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* Touching on the connection between social movements and corporations, particularly as it connects to media technologies
* Touching on the connection between social movements and corporations, particularly as it connects to media technologies


== Suggestions ==
== Suggested Sessions ==


* Session 1: Session Introduction and how to think about social movements (e.g., Alinksy; Melucci's ''Nomads of the Present'')
=== Session 1: Introduction and how to think about social movements ===
* Session 2: Social movements and corporations (e.g., Grefe, Selznick)
* Session 3: Social movements and technology (e.g., Scott's ''Weapon's of the Weak'')
* Session 4: New communications technologies design for activism and engagement
* Session 5: What do we mean by social? (e.g., Latour) Methods
* Session 6: Final session (readings to TBD based on the way that the course goes)
 
=== Books Suggested by Sara ===


Alinsky, Saul. 1971. <span style="font-style:italic;">Rules for radicals  a practical primer for realistic radicals</span>. 1st ed. New York: Random House. <span class="Z3988" title="url_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_id=urn%3Aisbn%3A9780394443416&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Rules%20for%20radicals%20%20a%20practical%20primer%20for%20realistic%20radicals&amp;rft.place=New%20York&amp;rft.publisher=Random%20House&amp;rft.edition=%5B1st%20ed.%5D&amp;rft.aufirst=Saul&amp;rft.aulast=Alinsky&amp;rft.au=Saul%20Alinsky&amp;rft.date=1971&amp;rft.isbn=9780394443416">&nbsp;</span>
Alinsky, Saul. 1971. <span style="font-style:italic;">Rules for radicals  a practical primer for realistic radicals</span>. 1st ed. New York: Random House. <span class="Z3988" title="url_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_id=urn%3Aisbn%3A9780394443416&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Rules%20for%20radicals%20%20a%20practical%20primer%20for%20realistic%20radicals&amp;rft.place=New%20York&amp;rft.publisher=Random%20House&amp;rft.edition=%5B1st%20ed.%5D&amp;rft.aufirst=Saul&amp;rft.aulast=Alinsky&amp;rft.au=Saul%20Alinsky&amp;rft.date=1971&amp;rft.isbn=9780394443416">&nbsp;</span>


Bakhtin, Mikhail. 1968. <span style="font-style:italic;">Rabelais and his world,</span> Cambridge  Mass.: M.I.T. Press. <span class="Z3988" title="url_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Rabelais%20and%20his%20world%2C&amp;rft.place=Cambridge%20%20Mass.&amp;rft.publisher=M.I.T.%20Press&amp;rft.aufirst=Mikhail&amp;rft.aulast=Bakhtin&amp;rft.au=Mikhail%20Bakhtin&amp;rft.date=1968">&nbsp;</span>
Melucci, Alberto, and John Keane. 1989. <span style="font-style:italic;">Nomads of the Present: Social Movements and Individual Needs in Contemporary Society</span>. Temple Univ Pr. <span class="Z3988" title="url_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_id=urn%3Aisbn%3A0877225990&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Nomads%20of%20the%20Present%3A%20Social%20Movements%20and%20Individual%20Needs%20in%20Contemporary%20Society&amp;rft.publisher=Temple%20Univ%20Pr&amp;rft.aufirst=Alberto&amp;rft.aulast=Melucci&amp;rft.au=Alberto%20Melucci&amp;rft.au=John%20Keane&amp;rft.date=1989-04-04&amp;rft.isbn=0877225990">&nbsp;</span>


Brandt, Allan. 2007. <span style="font-style:italic;">The cigarette century : the rise, fall, and deadly persistence of the product that defined America</span>. New York: Basic Books. <span class="Z3988" title="url_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_id=urn%3Aisbn%3A9780465070473&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=The%20cigarette%20century%20%3A%20the%20rise%2C%20fall%2C%20and%20deadly%20persistence%20of%20the%20product%20that%20defined%20America&amp;rft.place=New%20York&amp;rft.publisher=Basic%20Books&amp;rft.aufirst=Allan&amp;rft.aulast=Brandt&amp;rft.au=Allan%20Brandt&amp;rft.date=2007&amp;rft.isbn=9780465070473">&nbsp;</span>
=== Session 2: Social movements and corporations ===


