Activist Lab

Authors

Lisa Mueller, Macalester College
Celia D’Agostino, Macalester College
Fitz Fitzpatrick, Macalester College
Tsion Hatte, Macalester College
Life Kunene, Macalester College
Gustavo Marchant Allende, Macalester College
Ally Mueller, Macalester College
Lena Pak, Macalester College
Joseph Polyak, Macalester College
Alessandra Rosa Policarpo, Macalester College
Ellie Spangler, Macalester College

Files

Project Type

Online collection/exhibition

Description

Visit Site: Activist Lab

Students in my new "Protest Hacking" seminar designed a website to serve as a resource for activists. It condensed and translated emerging social science on effective activism for a general audience. This gave students the opportunity to learn the scientific method, study protests from across history and geographic contexts, and engage with communities. The semester also served as a chance for me to incubate a book project, now published with Beacon Press, called The New Science of Social Change: A Modern Handbook for Activists.

Publication Date

2023

Keywords

protest, activism, social movements, evidence

Disciplines

Political Science

Comments

Students included Celia D’Agostino, Fitz Fitzpatrick, Tsion Hatte, Life Kunene, Gustavo Marchant Allende, Ally Mueller, Lena Pak, Joseph Polyak, Alessandra Rosa Policarpo, and Ellie Spangler

Recommended Citation

Mueller, Lisa; D’Agostino, Celia; Fitzpatrick, Fitz; Hatte, Tsion; Kunene, Life; Allende, Gustavo Marchant; Mueller, Ally; Pak, Lena; Polyak, Joseph; Policarpo, Alessandra Rosa; and Spangler, Ellie, "Activist Lab" (2023). DLA Faculty / Staff Projects. 2.
https://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/dla_projects/2