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oapen-20.500.12657-877432024-03-28T14:03:18Z Grassroots Activisms Phillips, Lisa Warren-Riley, Sarah Bates, Julie Social Science Language Arts & Disciplines Rhetoric Language Arts & Disciplines Communication Studies thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics::CFG Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTC Communication studies What is the nature of grassroots activism? How and why do individuals get involved or attempt to make change for themselves, others, or their own communities? What motivates activists to maintain momentum when their efforts to redress injustices or paths toward change seem difficult or personally risky to navigate? These questions and more are addressed in Grassroots Activisms: Public Rhetorics in Localized Contexts. Featuring a diverse array of both local activist profiles and original scholarly essays, the collection amplifies and analyzes the tactics of grassroots activists working locally to intervene in a variety of social injustices—from copwatching and policy reform to Indigenous resistance against land colonization to #RageAgainstRape. Attuned to the demanding—and often underappreciated—work of grassroots activism, this book interrogates how such efforts unfold within and against existing historical, cultural, social, and political realities of local communities; are informed by the potentials and constraints of coalition-building; and ultimately shape different facets of society at the local level. This collection acknowledges and celebrates the complexity of grassroots activist work, showing how these less-recognized efforts often effect change where institutions have failed. 2024-02-16T05:31:12Z 2024-02-16T05:31:12Z 2024 book 9780814215593 9780814258989 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/87743 eng application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International external_content.pdf The Ohio State University Press The Ohio State University Press 81dece0b-2c7f-42c9-84d3-58c98f0c33fc b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9780814215593 9780814258989 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) The Ohio State University Press Knowledge Unlatched open access
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What is the nature of grassroots activism? How and why do individuals get involved or attempt to make change for themselves, others, or their own communities? What motivates activists to maintain momentum when their efforts to redress injustices or paths toward change seem difficult or personally risky to navigate? These questions and more are addressed in Grassroots Activisms: Public Rhetorics in Localized Contexts. Featuring a diverse array of both local activist profiles and original scholarly essays, the collection amplifies and analyzes the tactics of grassroots activists working locally to intervene in a variety of social injustices—from copwatching and policy reform to Indigenous resistance against land colonization to #RageAgainstRape. Attuned to the demanding—and often underappreciated—work of grassroots activism, this book interrogates how such efforts unfold within and against existing historical, cultural, social, and political realities of local communities; are informed by the potentials and constraints of coalition-building; and ultimately shape different facets of society at the local level. This collection acknowledges and celebrates the complexity of grassroots activist work, showing how these less-recognized efforts often effect change where institutions have failed.
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