BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Department of Sociology//NONSGML Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://sociology.ubc.ca/events/event/ X-WR-CALDESC:Department of Sociology - Events BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190812T0227Z-1565576857.8253-EO-14032-3@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20240328T053119Z CREATED:20190809T221425Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190816T211925Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190906T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190906T121500 SUMMARY: Dana R. Fisher Talk\, “American Resistance: Looking Back while Mar ching Forward” DESCRIPTION: On Friday\, September 6th\, 11:00am - 12:15pm\, Professor Dana Fisher (Department of Sociology\, University of Maryland\, College Park) w ill give a talk entitled: "American Resistance: Looking Back while Marching Forward.” Location: Anthropology and Sociology Building Room 2107. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Abs tract: Since Donald Trump’s first day in office\, a large and ener getic grassroots “Resistance” has taken to the streets to protest his admin istration’s plans for the United States. Millions marched in pussy hats on the day after the inauguration\; outraged citizens flocked to airports to d eclare that America must be open to immigrants\; masses of demonstrators ci rcled the White House to demand action on climate change\; and that was onl y the beginning. Who are the millions of people marching against the Trump administration\, how are they connected to the Blue Wave that washed over t he U.S. Congress in 2018—and what does it all mean for the future of Americ an democracy?
American Resistance traces activists from the streets back to the communities and congressional districts around the coun try where they live\, work\, and vote. Using innovative data and interviews with key players\, Dana R. Fisher analyzes how Resistance groups have chan neled outrage into activism\, using distributed organizing to make activism possible by anyone from anywhere\, whenever and wherever it is needed most . Beginning with the Women’s March and following the movement through the 2 018 midterms\, Fisher demonstrates how the energy and enthusiasm of the Res istance paid off in a wave of Democratic victories. She reveals how the Lef t rebounded from the devastating 2016 election\, the lessons for turning gr assroots passion into electoral gains\, and what comes next. American R esistance explains the organizing that is revitalizing democracy to co unter Trump’s presidency.
Bio: Dana R. Fisher is a Professor of Sociology and the Di rector of the Program for Society and the Environment at the University of Maryland. Her research focuses on understanding the relationship between en vironmentalism and democracy—most recently studying activism and American c limate politics. Her research employs a mixed-methods approach that integra tes data collected through open-ended semi-structured interviews and partic ipant observation with various forms of survey data. Fisher is the author o f National Governance and the Global Climate Change Regime (Rowman and Littlefield Press 2004)\, Activism\, Inc. (Stanford Universit y Press 2006)\, the Practice of Research (with Shamus Khan\, Oxfor d University Press 2013)\, and Urban Environmental Stewardship and Civi c Engagement (with Erika S. Svendsen and James Connolly\, Routledge Pr ess 2015). She is the editor\, along with Stewart Lockie and David Sonnenf eld\, of the Routledege International Handbook of Social and Environmen tal Change (2013). Her work has also been published in numerous peer-r eviewed journals. Her newest book\, American Resistance is out Nov ember 2019 with Columbia University Press. She also serves as a Series Edit or for the Series on Society and the Environment at Columbia University Pre ss along with Lori Peek and Evan Schofer. Professor Fisher has appeared on CNN and MSNBC to discuss her work on activism and protest. She has also pub lished a series of pieces on this topic in the Monkey Cage at the Washingto n Post. Her research has been featured in media outlets such as The Was hington Post\, The New York Times\, The Wall Street Journ al\,The Chicago Tribune\, USA Today\, Science Ma gazine\, various programs on National Public Radio\, and on n umerous podcasts\, including the Politics Guys podcast\, the P antsuit Politics Show\, and the No Jargon podcast of the Scho lars Strategy Network. Fisher's research on protest was profiled in "The Co llectors: Political Action\," a documentary short by FiveThirtyEight and ES PN Films. She has presented her work to federal agencies\, foundations\, an d other organizations\, including the National Science Foundation\, the Nat ional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)\, the Let’s Move Campai gn at the White House\, the Brookings Institution\, and to program members at the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and the MacArthur Foundation. Fisher received her Ph.D. and Master of Science degrees from the Departme nt of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her undergraduate d egree is in East Asian Studies and Environmental Studies from Princeton Uni versity.
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