Deleuze, Gilles, and Felix Guattari. 1987. <span style="font-style:italic;">A thousand plateaus : capitalism and schizophrenia</span>. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. <span class="Z3988" title="url_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_id=urn%3Aisbn%3A9780816614011&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=A%20thousand%20plateaus%20%3A%20capitalism%20and%20schizophrenia&amp;rft.place=Minneapolis&amp;rft.publisher=University%20of%20Minnesota%20Press&amp;rft.aufirst=Gilles&amp;rft.aulast=Deleuze&amp;rft.au=Gilles%20Deleuze&amp;rft.au=Felix%20Guattari&amp;rft.date=1987&amp;rft.isbn=9780816614011">&nbsp;</span>
Selznick, Philip. 1949. <span style="font-style:italic;">TVA and the grass roots : a study in the sociology of formal organisation</span>. New York: Harper and Row. <span class="Z3988" title="url_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=TVA%20and%20the%20grass%20roots%20%3A%20a%20study%20in%20the%20sociology%20of%20formal%20organisation&amp;rft.place=New%20York&amp;rft.publisher=Harper%20and%20Row&amp;rft.aufirst=Philip&amp;rft.aulast=Selznick&amp;rft.au=Philip%20Selznick&amp;rft.date=1949">&nbsp;</span>
 
Gerlach, Luther P, and Virginia H Hine. 1970. <span style="font-style:italic;">People, power, change  movements of social transformation</span>. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill. <span class="Z3988" title="url_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=People%2C%20power%2C%20change%20%20movements%20of%20social%20transformation&amp;rft.place=Indianapolis&amp;rft.publisher=Bobbs-Merrill&amp;rft.aufirst=Luther%20P&amp;rft.aulast=Gerlach&amp;rft.au=Luther%20P%20Gerlach&amp;rft.au=Virginia%20H%20Hine&amp;rft.date=1970">&nbsp;</span>


Grefe, Edward, and Martin Linsky. 1995. <span style="font-style:italic;">The new corporate activism : harnessing the power of grassroots tactics for your organization</span>. New York  NY: McGraw-Hill. <span class="Z3988" title="url_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_id=urn%3Aisbn%3A9780070244313&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=The%20new%20corporate%20activism%20%3A%20harnessing%20the%20power%20of%20grassroots%20tactics%20for%20your%20organization&amp;rft.place=New%20York%20%20NY&amp;rft.publisher=McGraw-Hill&amp;rft.aufirst=Edward&amp;rft.aulast=Grefe&amp;rft.au=Edward%20Grefe&amp;rft.au=Martin%20Linsky&amp;rft.date=1995&amp;rft.isbn=9780070244313">&nbsp;</span>
Grefe, Edward, and Martin Linsky. 1995. <span style="font-style:italic;">The new corporate activism : harnessing the power of grassroots tactics for your organization</span>. New York  NY: McGraw-Hill. <span class="Z3988" title="url_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_id=urn%3Aisbn%3A9780070244313&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=The%20new%20corporate%20activism%20%3A%20harnessing%20the%20power%20of%20grassroots%20tactics%20for%20your%20organization&amp;rft.place=New%20York%20%20NY&amp;rft.publisher=McGraw-Hill&amp;rft.aufirst=Edward&amp;rft.aulast=Grefe&amp;rft.au=Edward%20Grefe&amp;rft.au=Martin%20Linsky&amp;rft.date=1995&amp;rft.isbn=9780070244313">&nbsp;</span>


Harding, Susan Friend. 2001. <span style="font-style:italic;">The Book of Jerry Falwell: Fundamentalist Language and Politics.</span> Princeton University Press. <span class="Z3988" title="url_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_id=urn%3Aisbn%3A0691089582&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=The%20Book%20of%20Jerry%20Falwell%3A%20Fundamentalist%20Language%20and%20Politics.&amp;rft.publisher=Princeton%20University%20Press&amp;rft.aufirst=Susan%20Friend&amp;rft.aulast=Harding&amp;rft.au=Susan%20Friend%20Harding&amp;rft.date=2001-07-02&amp;rft.isbn=0691089582">&nbsp;</span>
=== Session 3: Social movements and new technology ===


Melucci, Alberto. 1996. <span style="font-style:italic;">Challenging Codes: Collective Action in the Information Age</span>. Cambridge University Press. <span class="Z3988" title="url_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_id=urn%3Aisbn%3A0521578434&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Challenging%20Codes%3A%20Collective%20Action%20in%20the%20Information%20Age&amp;rft.publisher=Cambridge%20University%20Press&amp;rft.aufirst=Alberto&amp;rft.aulast=Melucci&amp;rft.au=Alberto%20Melucci&amp;rft.date=1996-09-12&amp;rft.isbn=0521578434">&nbsp;</span>
Scott, James C. 1987. <span style="font-style:italic;">Weapons of the Weak: Everyday Forms of Peasant Resistance</span>. Yale University Press. <span class="Z3988" title="url_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_id=urn%3Aisbn%3A0300036418&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Weapons%20of%20the%20Weak%3A%20Everyday%20Forms%20of%20Peasant%20Resistance&amp;rft.publisher=Yale%20University%20Press&amp;rft.aufirst=James%20C.&amp;rft.aulast=Scott&amp;rft.au=James%20C.%20Scott&amp;rft.date=1987-09-10&amp;rft.isbn=0300036418">&nbsp;</span>


