Take a look at a new article by me and Radical Imagination Project co-director Max Haiven about the possibilities, pitfalls, and promises of solidarity research with social movements and academic activism. Published in Social Justice […]
Author: Alex Khasnabish
Researcher, writer, teacher
Against the Grain Radio: The Radical Imagination, Crisis, and Movements
Full audio of a feature-length interview I did with C.S. Soong of Against the Grain Radio on KPFA. We talked about capitalism, the myth of the middle class, the radical imagination, and building movements against […]
Social Resistance in Times of Austerity
In September 2014 I was invited down to Boston, MA by the good folks at Boston University and the University of Massachusetts to talk about the radical imagination, engaged research, and resistance in time of […]
Talking Radical Radio: The Radical Imagination Project
While we were at the Peoples’ Social Forum in Ottawa, ON, Max Haiven and I sat down with Scott Neigh to talk about the Radical Imagination Project and solidarity research in the age of austerity […]
The Radical Imagination: Social Movement Research in the Age of Austerity
It’s out! Hot of the presses – The Radical Imagination: Social Movement Research in the Age of Austerity (Zed Books) by Max Haiven and me. Buy it from Zed (outside of North America), from Fernwood […]
Subterranean Currents
My article “Subterranean Currents: Research and the Radical imagination in the Age of Austerity” has just been published in Studies in Social Justice, part of an excellent issue based on a workshop about social movements […]
Escape Velocity Radio: The Zapatistas 20 Years On
I sat down (via Skype) with the good folks at the amazing Escape Velocity Radio to talk about the Zapatistas 20 years after their new year’s day uprising. Here’s what came out of it.
Between Success and Failure
Max Haiven’s and my co-authored article “Between Success and Failure: Dwelling with Social Movements in the Hiatus” has been published in Interface: A Journal for and About Social Movements. Check out our critical reflections on […]
Insurgent Encounters: Transnational Activism, Ethnography, and the Political
The book I’ve co-edited with Jeffrey Juris is finally out! Insurgent Encounters: Transnational Activism, Ethnography, and the Political (Duke University Press) brings together a group of politically engaged ethnographers to examine the dynamics of contemporary […]
Occupy, Anthropology, and the 2011 Global Uprisings
Check out the latest issue of Cultural Anthropology‘s Hot Spot: “Occupy, Anthropology, and the 2011 Global Uprisings.” The collection is guest edited by Jeffrey S. Juris and Maple Raza, and includes 20 essays from ethnographers […]
