Conversation

If you ever wondered about
@ScientistRebellion's ethos, theory of change, and operating principles, please read this fantastic article: https://t.co/VslhShh8RO

Fav excerpts: "The “right to act” enables action by encouraging any form of non-violent protest aimed at making the public aware of political inaction against climate failure. SR actions support the demands and the methods of other grassroots non-violent climate movements.."

"It is important to underline that SR does not see its role as a vanguard in this collective push for change; rather SR acts as an organic part of the rich landscape of climate activism."

"For Aadila, scientist and activist from an African context, “the most important part to me as a scientist, rebellious activist, was [..] the whole support that I was getting from the global team, you know, you feel like, yes, I got this and I have people behind me”."

"Activism is more often than not the consequence of an intensive reflection process on the structures and institutions of knowledge production. The pathologies of the modern, “hopeless” (Hall, 2020) university are well-known, in particular to early career scholars faced with precarity, competitiveness and a shrinking job market. The[se] processes are openly questioned in SR activism which is instead based on what anthropologist Graeber (2014) calls “prefigurative politics”."

"Like other activists and movements in a horizontal tradition, SR activists “strive to create social relations and decision-making processes that at least approximate those that might exist in the kind of society we would like to bring about” (2014, p. 85)."

"In openly refusing certain institutional norms, SR activists take a variety of different roles: from participating in actions to pushing for sustainable practices within their institutions and using SR platforms to question scientific financing structures."