Auteur: Tommaso Vitale Date: À: ML movimenti Bicocca Sujet: [movimenti.bicocca] Fwd: MA in Activism and Social Change - please
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> ricambio subito con questo, intanto....
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> <http://raum.tuwien.ac.at/index.php?page=arbeitsbereiche&lang=e>
> ________________________________
> From: Paul Chatterton
> Sent: 09 April 2009 15:15
> Subject: FW: MA in Activism and Social Change - please circulate
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>
> ** NOW IN ITS THIRD YEAR AND RECRUTING FOR 2009 **
>
> MA IN 'ACTIVISM AND SOCIAL CHANGE'
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> UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS, SCHOOL OF GEOGRAPHY.
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> There ARE alternatives to global capitalism and empire
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> * Looking to learn new skills, ideas and tactics for radical social
> change?
> * Interested in working alongside campaigners and practitioners from
> the global justice movement?
> * Considering an ethical career fighting for ecological and social
> justice?
> * Want to be part of developing alternatives to neoliberal
> globalisation?
>
> Then Activism and Social Change is for you.
>
> This innovative and original interdisciplinary programme of
> participatory study brings together the worlds of academia and
> radical social campaigning. It is led by academics working and
> researching with social movement organisations and communities
> struggling for autonomy, which in its radical understanding is the
> belief in society organised collectively through the practice of
> self-management, mutual aid and direct democracy;
>
> Key features include:
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> * NEW FOR 2009: Fieldtrip module at the Centre for Alternative
> Technology in Wales 'Emergency Planet Earth'
> * Introduction to core ideas in radical and transformatory social
> theories and strategies
> * Overview of global social movement struggles with particular
> reference to the Global South
> * Grounding in research methods relevant to campaigning and social
> change
> * Contemporary political debates about alternatives to neoliberalism
> and the critical challenges we face
> * Guest lectures and workshops by journalists, campaigners,
> researchers and activists
> * Action Research with social movements and campaign groups through
> placements
>
> Application process
>
> For course and SCHOLARSHIP information get in touch with Programme
> Director Paul Chatterton:
> p.chatterton@??? (0113 343 6636)
>
> Entry requirements
>
> Our normal requirement is a good second class Honours degree in
> Geography or a related subject. We will also consider other
> experiences of mature and non traditional students.
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>
> 'If this course had been available at the time I was studying I
> would have selected it... it is unique, cutting edge and immensely
> relevant in a climate that is becoming more radicalised'
> (PhD student, Political Science, Birmingham University)
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> For more info on applications and scholarships see: www.activismsocialchange.org.uk
