many movements that have reignited media attention to protest activity. Yet, there is much to learn about what this media coverage conveys.
LaGina Gause   +5 more
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Activism in the arts: Co‐researching cultural inequalities with young people during the COVID‐19 pandemic

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores the growing influence of young people's activism in UK museums and its educational implications. It draws on a five‐year collaborative programme (2019–2023) with young people of colour (16–28) in a university museum setting, focusing on a Young Collective established to address cultural inequalities.
Sadia Habib
wiley   +1 more source

Transformative Silence and Protest

open access: yes, 2021
Social movement protests have become common place in the last several years. Images come easily to mind of protestors marching down streets holding signs and chanting.
Cantrell, Deborah J.
core   +1 more source

Drawback before the wave?: Protest decline during the Covid-19 pandemic

open access: yes, 2020
We report an unprecedented decline in protest activity around the world during the Covid-19 pandemic. Using data from the Integrated Crisis Early Warning System from January 2018-April 2020, we calculate z-scores from average monthly and weekly protest ...
Nils W. Metternich
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Activism as a long durée journey: Teachers against the Chilean neoliberal education model

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract In this paper, I use the idea of purposes of education, particularly subjectification, and the concept of love to explore long‐term teacher activism in Chile. ‘Long‐term activism’ is used to describe an ongoing struggle rather than activism confined to specific moments.
Carla Tapia‐Parada
wiley   +1 more source

Speech Practices of Protest: An Associative Research on Semantics

open access: yesВестник Волгоградского государственного университета: Серия 2. Языкознание
The beginning of the 21st century was marked by the emergence of new socio-political movements calling for social change throughout the world. This exacerbated social contradictions and led to increased social tension.
Liliya R. Komalova
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From Fitnah to Thaura: The Metamorphosis of the Arab-Muslim Protest Movements

open access: yesReligions, 2017
Since 2011, the Arab world has entered a period of political turbulence accompanied by widespread growth of protest activity. The events that were metaphorically called the “Arab Spring” referring to the “Spring of Nations” of 1848, affected virtually ...
Alisa Shishkina, Leonid Issaev
doaj   +1 more source

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