Episode 29: Fabio Rojas, The Sociology of Activism
Fabio Rojas is a professor of sociology at Indiana University at Bloomington. He’s the author of From Black Power to Black Studies: How a Radical Social Movement and Theory for the Working Sociologist published by Columbia University Press. He blogs at Orgtheory.wordpress.com. 06:30 Understanding the rules of activism 08:13 Doing activist work that’s unsatisfying but important 11:18 Visiting Wellesley University’s Freedom Project 22:15 Is understanding necessary for effective activism? 26:34 Two new articles: a new survey of student activism; Defining scholarly roles