[van-announce] SFPIRG workshop- HOW TO DO ACTIVIST RESEARCH

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SFPIRG workshop- HOW TO DO ACTIVIST RESEARCH

Where:
SFPIRG, Simon Fraser University, TC 326

When:
Friday, 5th of March 2004 from 11:30 AM until approximately 1:30 PM

Cost: free

How To Do Activist Research
Friday, March 5th
11:30 – 1:30 in the SFPIRG Meeting Room               
Snacks will be provided                                                                                     
Conducted by Andrew Thompson

In this workshop, participants will learn how to use confrontation as a 
strategy for demystifying the world. Drawing on Dorothy Smith's feminist 
sociology and the direct action politics of the global justice movement, 
participants are encouraged to consider the place of research in activist 
organizing. Instead of outlining why an institution or social relation is 
bad, participants will learn to map how it works - and, hence, how it can be 
disrupted. The workshop concludes with an exploration of how better activist
research can lead to more effective actions. This workshop involves hands-on 
problem solving, theoretical discussion and reflection upon how to apply 
activist research skills to local campaigns.

ANDREW THOMPSON is a Toronto-based activist and writer. He is Communications 
Officer for CUPE Local 3903, representing Teaching Assistants and 
Contract Faculty at York University, and sits on the editorial board of 
Critical Times - a newspaper devoted to the struggles of education workers. 
Expect to see
Andrew's first full book, Black Bloc: Genealogy of the Riot, sometime in 2004.

~~~ SFPIRG is SFU’s student-run environmental and social justice centre 
located at TC 326, 2 floors about the bus stop. Childcare, transportation, 
and special needs subsidies are available. Contact SFPIRG for details. 
604.291.4360 www.sfu.ca/~sfpirg/~~~


For more information:
cframpto at sfu.ca
604-291-4360


This event is being organised by SFPIRG
  


SFPIRG workshop- HOW TO DO ACTIVIST RESEARCH

Where:
SFPIRG, Simon Fraser University, TC 326

When:
Friday, 5th of March 2004 from 11:30 AM until approximately 1:30 PM

Cost: free

How To Do Activist Research
Friday, March 5th
11:30 – 1:30 in the SFPIRG Meeting Room               
Snacks will be provided                                                                                     
Conducted by Andrew Thompson

In this workshop, participants will learn how to use confrontation as a 
strategy for demystifying the world. Drawing on Dorothy Smith's feminist 
sociology and the direct action politics of the global justice movement, 
participants are encouraged to consider the place of research in activist 
organizing. Instead of outlining why an institution or social relation is 
bad, participants will learn to map how it works - and, hence, how it can be 
disrupted. The workshop concludes with an exploration of how better activist
research can lead to more effective actions. This workshop involves hands-on 
problem solving, theoretical discussion and reflection upon how to apply 
activist research skills to local campaigns.

ANDREW THOMPSON is a Toronto-based activist and writer. He is Communications 
Officer for CUPE Local 3903, representing Teaching Assistants and 
Contract Faculty at York University, and sits on the editorial board of 
Critical Times - a newspaper devoted to the struggles of education workers. 
Expect to see
Andrew's first full book, Black Bloc: Genealogy of the Riot, sometime in 2004.

~~~ SFPIRG is SFU’s student-run environmental and social justice centre 
located at TC 326, 2 floors about the bus stop. Childcare, transportation, 
and special needs subsidies are available. Contact SFPIRG for details. 
604.291.4360 www.sfu.ca/~sfpirg/~~~


For more information:
cframpto at sfu.ca
604-291-4360


This event is being organised by SFPIRG
  



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