Activists as Knowledge Producers: How Can Grassroots Activism Contribute to Green Criminological Scholarship?

SARGIN, Ayse (2023). Activists as Knowledge Producers: How Can Grassroots Activism Contribute to Green Criminological Scholarship? In: CANNING, V, MARTIN, G and TOMBS, S, (eds.) The Emerald International Handbook of Activist Criminology. Emerald Studies in Activist Criminology . Emerald Publishing Limited, 63-77.

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Abstract

Social movements are sites of knowledge production. Green criminologists are interested in activism both as an informal response to environmental harms/crimes and in their explorations of the possibility of activist green criminology. In this chapter, the author calls attention to a related issue – the significance of knowledge produced in social movements. Drawing on her study of the resistance movements against hydropower in Turkey, the author discusses how movement knowledge can contribute to green criminology in relation to the (i) complexity of harm and victimisation; (ii) politics of knowledge in identifying harm; and (iii) limits of formal processes in preventing harm. The author concludes by highlighting the importance of recognising activists as subjects who produce knowledge, in academic engagement with activism.

Item Type:	Book Section
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80262-199-020231005
Page Range:	63-77
SWORD Depositor:	Symplectic Elements
Depositing User:	Symplectic Elements
Date Deposited:	12 Sep 2023 15:24
Last Modified:	11 Oct 2023 11:46
URI:	https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/32367

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