Between militancy and activism: a theoretical study about different engagement strategies of the subjects on social movement and of the social movement on subjects

• Grant number: 17/00664-7
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate
• Start date: June 16, 2017
• End date: December 15, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Psychology - Social Psychology
• Principal Investigator: Silvio Yasui
• Grantee: André Luis Leite de Figueirêdo Sales
• Supervisor: James M. Jasper
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências e Letras (FCL-ASSIS). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Assis. Assis , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: City University of New York, New York (CUNY), United States
• Associated to the scholarship: 15/26241-0 - Between militancy and activism:an theoretical study about different engagement strategies of the subjects on social movement and of the social movement on subjects., BP.DR

Abstract

There are many disciplines which try to understand the field of collective action in the public arena. The strategies used to recruit new members and keep them engaged are fundamental for understanding social movements, participation, defense and protests. In the Brazilian context, the expressions militancy and activism are often used interchangeably. The study we conducted, explores the hypothesis that militancy and activism are different ways of producing collectives engaged in social movements. Such strategies organize and direct collective action in different ways, and can be characterized as distincts phenomenons. The internship at the The Ph.D. Program in Sociology at City University of New York aims to: a) collecting and review studies on Social Movements, protests and collective action in American Sociology; b) carry out, under the supervision of a respected researcher, immersion in the literature on contentious politics; c) present and discuss the results found during the research, thus allowing their qualification; d) receive guidance from Professor James Jasper. The internship will last six months and include the data collection stage envisaged by the research carried out in Brazil. It is expected that this activity will yield a cataloging of relevant publications on the subject in American literature and data collection in order to assess the main hypothesis of this study. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

SALES, ANDRE LUIS LEITE DE FIGUEIREDO; VIANNA, EDUARDO; FONTES, FLAVIO FERNANDES; YASUI, SILVIO. Prefigurative Brazilian ativismo through the lens of the transformative activist stance: renewing radical political imagination through ``collectividual{''} agency. MIND CULTURE AND ACTIVITY, MAR 2020. (15/26241-0, 17/00664-7, 18/01064-6)

SALES, ANDRE LUIS LEITE DE FIGUEIREDO; VIANNA, EDUARDO; FONTES, FLAVIO FERNANDES; YASUI, SILVIO. Prefigurative Brazilian ativismo through the lens of the transformative activist stance: renewing radical political imagination through "collectividual" agency. MIND CULTURE AND ACTIVITY, v. 27, n. 3, p. 15-pg., 2020-03-29. (17/00664-7, 15/26241-0, 18/01064-6)