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Reflections on activism, the academy and the Non-Profit Industrial Complex in Colombia: What a revolutionary ethos might look like
Global public health, v 17(10), pp 2484-2499
03 Oct 2022
PMID: 35319352
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Abstract
This essay brings together different voices to reflect on several participatory research projects carried out in Colombia, based on human rights, 'empowerment', harm reduction, (im)mobility and forced migration, gendered and political violence, armed conflict, and the right to health of people in the social margins. We look back on nine years of activism to explore the foundations of what our friendships and relationships have come to know as a revolutionary ethos. We critically re-visit and reflect on the concept of 'the activist' in the realms of the human rights apparatus in Colombia, the academy and the Non-Profit Industrial Complex (NPIC). We look back on what was forged and what was lost to propose the critical concept of 'radical honesty and self-care' as the basis for a revolution that supports processes of healing and social justice. Finally, we imagine what 'healing' can look like, as committed activists despite our differences and positionalities. We engage with and problematise the different forms of activism that emerge in social struggles and we address self-criticisms, constant reflection, radical honesty and uncomfortableness as powerful tools in joining forces to continue social justice work and caring.
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- Title
- Reflections on activism, the academy and the Non-Profit Industrial Complex in Colombia: What a revolutionary ethos might look like
- Creators
- Catalina Correa-Salazar - Drexel Univ, Community Hlth & Prevent Dept, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USALaura Martinez - University of AmsterdamDaniela Maldonado Salamanca - Red Comunitaria Trans Trans Community Network, Bogota, ColombiaYoko Ruiz - Trans Community Network, Bogota, ColombiaRocio Guarin - GAAT Fdn, Bogota, ColombiaLuna Alejandra Hernandez Guarin - Child Trans Hlth League, Bogota, ColombiaAmy E. Ritterbusch - Univ Calif Los Angeles, Luskin Sch Publ Affairs, Dept Social Welf, Los Angeles, CA USA
- Publication Details
- Global public health, v 17(10), pp 2484-2499
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Number of pages
- 16
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Community Health and Prevention
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000772542900001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85127106092
- Other Identifier
- 991021860732204721
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- Domestic collaboration
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- Web of Science research areas
- Public, Environmental & Occupational Health