Temporality and Social Movement Strategy
Temporality and Social Movement Strategy
Monday, 7 July 2025: 09:00-10:45
Location: SJES002 (Faculty of Legal, Economic, and Social Sciences (JES))
RC47 Social Classes and Social Movements (host committee) RC48 Social Movements, Collective Actions and Social Change
Language: English
Temporal characteristics of thought and action are implicit within social movements and struggles for change. This session welcomes empirical, methodological and theoretical research that considers the ways that conceptions of time shape social movement strategy. In particular, we hope to bring together scholars doing three types of research
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research that considers the significance of conceptions and perceptions of generations, waves of protest, crises, political horizon, momentum, opportunity, and past and present imaginaries on social movements and contention
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Innovative methodological work that offers models for studying temporality in social movements
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research on how linear and non-linear conceptions of time shape dynamics of contention and social movements.
Participants will be encouraged to share their papers in advance, and become part of a more sustained conversation on temporality and social movement research.