In this hands-on approach to studying activism and social justice issues, students will encounter new methods for mass communication, collaboration, and self-inquiry.
Altogether, participants will be introduced to different approaches to oral history performance, and to some of the key artistic, ethical, and methodological questions raised by this emergent field of practice that brings together theatre, performance studies, activism, and oral history.
Jen Schradie, BCNM alum known for her sociology work studying digital activism, was announced as the sixth annual Media Sociology Preconference keynote speaker.
It was a short step from study to activism and a national reputation for promoting government support for religious charities.
Both movements EJ and Islam and ecology involve academic study and activism with a strong value for social justice.
In our paper "Shareholder Engagement on Environmental, Social, and Governance Performance", we use a proprietary dataset covering 660 companies globally over 2005-2014 to study investor activism promoting environmental, social, and governance (ESG).
In our paper, we study investor activism on corporate social responsibility using a large, detailed, and proprietary dataset on corporate social responsibility (CSR) activist engagements by a leading European investment management company.
ValueAct backed a turnaround plan at Adobe, a software maker, that sacrificed short-term earnings and took years to come good, says Mr Ubben.A study of activism in 1994-2007 by Lucian Bebchuk of Harvard Law School, and his colleagues, found that activist interventions lead to a sustained, if modest, improvement in operating performance and better shareholder returns.
"His materials in the library's collections are essential for scholars and documentarians studying AIDS activism".
I also recommend following @StudentActivism, an account run by Angus Johnston, a historian who studies student activism and student government.