''...more.''
=== Mako's Suggestions ===


Selznick, Philip. 1949. <span style="font-style:italic;">TVA and the grass roots : a study in the sociology of formal organisation</span>. New York: Harper and Row. <span class="Z3988" title="url_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=TVA%20and%20the%20grass%20roots%20%3A%20a%20study%20in%20the%20sociology%20of%20formal%20organisation&amp;rft.place=New%20York&amp;rft.publisher=Harper%20and%20Row&amp;rft.aufirst=Philip&amp;rft.aulast=Selznick&amp;rft.au=Philip%20Selznick&amp;rft.date=1949">&nbsp;</span>
=== Session 4: New communications technologies design for activism and civic engagement ===


Rheingold, Howard. 2007. “Using Participatory Media and Public Voice to Encourage Civic Engagement.” <span style="font-style:italic;">The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Series on Digital Media and Learning</span> -:97-118. <span class="Z3988" title="url_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_id=info%3Adoi/10.1162/dmal.9780262524827.097&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.atitle=Using%20Participatory%20Media%20and%20Public%20Voice%20to%20Encourage%20Civic%20Engagement&amp;rft.jtitle=The%20John%20D.%20and%20Catherine%20T.%20MacArthur%20Foundation%20Series%20on%20Digital%20Media%20and%20Learning&amp;rft.volume=-&amp;rft.aufirst=Howard&amp;rft.aulast=Rheingold&amp;rft.au=Howard%20Rheingold&amp;rft.date=2007-12-01&amp;rft.pages=97-118">&nbsp;</span>
Rheingold, Howard. 2007. “Using Participatory Media and Public Voice to Encourage Civic Engagement.” <span style="font-style:italic;">The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Series on Digital Media and Learning</span> -:97-118. <span class="Z3988" title="url_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_id=info%3Adoi/10.1162/dmal.9780262524827.097&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.atitle=Using%20Participatory%20Media%20and%20Public%20Voice%20to%20Encourage%20Civic%20Engagement&amp;rft.jtitle=The%20John%20D.%20and%20Catherine%20T.%20MacArthur%20Foundation%20Series%20on%20Digital%20Media%20and%20Learning&amp;rft.volume=-&amp;rft.aufirst=Howard&amp;rft.aulast=Rheingold&amp;rft.au=Howard%20Rheingold&amp;rft.date=2007-12-01&amp;rft.pages=97-118">&nbsp;</span>


=== Karen's Suggestion ===
''...more.''
 
=== Session 5: What do we mean by social? ===  


Latour, B. (2005). <span style="font-style:italic;">Reassembling the social: An introduction to actor-network-theory</span>. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Latour, B. (2005). <span style="font-style:italic;">Reassembling the social: An introduction to actor-network-theory</span>. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
''...some more methods related work on studying social movements.''
=== Session 6: Final session ===
''We'll decide the readings for the final session based on perceived holes or requests as the course goes on.''
== Other book Suggestions ==
Bakhtin, Mikhail. 1968. <span style="font-style:italic;">Rabelais and his world,</span> Cambridge  Mass.: M.I.T. Press. <span class="Z3988" title="url_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Rabelais%20and%20his%20world%2C&amp;rft.place=Cambridge%20%20Mass.&amp;rft.publisher=M.I.T.%20Press&amp;rft.aufirst=Mikhail&amp;rft.aulast=Bakhtin&amp;rft.au=Mikhail%20Bakhtin&amp;rft.date=1968">&nbsp;</span>
Brandt, Allan. 2007. <span style="font-style:italic;">The cigarette century : the rise, fall, and deadly persistence of the product that defined America</span>. New York: Basic Books. <span class="Z3988" title="url_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_id=urn%3Aisbn%3A9780465070473&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=The%20cigarette%20century%20%3A%20the%20rise%2C%20fall%2C%20and%20deadly%20persistence%20of%20the%20product%20that%20defined%20America&amp;rft.place=New%20York&amp;rft.publisher=Basic%20Books&amp;rft.aufirst=Allan&amp;rft.aulast=Brandt&amp;rft.au=Allan%20Brandt&amp;rft.date=2007&amp;rft.isbn=9780465070473">&nbsp;</span>
Deleuze, Gilles, and Felix Guattari. 1987. <span style="font-style:italic;">A thousand plateaus : capitalism and schizophrenia</span>. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. <span class="Z3988" title="url_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_id=urn%3Aisbn%3A9780816614011&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=A%20thousand%20plateaus%20%3A%20capitalism%20and%20schizophrenia&amp;rft.place=Minneapolis&amp;rft.publisher=University%20of%20Minnesota%20Press&amp;rft.aufirst=Gilles&amp;rft.aulast=Deleuze&amp;rft.au=Gilles%20Deleuze&amp;rft.au=Felix%20Guattari&amp;rft.date=1987&amp;rft.isbn=9780816614011">&nbsp;</span>
Gerlach, Luther P, and Virginia H Hine. 1970. <span style="font-style:italic;">People, power, change  movements of social transformation</span>. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill. <span class="Z3988" title="url_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=People%2C%20power%2C%20change%20%20movements%20of%20social%20transformation&amp;rft.place=Indianapolis&amp;rft.publisher=Bobbs-Merrill&amp;rft.aufirst=Luther%20P&amp;rft.aulast=Gerlach&amp;rft.au=Luther%20P%20Gerlach&amp;rft.au=Virginia%20H%20Hine&amp;rft.date=1970">&nbsp;</span>
Harding, Susan Friend. 2001. <span style="font-style:italic;">The Book of Jerry Falwell: Fundamentalist Language and Politics.</span> Princeton University Press. <span class="Z3988" title="url_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_id=urn%3Aisbn%3A0691089582&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=The%20Book%20of%20Jerry%20Falwell%3A%20Fundamentalist%20Language%20and%20Politics.&amp;rft.publisher=Princeton%20University%20Press&amp;rft.aufirst=Susan%20Friend&amp;rft.aulast=Harding&amp;rft.au=Susan%20Friend%20Harding&amp;rft.date=2001-07-02&amp;rft.isbn=0691089582">&nbsp;</span>
Melucci, Alberto. 1996. <span style="font-style:italic;">Challenging Codes: Collective Action in the Information Age</span>. Cambridge University Press. <span class="Z3988" title="url_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_id=urn%3Aisbn%3A0521578434&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Challenging%20Codes%3A%20Collective%20Action%20in%20the%20Information%20Age&amp;rft.publisher=Cambridge%20University%20Press&amp;rft.aufirst=Alberto&amp;rft.aulast=Melucci&amp;rft.au=Alberto%20Melucci&amp;rft.date=1996-09-12&amp;rft.isbn=0521578434">&nbsp;</span>

