[van-announce] Sociology for Changing the World: Book launch

[Caelie Frampton]

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SOCIOLOGY FOR CHANGING THE WORLD: SOCIAL MOVEMENTS/SOCIAL RESEARCH
BOOK LAUNCH

Thursday, July 27th 2006
7:00 pm, Room 1800
SFU Harbour Centre
515 West Hastings Street

Dorothy Smith, University of Victoria
George Smith and a Sociology for People

Caelie Frampton, Simon Fraser University
Political Activist Ethnography and Activist Research

Jen Efting, Bus Riders Union
Building the Movement one Bus Rider at a Time

Books available at special launch price.
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Event sponsored by:
Fernwood Publishing- www.fernwoodbooks.ca
Upping the Anti: A Journal of Theory and Action- http://auto_sol.tao.ca
Action Research eXchange- www.sfpirg.ca

Written for activists and scholars, the book aims to build connections
between social movements and social research. It sets out practical ways to
map social relations of struggle and to produce concrete knowledge for more
effectively chaning the world. Chapters address direct action, union flying
squads, homelessness and gentrification, the regulation of transsexuals,
national border restrictions, globalization, garment workers, and more.
Grounded in political activist ethnography and emphasizing confrontation,
Sociology for Changing the World does not approach movements as 'objects'
to be studied but as starting points from which to research and transform
ruling relations.

With contributions by: Marie Campbell, William K. Carroll, Kathryn Church,
John Clarke, Clarice Kuhling, Gary Kinsman, Alex Levant, Eric Mykhalovskiy,
Viviane Namaste, Roxana Ng, Dorothy Smith, George Smith, AK Thompson, and
Cynthia Wright.

Dedicated to George Smith (1935-1994): gay liberation and AIDS activist and
researcher.
The test to whether or not research has been successful is the extent to
which it enables people to transform the world.

"One of the central propositions of political activist ethnography is that,
through confrontation with ruling regimes, activists are able to uncover
aspects of their social organization. Though an analysis of the
institutional relations movements are up against, more effective forms of
activism can be developed."
>From the Preface to Sociology for Changing the World

For more information, visit: www.changingtheworld.tranzform.ca