Radical Shifts: Prefiguring Activist Politicization through Legitimate Peripheral Participation

Autor/in	Curnow, Joe
Titel	Radical Shifts: Prefiguring Activist Politicization through Legitimate Peripheral Participation
Quelle	In: Peabody Journal of Education, 97 (2022) 5, S.553-566 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Curnow, Joe)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0161-956X
DOI	10.1080/0161956X.2022.2125757
Schlagwörter	Activism; Political Attitudes; International Trade; Social Change; Communities of Practice; World Views; Attitude Change; Power Structure; Self Concept; Learning Processes; International Organizations; College Students; Campuses; Politics; Foreign Countries; United States; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Aktivismus; Politischer Protest; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Trade; International relations; Handel; Internationale Beziehungen; Sozialer Wandel; Community; World view; Weltanschauung; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Selbstkonzept; Learning process; Lernprozess; International organisation; International organisations; International organization; Internationale Organisation; Collegestudent; Politik; Ausland; USA; Kanada
Abstract	In this paper, I unpack how youth organizers became politicized activists through their engagement in the prefigurative practices of the fair trade movement. Prefiguration refers to the practices of a movement that are embedded in and reproduce their shared political visions; prefigurative politics allows social movement groups to embody their politics through their interactional practices, their tactical repertoires, and their outwardly oriented campaigns. As novices within United Students for Fair Trade (USFT), through their immersion in the organization's community of practice and their increasing participation in the prefigurative practices of the community, participants came to identify as and be identified as activists, shift their worldviews, and adopt new political philosophies. This paper examines the activist practices that supported legitimate peripheral participation, including group agreements, keeping stack, and antioppression interventions. The article concludes with a discussion of the ways that prefigurative politics enabled particular activist identities and philosophies and encourages further investigation into political identity development as a learning phenomenon. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01