Ambivalent Activism

Akwugo Emejulu is Chair of Sociological Studies at the University of Sheffield.Marlies Kustatscher is Senior Lecturer in Childhood Studies at Moray House School of Education and Sport at the University of Edinburgh. Callum McGregor is Senior Lecturer in Education at Moray House School of Education and Sport at the University of Edinburgh.

• Introduction: Working with Contradiction, Hesitation and Doubt - Akwugo Emejulu, Marlies Kustatscher and Callum McGregorPart 1: Theorizing Ambivalence1. Ambivalence as Misfeeling, Ambivalence as Refusal - Akwugo Emejulu2. On (Not) Knowing What Is to Be Done (in 17 Affective Registers) - Deborah Gould3. Facing Defeat: Rosa Luxemburg in Dialogue with Prefigurative Politics - Maša Mrovlje4. Orchestrating the Furies: Anzaldúa’s Evolving Conception of Ambivalent Political Struggle - Alyson ColePart 2: Activism as Ambivalent Praxis5. An Activism of the In-Between - Melody Howse6. Resisting with People I Don’t Like: Exploring the Internal Tensions Among Queer Activists in Lagos, Nigeria - Adebayo Quadry-Adekanbi7. Ambivalent Activism: Re-Contextualizing Mental Health Politics - Hel Spandler, Dina Poursanidou and Sonia Soans8. Ambivalence and Veganism: Rethinking Sentiment in Moral Choices - Jordan McKenzie and Zoei Sutton9. The Embroidery Collective: Embroidering and Reimagining Community in Times of Struggle - Cristina Florescu10. Ambivalent Emotions Empowering Activism: Learning from Youth Activists in Aotearoa - Carisa R. Showden and Karen NairnPart 3: Activism and the Ambivalent Academy11. Working with Discomfort: Contesting Ambivalence Through Care and Accountability in the University of Edinburgh’s ‘Skull Room’ - Nicole Anderson12. The Poetry of Ambivalence: A Nudge toward Tending - Roxani Krystalli13. The Role of ‘Stuckedness’: Ambivalence in Scholar-Activism - Aylwyn Walsh and Paul RoutledgeConclusion: Thinking with Pessimism - Akwugo Emejulu, Marlies Kustatscher and Callum McGregor

‘Ambivalence is pervasive in activism but has far too long been neglected by scholars. This important and original collection explores the potential of ambivalence in a wide range of contexts’ Silke Roth, University of Southampton