Remembering Activism: Explorations in the memory-activism nexus

We are happy to announce the publication Remembering Activism: Explorations in the memory-activism nexus, the October 2024 special issue of the SAGE Memory Studies (17:5).

The special issue contains an editorial, twelve research articles, and a closing commentary from an interdisciplinary team of authors that together present an array of case studies. These cover contemporary and historical activist causes from across the political spectrum (from climate rebels to anti-vaxxers) and with ties to different communities (from diaspora groups to occupiers) and different generations (from 68 student protestors to those of Gen Z). The special issue also reveals the influence of several other actors besides activists within the memory-activism. Whether these be police or security agencies, market actors, cultural forms and media affordances, or the algorithms that influence the workings of social media platforms and databases, it is clear that activist memory work operates in a complex field of different forces.

To read the special issue visit: Memory Studies – Volume 17, Number 5, Oct 01, 2024

The special issue was co-edited by Samuel Merrill and Ann Rigney (MSA President-Elect) as part of a collaboration between the ERC-funded ReAct Project at Utrecht University (www.rememberingactivism.eu) and Umeå University’s Department of Sociology and Centre for Digital Social Research (https://www.digsum.org/).