Latest revision as of 19:16, 26 January 2009

This page is the future home of a reading group on social movement and civic media currently being organized by Sara Wylie, Karen Brennan and Benjamin Mako Hill. This page might ultimately be modeled after the page for the Free Software Reading Group held in the fall.

Goals

  • Basic background into the recent history of the literatures on social movements (e.g., resources-based understandings, framing, etc.)
  • Contextualize technological projects in the C4FCM about social movements using communications technologies
  • Unpacking what we mean by social; we talk about civic, social and and such but it's not really clear what we mean
  • Touching on the connection between social movements and corporations, particularly as it connects to media technologies

Suggested Sessions

Session 1: Introduction and how to think about social movements

Alinsky, Saul. 1971. Rules for radicals a practical primer for realistic radicals. 1st ed. New York: Random House.  

Melucci, Alberto, and John Keane. 1989. Nomads of the Present: Social Movements and Individual Needs in Contemporary Society. Temple Univ Pr.  

Session 2: Social movements and corporations

Selznick, Philip. 1949. TVA and the grass roots : a study in the sociology of formal organisation. New York: Harper and Row.  

Grefe, Edward, and Martin Linsky. 1995. The new corporate activism : harnessing the power of grassroots tactics for your organization. New York NY: McGraw-Hill.  

Session 3: Social movements and new technology

Scott, James C. 1987. Weapons of the Weak: Everyday Forms of Peasant Resistance. Yale University Press.  

...more.

Session 4: New communications technologies design for activism and civic engagement

Rheingold, Howard. 2007. “Using Participatory Media and Public Voice to Encourage Civic Engagement.” The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Series on Digital Media and Learning -:97-118.  

...more.

Session 5: What do we mean by social?

Latour, B. (2005). Reassembling the social: An introduction to actor-network-theory. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

...some more methods related work on studying social movements.

Session 6: Final session

We'll decide the readings for the final session based on perceived holes or requests as the course goes on.


Other book Suggestions

Bakhtin, Mikhail. 1968. Rabelais and his world, Cambridge Mass.: M.I.T. Press.  

Brandt, Allan. 2007. The cigarette century : the rise, fall, and deadly persistence of the product that defined America. New York: Basic Books.  

Deleuze, Gilles, and Felix Guattari. 1987. A thousand plateaus : capitalism and schizophrenia. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.  

Gerlach, Luther P, and Virginia H Hine. 1970. People, power, change movements of social transformation. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill.  


Harding, Susan Friend. 2001. The Book of Jerry Falwell: Fundamentalist Language and Politics. Princeton University Press.  

Melucci, Alberto. 1996. Challenging Codes: Collective Action in the Information Age. Cambridge University Press.