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Studying everyday self-‐organized social movements from a story-‐
telling perspec7ve Petro Poutanen, MSSc
University of Helsinki, Department of Social Research, Communcia;on and
media Studies 15th Jun 2015, The University of Tokyo
(Hongo campus)
AGENDA
How to theorize everyday social movements (ESM)? How to study ESM? Haarlem, The Netherlands, 1981 (in the Public Domain)
PART I
How to theorize everyday social movements (ESM)?
SOME RECENT TRENDS
Cook's Handbook for London. With two maps. Guide Books. London (In the Public Domain)
Hyper-‐locality and glocal adapta7ons The use of social and digital media Personaliza7on and co-‐crea7on
Digital storytelling
How to frame ESM as a ”complex system”?
”Complex systems are usually open systems, i.e. they interact with their environment. As a maUer of fact, it is oVen difficult to define the border of a complex system. Instead of being a characteris;c of the system itself, the scope of the system is usually determined by the purpose of the descrip;on of the system, and is thus oVen influenced by the posi;on of the observer. This process is called framing.”
-‐ Paul Cilliers (1998)
How to frame ESM as a ”complex system”?
Interac7on and communica7on
Networked
Open boudaries
Emergence, ”boUom-‐up”
Self-‐organiza7on
Adap7ve
Hierarchical
Self-‐organizing
SoV / everyday
Radical
Roberta F.
PART II
How to study ESM?
A communica;on based preliminary framework
Focus on communica7on structures
Neighborhood Youngsters in the Playground – US Na;onal Archives (In the Public Domain)
The structure of a ”storytelling network”
Macro, meso, micro levels
A degree of connectedness
”Communcia;on ac;on context” (openness)
(Kim & Ball-‐Rokeach, 2006)
Focus on knowledge crea)on
The communica;on context
Nature of knowledge
Shared interpreta;ve schemas / discourses
Trust
(e.g. Hislop, 2002)
Focus on change and dynamics
How the dynamics of knowledge crea;on and dissemina;on / discoursive sphere change over ;me?
How communica;on structures (connec;vity) and ac;on context (openness) evolve?
How trust is created, maintained or lost?
How a community / movement coevolves? Community urban gardening in Leipzig CC BY-‐NC-‐ND by mitost/
Conclusion
l ESMs’ can be seen as complex systems l For the analy;cal purposes, they should be separated from other types of social organiza;ons / movements / ac;vites
l When studying ESMs, three perspec;ves are available: 1. Structural (communica;on structures / networks) 2. Knowledge crea;on / discourses 3. Dynamics and change
Ques7ons & conversa7on… aVer the next presenta7on!
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