Emergent Strategy is not only movement-relevant, it’s movement-centered.Īdrienne maree brown understands the notion of emergent strategy as “strategy for building complex patterns and systems of change through relatively small interactions” and as “an adaptive, relational way of being” (p. If you don’t add this book to your reading list for any other reason, do it because some of the most vibrant movements of today are drawing inspiration and implementing concrete practices from brown’s work. While Emergent Strategy was published 2 years ago and has since become wildly popular among activists of color, queer and feminist activists, and others interested in intersectional approaches to contemporary organizing, this innovative text has received far less attention among social movement researchers in the academy. Since then I’ve found myself returning to it again and again. Much to my good fortune, last year during an intersectional feminist faculty learning circle, a colleague* recommended brown’s Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds (2017). Social Forum and as executive director of The Ruckus Society, brown is shaped by and remains a crucial voice in contemporary struggles for justice.
Having previously served as a national coordinator for the 2010 U.S. Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds by adrienne maree brownĭetroit-based writer and trailblazing pleasure activist adrienne maree brown has been deeply engaged in organizing around black liberation, climate justice, and feminism for over two decades.
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