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Between emotion and reason: the role of affective networks and events in sustaining the daily experience of environmental activism
| Resumo: | Based on a 4-month ethnographic study with a group of four young activists in the city of Porto, this chapter aims to understand the role of emotions and affective bonds in grass-roots collective youth action. We specifically analyse the role of the ‘friendship networks’ held by the group to be ‘a community building strategy’ and as a supporter of the annual public event that advocates for sustainability and environmental awareness and action. In this case, emotions appear to play a central strategic role in the group’s political action, both as a sustenance to endure activism and as a strategy to foster social change. |
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| Autores principais: | Cruz, Joana P. |
| Outros Autores: | Malafaia, Carla; Silva, José Eduardo; Menezes, Isabel |
| Assunto: | Humanidades::Outras Humanidades |
| Ano: | 2020 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | capítulo de livro |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso restrito |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade do Minho |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho |
| Resumo: | Based on a 4-month ethnographic study with a group of four young activists in the city of Porto, this chapter aims to understand the role of emotions and affective bonds in grass-roots collective youth action. We specifically analyse the role of the ‘friendship networks’ held by the group to be ‘a community building strategy’ and as a supporter of the annual public event that advocates for sustainability and environmental awareness and action. In this case, emotions appear to play a central strategic role in the group’s political action, both as a sustenance to endure activism and as a strategy to foster social change. |
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