Observing Protest from a Place : The World Social Forum in Dakar (2011) The World Social Forum in Dakar (2011)

Essays drawing upon a collective survey from the 2011 World Social Forum in Dakar explore social movements throughout the world. Table of contents Acknowledgements Introduction 1. What can quantitative surveys tell us about GJM activists? 2. Activist encounters at the World Social Forum. Nationalism and sovereignty in an internationalized event 3. Mapping a population and its taste in tactics 4. Women’s issues and activists at the World Social Forum in Dakar 5. Division of labor and partnerships in transnational social movements. Observations of North-South and South-South interactions at the World Social Forum 6. Making waste (in)visible at the Dakar World Social Forum. A Goffmanian perspective on a transnational alter-global gathering 7. Latin Americans at the World Social Forum in Dakar. The relationship between the alter-global movement and the institutional sphere 8. Groups and organizations at the WSF. Polarities, intermediaries, and hierarchies in the alterglobal arena 9. Stepping back from your figures to figure out more 10. Conclusion Technical appendix: Surveying an international event through a multinational team General data on participants Appendix to Chapter 8 on groups and organizations: Clusters obtained by Ascending Hierarchical Clustering Questionnaire for participants to the Dakar World Social Forum Editor’s biographies Bibliography Index Social movements throughout the world have been central to history, politics, society, and culture. "Observing Protest from a Place" examines the impact of one such campaign, the global justice movement, as seen from the southern hemisphere. Drawing upon a collective survey from the 2011 World Social Forum in Dakar, the contributions explore a number of vital issues, including the methodological problems of studying international activist gatherings and how scholars can overcome those challenges. By demonstrating the importance of the global justice movement and the role of non-governmental organizations for participants in the southern hemisphere, this volume is an important addition to the literature on community action Social movements throughout the world have been central to history, politics, society, and culture. Observing Protest froma Place examines the impact of one such campaign, the global justice movement, as seen from the southern hemisphere. Drawing upon a collective survey from the 2011 World Social Forum in Dakar, the essays explore a number of vital issues, including the methodological problems of studying international activist gatherings and how scholars can overcome those challenges. Bydemonstrating the importance of the global justice movement and the role of nongovernmental organizations for participantsin the southern hemisphere, this volume is an important addition to the literature on community action.

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