Research, Political Engagement and Dispossession

Indigenous, Peasant and Urban Poor Activisms in the Americas and Asia

Research, Political Engagement and Dispossession
Dip Kapoor, Steven Jordan
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25 Mar 2021 UK
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9781786994417
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This collection considers academicresearch engagements with indigenous, small peasant, urban poor and laboursocial activism against colonial capitalist dispossession and exploitation inAsia and the Americas. Bringing together contributors from a range of differentdisciplines, Research, Political Engagement and Dispossession demonstrateshow research done for and with these struggles against dispossession by mining,agribusiness plantations, conversation schemes, land-forest grabs, waterprojects, industrial disasters and the exploitation of workers and forcedmigrants, can make productive contributions towards advancing their social andpolitical prospects.
' Rich in insights from practical experience, this book is essential reading for everyone who aspires to make decolonized academic knowledge serve people resisting dispossession and the silencing of their voices' John Gledhill, University of Manchester ' This is a truly compelling, timely, urgent volume. The complex chapters remind us of the academic obligation to engage the class struggle. ' Michelle Fine, author of Just Research in Contentious Times ' This book is both a critical resource for evaluating research methods, and for thinking about the power and politics of struggle. ' Lesley Wood, York University, Toronto
Dip Kapoor is a professor in international development education at the University of Alberta, Canada. He is also a board member at the Center for Research and Development Solidarity (CRDS), an organisation in Odisha, India which advocates for peasant and Adivasi-Dalit communities. His previous books include NGOization (Zed 2013) as well as the edited collections Beyond Colonialism, Development and Globalization (Zed 2015) and Against Colonization and Rural Dispossession (Zed 2017). Steven Jordan chairs the Department of Integrated Studies in Education (DISE) at McGill University, Canada. He also currently serves on the editorial board of the Canadian Journal of Action Research. His previous books include the collection Education, Participatory Action Research and Social Change (co-edited with Dip Kapoor, 2009).
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ISBN-13: 9781786994417
Published: 25 Mar 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Zed Books
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback
Height: 216mm
Width: 135mm
Pages: 328

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